Experiencing Hypnosis: Therapeutic Approaches to Altered States

by Milton H. Erickson, Ernest L. Rossi

The first section of this volume presents an historically important lecture on clinical hypnosis by the senior author wherein we witness his transition from the older authoritarian approach to hypnosis to the new permissive approaches, which he pioneered. The second and third sections of this volume focus on the phenomena of catalepsy and ideomotor signaling, two of the senior author's basic approaches to trance induction and hypnotherapy. The fourth section, dealing with the experiential learning of hypnosis, illustrates one of the senior author's favorite occupations in recent the training of professionals in the use of clinical hypnosis by allowing them to experience the process themselves.

Genres: Psychology

290 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1981

About the author

Milton Hyland Erickson (5 December 1901 – 25 March 1980) was an American psychiatrist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychopathological Association. He is noted for his approach to the unconscious mind as creative and solution-generating. He is also noted for influencing brief therapy, strategic family therapy, family systems therapy, solution focused brief therapy, and neuro-linguistic programming.

Reviews

[Tg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am about 75 % through this book--I really like this one because Dr. Zeig, has captured the Humaneness of Dr . Erickson--He talks about some of Dr. Erickson's Strategic and targeted therapy, yet he sifts the Folk Wisdom and Human Heartedness of Dr. Erickson as a Great Hypnotherapist, and as a Parent. There is something in this book for everyone, if you have the patience to ferret it out

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