ABSTRACT

The volume presents the proceedings of the Third International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy held in Phoenix, Arizona, December 3-7, 1986. The third Congress brought many new people to the Erickson movement. Approximately 1,800 attended, a striking indication of the continuing influence and growth in the therapeutic legacy of Milton H. Erickson.

part 1|252 pages

Principles

part 1|87 pages

Position Statements

chapter 2|8 pages

The Irony of the Ericksonian Legend

The Power of Hypnosis

chapter 3|9 pages

Ericksonian Psychotherapy Is the State of the Art

Suggestions for a Future Orientation

chapter 4|20 pages

Strategic Therapy Revisited

part 2|34 pages

The Utilization Approach to Strategic Therapy

chapter 6|19 pages

Solution-Oriented Therapy

A Megatrend in Psychotherapy

chapter 7|13 pages

Utilization

The Foundation of Solutions

part 3|58 pages

Overviews

chapter 8|22 pages

The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing

The Vision and State of the Art

chapter 10|19 pages

The Role of Language in Therapy

part 4|39 pages

Becoming an Ericksonian

chapter 11|13 pages

Erickson's Wisdom Regarding Self-Hypnosis

Is This State a Necessary Part of the Art?

chapter 13|19 pages

Becoming an Ericksonian, Becoming Yourself

A Personal Perspective on Becoming an Ericksonian

part 5|32 pages

Individuation

chapter 5 14|12 pages

The Patient's Silent Rules

chapter 5 15|18 pages

Individuation

Alone Together

part 2|236 pages

Pratice

part 6|69 pages

Therapy Techniques

chapter 16|23 pages

Task Assignments

Logical and Otherwise

chapter 17|22 pages

A New Way of Motivating Clients to Carry Out Paradoxical Assignments

The Combination of the Paradoxical and the Congruent

part 9|47 pages

Marital and Family Therapy

part 10|28 pages

Training with Erickson

chapter 10 27|12 pages

Reflections on Training by Erickson

The Mirror Within

chapter 10 28|14 pages

Modeling and Role-Modeling

Ericksonian Techniques Applied to Physiological Problems

part 4|13 pages

Invocation

chapter 30|11 pages

The Tools of the Therapist