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Michele Dee Klevens Ritterman Ph.D. (born November 18, 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and family therapist who published ''Using Hypnosis in Family Therapy'',〔''Using Hypnosis in Family Therapy'' (Zeig, Tucker & Theisen Publishers, Inc. 2005)〕 the first book on the systematic integration of family therapy and hypnotherapy. After receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Temple University, Ritterman is noted for her expertise regarding survivors of political torture and their families. She is a prolific author whose work has been translated into Spanish, German, Italian and French. One of Milton Erickson’s foremost students, Ritterman originated the concept of the symptom as a trance state that is actually suggested by various people and social structures. From this basic concept that Erickson himself admired, she framed therapy as the production of counter-inductions and hypnotic sequences that impact the symptom trance. In recent years Ritterman has lectured nationally and internationally on using hypnosis in conjunction with family therapy and more particularly against socially violent governments and their abusive use of psychological methods and techniques. She also lectures on the survival techniques of families experiencing torture. Michele Ritterman lives in Berkeley, California and currently has a private practice as an individual, couples and family therapist. She also consults with agencies and teaches classes at universities, holds workshops, and lectures about her clinical methods. == Family therapy and hypnosis== Ritterman has trained psychotherapists worldwide in her approach to working with couples and families. In family and couple interactions Ritterman believes there are shared and separate-track trances that can be treated through the development of therapeutic counter-inductions. She employs naturally occurring altered states of consciousness as part of a systematic hypnotherapeutic process. Her approach is based on observable actions and interactions on the part of her client(s). Ritterman also originated the concept of the symptom as a gift and therapy as a mutually dignifying process of cooperative exchanges between therapist and client, in other words, a form of prestation. She calls this methodology a woman's spin on therapy, based on a non-hierarchical approach to every step of a systematic therapeutic sequence. Her latest book ''The Tao of a Woman'' 〔''The Tao of a Woman'', (Skipping Stones Editions 2009)〕 demonstrates how to move from the symptom trance to a healing stance. Ritterman is a proponent of a humanist perspective in psychotherapy, where instead of the traditional analysis of patients as damaged, the individual is seen as a positive, unique and evolving person, a one-of-a-kind. Her book in progress ''From Trance to Stance'' advocates that the primary goal of psychology is to help create a human-friendly society that caters to the bio-rhythms and natural needs of the human organism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michele Ritterman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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