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Historically, counseling practice has emphasized understanding the inner subjective experiences (ISE) of counseling clientele. In the last several decades, however, the counseling profession has gradually devalued ISE. In this article, the author traces this devaluation of ISE in counseling. Underlying professional motives for the decline of interest in ISE are proposed, and reasons that ISE must be revalued are specified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Milton H. Erickson's approach to clinical hypnosis has recently attracted the attention of many professional counselors. Although traditional hypnotherapy presumes the induction and utilization of trace, some of Erickson's hypnotherapeutic principles can be easily translated into the general framework of counseling. This article examines several basic techniques of Ericson that are applicable to four aspects of counseling: (a) rapport building, (b) problem assessment, (c) resistance management, and (d) behavior change. Clinical examples and discussion are provided for illustration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]