An overview of Erickson's life, work and continuing influence. The book provides an account of his specific contributions to psychotherapy, both theoretical and practical, showing how it advanced the practice of brief therapy and gave rise to a number of schools, including Strategic Therapy.

Zeig and Munion have provided us with a lucid insight into the life and work of a 20th century giant, and it is a book ful of human warmth and humour. I congratulate you who still have the adventure of exploring Milton H Erickson's story ahead of you' -" Hypnos

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This new offering on Erickson does not set out to uncover new ground, but more to introduce one to Erickson (and the cases are so extraoridinary they are worth repeating anyway). It does this in a number of easy to read sections, that gives a coherence, but the structure seems to filter out some of the magic of Erickson's...