Abstract
Abstract The principles of hypnosis and suggestion permeate most of Milton Erickson's psychotherapy, although formal trance induction is used in less than ten percent. Characteristic of Erickson's style is his indirect manner of phrasing suggestions or interpretations. They come not as outside impositions, but as subtle manipulations leading the patient to institute constructive behavior from within, often without full conscious awareness. Usually Erickson first attempts to meet the patient at the patient's level, thereby gaining rapport. As trust is developed, he modifies the patient's productions by covert suggestions, thereby gaining control. In this manner, he is able to convert a chaotic psychotic hallucination into an orderly hypnotic one, or the desperate cries of a terminal cancer patient into hypnotic anesthesia. As interpreted here, Erickson's therapeutic approaches can be divided into three categories. First are techniques resembling modern behavior therapy, with frequent use of desensitization...
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