Penny wise- pound foolish

• Welcome to a Dialogue on Ericksonian Therapy with Jeffrey Zeig by John Grohol, 8/15/97
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    • I raise you two cents by Erickson versus Ericksonian, 2/10/98
      
      

Michael, you make a number of statements that are not necessarily logically connected.You are right that "being Ericksonian implies that there are non-Ericksonian positions", however that does not imply elitism on anybody's part....unless you are willing to call anyone who tries to explicitly describe their work 'elitist'. Nor does it imply that someone who describes his or her approach as "Ericksonian" is unwilling or unable to explore and use other approaches. I agree and realize that there are those who use their 'specialness' mainly for personal aggrandizement and power. However, taking that as a reason to keep from describing and identifying an approach (and yes, naming it) is akin to throwing out the baby with the bath water. Besides that, I still take objection to your initial generalization that (the majority of) those who call their work "Ericksonian" are intent on portraying trance and trance phenomena as esoteric and "unavailable" to the uninitiated. What basis do you have for that statement, other than your flawed reasoning that is based on unrelated truisms?

• Common Everyday Trance by Stephen Lankton, 2/13/98
• Now I'm in trouble by Michael Melhorn, 2/15/98