The Wisdom of Milton H Erickson: Complete Volume

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

Milton H. Erickson, M.D.: Complete Works is the most comprehensive collection of Erickson's work currently available. The collection includes articles published by Erickson across five decades (1927-1977). Using this CD ROM database the reader can search more than 2600 pages of text for a single word or a phrase. Navigation between the articles also is facilitated by two indices, one listing the articles by date and another listing the articles in alphabetical order.

Complete Works 1.0 contains multimedia components: read the transcript see photographs of Erickson and listen to the sound of his voice as he describes the most essential aspects of hypnotic induction. To provide an understanding of the context in which these articles where written, included are a chronology of Erickson's professional accomplishments and a biographical sketch written by Jay Haley.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

416 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2004

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

[Suhailk · Rating 4 out of 5]

An insightful book,however, I feel it would be a very useful book for psychiatrists/psychologists

[Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a phenomenal collection of Dr. Erickson's quotes and philosophy. Dr. Havens does an excellent job of bringing an extensive amount of information to bear on various subjects and brings these quotes into a coherent amalgam. He details how each group of quotes relates together to the part being discussed and then brings all of the information to bear on the whole using a summary at the end of each chapter.

I did stop reading the book before the end because much of the second portion of the book is specifically geared toward the psychiatrist/psychologist who might be contemplating an Ericksonian approach to therapy. For the professional this information must be invaluable. For the layman such as myself this area of information gets difficult to read, understand and follow. I am not a therapist, I am just someone who had this recommended and I appreciate the recommendation very much as I have grown from the information, especially the information in the first part of the book.

[Antonio Meridda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Il grande ipnoterapeuta Milton Erickson spiega alcune delle sue potentissime tecniche ipnotiche in questo libro. Molto utile per chi pratica ipnosi.

[Pang Khong Yun · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comprehensive guide to understand Milton Erickson's well known hypnotherapy. Excellent.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very extensive read. Most of it is over my head but what I did begin to understand is incredibly intriguing.