So ein Theater - von und mit Bernhard Trenkle (Dipl.Psych. Dipl.Wi.-Ing.)

What a Show!

by and starring Bernhard Trenkle (Certified Psychologist, Certified Industrial Engineer) 

8:00 p.m. at the Zimmertheater

Sometimes we experience all kinds of drama at work and in our families. Sometimes we’re spectators, and sometimes—whether we want to or not—we find ourselves playing a part in the drama ourselves.
Milton Erickson, the pioneer of modern hypnotherapy, is also the pioneer of so-called solution- and resource-oriented therapy. He believed that everything a good patient can do to be a good patient, a good therapist or counselor should also be able to do to be a good therapist. This means that if a patient or client sometimes “puts on a show,” their therapist should be able to do the same. Erickson often worked in a strikingly theatrical manner, which supports statements such as: Sigmund Freud was the Einstein of theory, and Erickson was the Einstein of practice. Or: Erickson was the Mozart of communication. He wanted to solve problems, not just talk about them.
An example: A patient in a psychiatric ward believes he is Jesus and wraps himself in white bedsheets. Everyone on the ward is annoyed. Erickson, as a doctor, addresses the man: “I’ve heard you have some experience as a carpenter. Well, if you want to be the son of Joseph, you should have some experience as a carpenter.” The patient agrees, and Erickson says, “We actually need a new shelf in the office.” The patient then has to build this shelf. He’s allowed to be Jesus, but he’s doing something practical and constructive. That was the first step toward gradually bringing him back to normal life outside of his delusion of being Jesus. The patient plays his role, but the therapist expands the script.
Expect an entertaining evening with many stories and examples of high drama in therapy and counseling—from the ancient Persians, through Rhazes and the “Medicus” Avicenna, right up to the present day. Coming from the author of the bestselling joke book “HaHa Handbook of Psychotherapy”—translated into several languages—you can be sure there will be plenty to laugh about.
At the request of many guests, we are repeating this program, which Bernhard Trenkle has previously performed to a sold-out house. But there will also be new things to discover!
Sometimes we experience all sorts of drama at work and in our families. Sometimes we’re spectators, and sometimes—whether we want to or not—we’re actors in the play ourselves.
Milton Erickson, the pioneer of modern hypnotherapy, is also the pioneer of so-called solution- and resource-oriented therapy. He believed that everything a good patient can do to be a good patient, a good therapist or counselor should also be able to do to be a good therapist. This means that if a patient or client sometimes “puts on a show,” their therapist should be able to do the same. Erickson often worked in a strikingly theatrical manner, which supports statements such as: Sigmund Freud was the Einstein of theory, and Erickson was the Einstein of practice. Or: Erickson was the Mozart of communication. He wanted to solve problems, not just talk about them.
An example: A patient in a psychiatric ward believes he is Jesus and wraps himself in white bedsheets. Everyone on the ward is annoyed. Erickson, as a doctor, addresses the man: “I’ve heard you have some experience as a carpenter. Well, if you want to be the son of Joseph, you should have some experience as a carpenter.” The patient agrees, and Erickson says, “We actually need a new shelf in the office.” The patient then has to build this shelf. He’s allowed to be Jesus, but he’s doing something practical and constructive. That was the starting point for gradually bringing him back to normal life outside of his delusion of being Jesus. The patient plays his role, but the therapist expands the script.
Expect an entertaining evening with many stories and examples of high drama in therapy and counseling—from the ancient Persians, through Rhazes and the “Medicus” Avicenna, right up to the present day. Coming from the author of the bestselling joke book “HaHa Handbook of Psychotherapy”—translated into several languages—you can be sure there will be plenty to laugh about.
At the request of many guests, we are repeating this program, which Bernhard Trenkle has previously performed to a sold-out house. But there will also be new things to discover!

You can find information about Bernhard Trenkle here:https://www.meg-rottweil.de/ueber-uns/institutsleitung

Admission: 14 euros