Dave Dobson is well known for his O.T.C.C. (Other-Than-Conscious Communication™) and No Fault Psychology™ He was a very effective and legendary Psychologist and Clinical Hypnotherapist, who will be greatly missed since his passing on 22 February, 2008. The last Fun Shop we did was in 2006 and he was in such poor health that I taught the Fun Shop in 2007 with some help from Dave while in the hospital or "hotel", as he called it. I will be doing a Fun Shop in 2010 as it was his wish that I continue.
But what is Other Than Conscious Communication?
To Quote Dave. "Literally, every thing we do, the way we do it, constitutes our communications. It has also been said that only a small percentage of our communication is verbal, that a far greater aspect of our communication is non-verbal," or outside of our conscious awareness." I prefer referring to this aspect" as other than conscious " (This should not be surprising in view of he myriad tasks that our mind controls daily like coordinating our muscles for walking, remembering how to die our shoes, etc. All outside of our conscious awareness, we are just able to do the things without having to think about them)
Since the turn of the century, to the beginning to the industrial revolution, our society and our schools have focused more and more attention on the written and spoken word virtually ignoring the aspects of behavior that resisted codification.
From time to time, there have been efforts to recognize the other aspects of our communication process, such as appreciation of an animals "territorial imperatives" and "body language", but the refinements of the different "modalities" has been virtually ignored and even when it is respected through the teachings of "neuro-linguistic structures" such NLP, the overall appreciation of the total communication is not appreciated.
Other Than Conscious Communication is real. It can be consciously validated, appreciated, and with this appreciation frees the individual to be even more courteous at both the conscious and other than conscious levels of communication"
It is important to realize that Dave created on his own this intellectual property of Neither I nor anyone else helped him create or develop it. He came up with these concepts and terms in the early 1970s.
Please note that there are not now and never have been any co-creators or co-developers of Other-Than-Conscious Communication™ or No Fault Psychology™. It is his creation alone. Along with many others, I was a student of Dave's.
It is his legacy and I, Barb Stepp, his life partner, heir and designated keeper of his life's work, am guarding it carefully. He was very ill for many years and did not have the energy to deal with all the plagiarism and theft of his life's work. He prepared me to do so... preserve, guard and publish his work and do Fun Shops. I have continued to produce his work and will begin doing Fun Shops in 2010 as he requested.
There have been books, tapes and videos by many, unauthorized by him, on his work. It is interesting that most of them don't give their teacher, David Dobson, PhD, any credit or honors for his work. Instead, they give the impression that they created it themselves. That is unfortunate and dishonorable, and they have to live with themselves. We who have worked with him for many years know the truth and are loyal to his memory and original work.
We have published his book, Pain Alleviation, for which his long time friend, Dr. Richard Bandler wrote the forward.
I am in the process of archiving Dave's 50 years of work in the written, audio and video form. Some of his work is exclusively available on our store.
As we continue to archive, we will also be producing much of his original work.
Call 708-799-5329 and speak to Barb about the 2010 Fun Shop.
Please read the following comments from past Fun Shop attendees and clients:
"There are more ways to utilise and benefit from Dave's work than people have begun to dream of. The increased personal capacity for handling difficult situations with poise, grace (whoever she is) and humour is a delight in itself. But that pales into insignificance compared to the joy of playing with your own mind."
Clifford Saunders, Ph.D.
"During my 25 years of experience teaching psychotherapy to psychiatry residents, I have had the opportunity to witness many different teaching and therapeutic approaches...and the good fortune to have worked with Dr. Milton Erickson.
Dr. Dobson, who devised his use of metaphor and hypnotherapy independently of Dr. Erickson, is strikingly similar in his approach. His sincerity and dedication to effective work...along with the creativeness of the approaches he has developed in hypnotherapy make the time with him well spent."
Arthur S. Samuels, M.D. Professor, Tulane University
David R. Dobson, Ph.D.
Dave came from a background that included both business, a private practice of Clinical Hypnotherapy, and psychotherapy that spanned more than 45 years in Los Angeles and the west coast.
His business background included owner and manager of a highly successful executive search firm, and division manager and director of sales for an international plastics company, with a sales force of over 200 people.
These experiences and his need to find models of communication that work led him to the development of concepts that he calls "Other Than Conscious Communication™" which is an outgrowth of his model of psychology that he calls "No Fault Psychology™."
Dave moved to the San Juan Islands in 1977 and I, Barbara was invited to join him in his work later. We held many Fun Shops and saw many clients on our beloved island. Dave had traveled well over a million miles conducting seminars and trainings throughout North America and Europe, and his concepts which transcend traditional communication and psychological models have become highly respected tools for personal growth both in the mental health fields and the corporate opportunity to work with Dave, or as Dave often said: "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!"