Author Description

Milton H. Erickson, MD was the leading medical hypnotist of his time and is generally considered one of the leading innovators in the field of directive, strategic therapy. Dating back to the mid 1950s some of these recorded conversations took place as part of Gregory Bateson's research project on communication while others took place when Jay Haley consulted with Dr. Erickson about Therapy. Jay Haley begins with a brief overview of Erickson's ideas on alcoholics followed by a discussion with Erickson on a number of cases highlighting his interventions. The primary value of these CDs lies in getting to listen to Erickson talk and how he did therapy and experience his style of communicating those ideas, his voice inflections, intonations and pacing.