TITLE: HEALING IN HYPNOSIS: The Seminars  Lectures and Workshops of Milton H. Erickson, Vol. I EDITORS: Rossi, E. L.; O Ryan, M. and Sharp, F. A. ISBN pb: 1 85343 405 1 PAGES: 311 LIST PRICE pb: £15.95  PUB DATE: 1988

 
 

DESCRIPTION: This contains a fascinating biographical chapter on Erickson, revealing the many important events of his life that contributed to the development of his ideas. The lectures, seminars and workshops were not scholarly by nature. They were usually spontaneous, with only a very general theme to guide them. The special interests, needs and questions from each group of participants frequently generated ingenious, unpremeditated demonstrations of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. All contributed to a significant shift from the older authoritarian techniques of hypnosis to the more creative approaches pioneered by Erickson.