Cosmic Play

Both George Banks and Winifred Banks enter their homes singing about their self-involved lives.

George Banks comes in the door singing about his wonderful, consistent, "oh so orderly" life,

Winifred Banks is a modern woman, a suffragette and rebel, she has just been at a rally and begins to tell the household staff about it.

Following Bert for a short way, we come upon Cherry Tree Lane, and meet the eccentric Admiral Boom, who is famous for punctuality.

Before the first words of the movie Mary Poppins are uttered, we already know a lot about what is happening.

Laughter is an important element in Mary Poppins, it occurs at three specific places during the movie

One Erickson's most important techniques is reframing. The meaning of things depends on the frame in which you put them, and reframing trans

Much of Erickson’s work was based on indirect suggestion.  In order to reduce resistance

Although Erickson would evoke visual images and use his clients' own thoughts to help them go into trance more easily

We each create our own model of the world, which helps to guide us.  Because no two people have exactly the same experiences, everyone’s mod