Developing Ericksonian Therapy: A State Of The Art

by Jeffrey K. Zeig (Editor), Stephen R. Lankton (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138004566
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Pages:	556
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jeffrey K. Zeig and Stephen R. Lankton

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii

The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc xvii

Faculty xxiii

Section 1 Principles

Part I Position Statements

1 What Makes Ericksonian Therapy So Effective? Sidney Rosen 5

2 The Irony of the Ericksonian Legend: The Power of Hypnosis Joseph Barber 22

3 Ericksonian Psychotherapy Is the State of the Art: Suggestions for a Future Orientation Richard E. Dimond 30

4 Strategic Therapy Revisited Philip J. Booth 39

5 Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Social Psychology Steven J. Sherman 59

Part II The Utilization Approach to Strategic Therapy

6 Solution-Oriented Therapy: A Megatrend in Psychotherapy Bill O'Hanlon 93

7 Utilization: The Foundation of Solutions Steve de Shazer 112

Part III Overviews

8 The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing: The Vision and State of the Art Ernest Lawrence Rossi 127

9 Motivation and the Multiple States of Trance Kay F. Thompson 149

10 The Role of Language in Therapy David Gordon 164

Part IV Becoming an Ericksonian

11 Erickson's Wisdom Regarding Self-Hypnosis: Is This State a Necessary Part of the Art? Ronald A. Havens 185

12 So Whose Therapy Am I Using, Anyhow? Herbert S. Lustig 198

13 Becoming an Ericksonian, Becoming Yourself: A Personal Perspective on Becoming an Ericksonian Carlos Zalaquett 203

Part V Individuation

14 The Patient's Silent Rules Ernst G. Beier 225

15 Individuation: Alone Together Michael D. Yapko 237

Section 2 Practice

Part VI Therapy Techniques

16 Task Assignments: Logical and Otherwise Carol H. Lankton 257

17 A New Way of Motivating Clients to Carry Out Paradoxical Assignments: The Combination of the Paradoxical and the Congruent Alfred Lange 280

18 A Multidimensional Approach to the Utilization of Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and Adolescents Joyce Mills Richard Crowley 302

Part VII The Utilization Approach

19 Symptom Phenomena as Trance Phenomena Stephen G. Gilligan 327

20 An Ericksonian Phenomenological Approach to Therapeutic Hypnotic Induction and Symptom Utilization Jeffrey K. Zeig 353

Part VIII Tailoring Treatment

21 One Method for Designing Short-Term Intervention-Oriented Ericksonian Therapy Krishna K. Erickson 379

22 Naturalistic Techniques with the "Difficult" Patient Lynn D. Johnson 397

Part IX Marital and Family Therapy

23 Ericksonian Systems Approach Stephen R. Lankton 417

24 Human Sexuality, Hypnosis, and Therapy Daniel L. Araoz 438

25 Ericksonian Techniques in Family Therapy Jacques-Antoine Malarewicz 446

26 Family Therapy with Adolescent Sex Offenders Nancy J. Czech 452

Part X Training with Erickson

27 Reflections on Training by Erickson: The Mirror Within Betty Alice Erickson Elliott 465

28 Modeling and Role-Modeling: Ericksonian Techniques Applied to Physiological Problems Helen L. Erickson 477

Section 3

Panel

29 How Milton H. Erickson Encouraged Individuality in His Children Lance Erickson Robert Erickson Betty Alice Erickson Elliott 493

Section 4

Invocation: Keynote Address

30 The Tools of the Therapist Virginia M. Satir 513