[Ailist] AI for families and individuals

[Mike Sands]

James,

Your question ---- WOW
Parts of AI have a lot in common with Narrative Therapy.
People can learn quickly to ask people uplifting and enabling questions  (15 
minutes per a report from Mac O'dell ( I think) in report in "Stories from 
the Field)
Conversations are one way to harness the Law of Attraction/Attention - for 
short term and long term benefit.
Improving one's ability to have uplifting conversations outside a committed 
relationship can help with the relationship inside it.
Parts of AI relate closely to principles from Rogerian Therapy, also NLP, 
also Symbolic Modelling. ( A number of NLP processes invite the client to 
remember successes  - and thus help them open to new possibilities - this is 
very like the "grounded success" basis of AI.
What happens to "John" when you help him learn to how to help "Jane" help 
someone else - (I think they all gain in esteem, ability and opportunities 
for actvities)
(And it can grow in  exponential tentacular fashion)
I have run programs called "Dancing With Words - Conversations For the 
Health of  It" - some people respond in Toy Store fashion - and it can be 
life changing.
Intense conversation is an effective vector for pain management - analgesia 
by distraction - and once people have experience with it they can actively 
seek it out._ and help others)
I believe people could develop partnerships to assist each other adopt and 
sustain healthy life practices  - they would use processes that reflexively 
elicit energy optimism, and ideas and so help to create new pleasure 
anticipation processes that would affectively anticipate and reward 
healthful habits.

Enough already - there is much more that can be said.

One reference   - Listening to Life Stories by Dr. Bruce Rybarczyk (it is 
relevant but is sort of tangential)

All the best

Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Werner" <james.werner at case.edu>
To: <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:43 PM
Subject: [Ailist] AI for families and individuals


>I am new to the listserve and am interested in the possibility of
> using an AI-based intervention with families (and possibly
> individuals) who need to make positive changes in their health
> behaviors.  They may be obese, have heart disease or diabetes, eat an
> unhealthy diet, use tobacco, have a sedentary life-style, etc.
>
> Does anyone know if any work has been done to adapt the AI
> organizational change model for use with families or individuals,
> either for health behavior change or even for for general
> psychotherapy?
>
> Thank you -
>
> Jim Werner
>
> James J. Werner, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
> School of Medicine
> Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
> Case Western Reserve University
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