the therapy of milton erickson - an appreciation by john marsden
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Here I give a personal appreciation of the therapy of Milton Erickson in the hope that students will feel motivated to check out the work of this master therapist.TRANSCRIPT
The Therapy of Milton Erickson
A personal presentation by John Marsden
Contents
BiographyInfluence on a generation of therapistsThe TherapyIncorporating Erickson approaches
Biography
Born 1901 in Wisconsin, USAAge 17 contracted polioTrained as a medical doctorDied 1980
InfluenceHypnotherapyStephen Gilligan
Solution Focused TherapyBill O’Hanlon Paul Watzlawick Steve de Shazer
Neuro Linguistic ProgrammingRichard Bandler John Grinder
Brief and Strategic Family TherapyJay Haley Virginia Satir
Therapeutic MetaphorDavid Gordon
Principles
Sensory acuityThe generative power of the unconsciousThe use of metaphor and storyHere and nowStrategic therapyStrengths basedBreaking patterns and paradoxes
Light Trance
Permissive languageArtfully vaguePacing the clientConscious v UnconsciousRevivifying experiencesTransderivational Search
Incorporating Erickson
Obsessive piano practisePainting PendleFlying like BeyonceWeaving on the motorway
Criticism
Jeffrey Masson Against Therapy
Ethics – the sexual exploitation of clientsFantastic accounts of recovery
My Conclusion
There’s a great deal to be learnt from Milton Erickson …
“You tell him that dying is the LAST thing I intend to do."
