The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, Vol. 1

by Milton H. Erickson, Ronald A. Havens (Editor)

Shares the author's views on objective observation, the conscious mind, the unconscious, the therapeutic environment, and the working methods of psychotherapy

Genres: Psychology

269 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

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]

Mr. Havens has done a masterful job of conveying some of Dr. Erickson's ways of reorienting patients.
The thing that comes through the most is how he uses the interest and resistances of his patients, to reorient themselves, and come up with new and more creative ways of living.
A new way of looking at therapy, totally away from intellectual theory.
Dr. Erickson uses unique Language, puns, Symbolic Language, and imagery to help his patients move past their inhibitions, and self-imposed restricted limitations.