Hypnotic Alteration of Sensory Perceptual and Psychophysical Processes

by Milton H. Erickson, Ernest L. Rossi (Editor)

From the front flap of this 367 page "Spanning a period of 50 years, these four volumes have been assembled for clinicians and researchers who wish to explore the work of one of the most seminal minds in the history of hypnosis and psychotherapy. Volume II describes subjects trained for deep trance phenomena so that they could undergo the requisite neuro- and pyschophysiological changes. Papers are grouped in five Visual, Auditory, Psychophysiological Processes, Time Distortion and Research Problems."

Genres: Psychology

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

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.