Hope & Resiliency: Understanding the Psychotherapeutic Strategies of Milton H. Erickson

by Dan Short, Betty Alice Erickson, Roxanna Erickson Klien

Overview

Milton H. Erickson is most commonly examined through the lens of hypnosis. This book takes a much broader approach and defines several key components that made him successful as a therapist. The fundamental strategies described are relevant to all mental health care professionals, regardless of their theoretical orientation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845906139
Publisher:	Crown House Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2006
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	610 KB

About the Author

Dan Short is currently in private practice in Scottsdale Arizona and a member of the graduate faculty at Ottawa University. He was Associate Director and Chief Archivist for the Milton H. Erickson Foundation in the USA, former Editor for The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter and was the Editor and Designer for Milton H. Erickson: The Complete Works.
Betty Alice Erickson was an international teacher of Ericksonian psychotherapy and hypnosis, and a licensed professional counselor and marriage and family therapist in private practice for over 25 years in Dallas, Texas. Her published works include the co-authored Hope and Resiliency, as well as chapters contributed to numerous other books, and articles in various professional journals. Recipient of an honorary Ph.D. from the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Education and Science in 2012, she received a number of awards and honours during her career - including the Milton Erickson Gesellschaft (Institute) (MEG) Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Promoting Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy in October 2001, and the Premio Internazionale Franaco Granone Award given by the Centro Italiano di Ipnosi Clinico-Sperimentale in October 2003. She was also an honorary member of the Swedish Society for Clinical Hypnosis and of the Milton Erickson Gesellschaft of Germany (MEG).
Roxanna Erickson Klein PhD is a member of the Board of Directors of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation. She is also co-editor of the 17 volume set of Collected Works of Milton H. Erickson.

Table of Contents

Foreword Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB iii

Preface xi

A Biographical Sketch of Milton H. Erickson xv

Overview xv

Family background xvi

Childhood xvii

Late adolescence xvii

Professional beginnings xx

Post-polio syndrome xxii

The later years xxiv

Part I Foundations of Healing and Health 1

Chapter 1 Introduction 3

Chapter 2 The Human Condition 7

Chapter 3 Mental Health and Healing 15

Chapter 4 The Role of the Clinician 21

Chapter 5 A Philosophical Framework 27

Summary 32

Part II Clinical Strategies 33

Chapter 6 Introduction to the Six Core Strategies 35

Chapter 7 Distraction 41

Red herring 45

Questioning and presupposition 47

Emphasis on detail 49

Therapeutic amnesia 51

The general application of distraction 54

Chapter 8 Partitioning 57

Symptom definition 59

Formal diagnosis 60

Prognostic splitting 63

Dividing conscious 67

Dissection 73

Partitioning of time and space 75

The general application of partitioning 78

Chapter 9 Progression 81

Geometric progression 86

Progressive desensitization 89

Pattern interruption 93

Cognitive progression 97

Forward progression 103

The general application of progression 105

Chapter 10 Suggestion 109

Cooperation versus control 115

Direct suggestion 118

Indirect suggestion 122

Permissive suggestion 129

Interspersal and repetition 133

The confusion technique 139

The general application of suggestion 147

Chapter 11 Reorientation 153

Insight 157

Reframing 161

Extemalization 168

Reorientation in time 175

The general, application of reorientation 181

Chapter 12 Utilization 185

Simple bind 191

Double bind 196

Utilization of a minor problem 207

Symptom prescription 209

General application of utilization 218

Chapter 13 Conclusion 221

About the book 221

Contraindications 223

Putting the knowledge to use 224

Appendix A Self-Development Exercises 227

Distraction 227

Partitioning 228

Progression 230

Suggestion 232

Reorientation 233

Utilization 234

References 237

Index 251