The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: The Complete Volume Hardcover – February 22, 2005

I have the honor of knowing and learning from his two daughters. This book gives you insight into how he thought...not so much on what he did or his techniques. The interview questions and more importantly the answers are invaluable. By far the best book available that will take you on a wonderful journey and exploration into the thinking of Milton Erickson.

One of the best works about ME that I have read, and includes most of the more famous anecdotes from his work. If I had to recommend a single book on Erickson, this would have to be the one.

Well written. Good insight into a remarkable man

extraordinarily wonderful....and from the original source which is always best. Almost a primer for this man's "recreation" of psychotherapy and hypnosis

"Among our patients here, we can demonstrate many who were such " Model Children" that they never learned the realities of life. In other words the diet of Social Development and Health must include a reasonable amount of roughage " MHE"Perfection is not a reasonable therapeutic goal " MHE."I had to learn to reconcile myself to the unfairness of life " MHE"Life is much better if sometimes it rains, and sometimes it does not " MHE"Now soldiers on K-rations know how important roughage is to a diet " MHE

Milton Erickson is a legendary figure in psychotherapy. This book captures the essence of his techniques and shows the reader, whether client or therapist, the key principles behind Erickson's approach. First and foremost Erickson worked with the client's unique personality and situation, never trying to fit a client into some kind of diagnostic pigeonhole. This approach is key in gaining the client's trust and establishing solid ground for the client to access her own inner resources for healing. Each chapter and its subsections is arranged with an introduction to the topic, a series of quotes from various sources involving Erickson's work (writings, interviews, etc), completed with a summary. I found this arrangement extremely helpful for understanding and absorbing the material. The most important text is found on page 315 where the author explains how Erickson's main tactic was to get the client to see a better future and to start subconsciously outlining and taking the steps in that direction. This is an effective combination of hope and action, even if the latter is first only inchoate in the subconscious.

This is another of the Erickson books that I had a long time ago and that somehow got lost, so I ordered another copy---and this one is complete! I have been reading it in segments, and I have been getting deep into some areas---and a good deal of the time I've been going into and out of trance and allowing my unconscious mind to absorb those ideas old and new. One thing I always get a real kick out of is the way he says, in a number of different ways, something I've known fo a long time; as I put it, "What's sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander", referring to his idea that what will work for, say, Joe Zilch, will not do the trick for, say, Herman Veeblefetzer, and that you have to figure out something that will work for the individual! (I learned this from my wise and wonderful pitching coach years ago.) And on rereading it I'm always discovering something new. Thank you so much!

I don't understand the price.