Conversations with Milton H. Erickson I: Volume I: Changing Individuals
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- Milton Erickson
- Author:
- Jay Haley, MA
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2016
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- 978-193581014-8
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In the conversations in this volume, Dr. Erickson expresses his basic ideas about the theory and practice of therapy. He was what Jay Haley called the first strategic therapist—even “the first therapist, since he was the first major clinician to concentrate on how to change people.” The first interviews deal not only with using hypnosis in brief therapy, but how to generate change in behavior. Other interviews delve into the nature of communication in therapy. And while it seems odd today, in the therapy mystique of that time it was Dr. Erickson’s emphasis upon the real world and common sense that was particularly difficult to grasp. These interviews were conducted by Jay Haley, and also John Weakland and Gregory Bateson. And they took place during Milton Erickson’s prime, beginning in 1955 as Dr. Erickson was conducted a busy practice, while traveling and teaching throughout the US.
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Jay Haley, MA Related Seminars and Products
Jay Haley (M.A., 1953, Stanford University) was Director of Family Therapy Institute of Washington, D.C. He was one of the leading exponents of the strategic/interpersonal approach to family therapy. Haley served as Director of the Family Experiment Project at the Mental Research Institute and as Director of Family Therapy Research at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. He has authoered seven books, co-authored two and edited five. Additionally, he has more than 40 contributions to professional journals and books. Haley is the former editor of Family Process, and the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of The Milton H. Erickson Foundation.