Conversations with Milton H. Erickson, M.D.: Volume I, Changing Individuals

by Milton H. Erickson

If one could ask Milton Erickson anything one wishes about how to change people, the result would be these conversations. There are three volumes in this series. This volume presents the wide variety of therapy techniques Erickson innovated for dealing with individuals and covers the whole range of psychological problems.

Genres: Psychology

326 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1985

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've read Many Books by Milton Erickson and his followers,
This book here is an excellent one---He is talking about love, marriage, and relationships,
but many of these things are applicable to all aspects of life.
He tells a tale of a couple who believed they had to share "everything" with each other,
They went to performances and shows, that one loved and the other hated, and would sit through with gritted teeth; he points out that this is not sharing but basically "mutual" torture.
This couple would eventually "divorce"
I like how Dr. Erickson and Jay Haley identify the different types and stages of love,
and differ it from "Pathological Sharing" and "Pathological overconcern".
He tells another story of a Physician who is married to a lady who desired to have kids--He works late in to the evening of his practice for decades--They never have kids, she never fixes him what he likes for dinner,
always what they he hates, and yet they stay together for years--seemingly settling for mutual disguised non-love.
Difficult problems, but Dr. Erickson hi-lights what is healthy and unhealthy in relationships.
Another Gem

[Caio Andrade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que homem incrível.