Phoenix: Therapeutic Patterns of Milton H. Erickson

Phoenix: Therapeutic Patterns of Milton H. Erickson by David Gordon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780916990107.

Although many descriptive and evaluative articles have been written about Milton Ericksons hypnotic work, relatively little attention has been accorded that tremendous portion of his therapeutic work that made little or no use of formal trance states. In this volume the authors address thenselves to those aspects of Ericksons therapeutic work that did not rely on the utilization of formal trance states. Using Ericksons own verbatim descriptions of this work, those patterns which are characteristic of his approach are not only identified for the reader, but are described as sequenses of internal and external behaviors that can be duplicated by anyone.