Uncommon Therapy (The Norton library) The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.

Milton H. Erickson, M.D. is generally acknowledged to have been the world's leading practitioner of medical hypnosis. His "strategic therapy," using hypnotic techniques with or without actually inducing trance, allows him to get directly to the core of a problem and prescribe a course of action that can lead to rapid recovery. This book provides a comprehensive look at Dr. Erickson's theories in practice, through a series of case studies covering the kinds of problems that are likely to occur at various stages of the human life cycle. The results Dr. Erickson achieves sometimes seem to border on the miraculous, but they are brought about by a finely honed technique used by a wise, intuitive, highly trained psychiatrist-hypnotist whose work is recognized as a major contribution to the field. . Uncommon Therapy......Page 1 Contents......Page 4 Introduction......Page 6 Strategic Therapy......Page 10 The Family Life Cycle......Page 28 The Courtship Period: Changing the Young Adult......Page 44 Character Revision of the Young Adult......Page 76 Marriage and its Consequences......Page 100 Childbirth and Dealing with the Young......Page 124 Marriage and Family Dilemmas......Page 150 Weaning Parents from Children......Page 176 The Pain of Old Age......Page 198 Epilogue......Page 210 Long known as the world's leading medical hypnotist, Milton H. Erikson developed a strategic approach - for individuals, couples and families - that uses hypnotic-therapy skills in observing and motivating people. His ideas and procedures have been widely used to sharpen the techniques of therapists of many different schools. Jay Haley provides a look at Dr. Erickson's theories in practice, through description and excerpts from Erickson's case studies.--From back cover. Psychotherapy Uncommon Therapy 1 Contents 4 Introduction 6 Strategic Therapy 10 The Family Life Cycle 28 The Courtship Period: Changing the Young Adult 44 Character Revision of the Young Adult 76 Marriage and its Consequences 100 Childbirth and Dealing with the Young 124 Marriage and Family Dilemmas 150 Weaning Parents from Children 176 The Pain of Old Age 198 Epilogue 210 Hypnosis,Psychotherapy,Hypnotherapy,Family Therapy Therapy can be called strategic if the clinician initiates what happens during therapy and designs a particular approach for each problem.