This is an essential primer of Ericksonian hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy. ] O Hanlon provides threads that crystallize practical patterns useful to clinicians at all levels of expertise. Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation

After giving a history of brief therapy and describing the basic philosophical assumptions, the authors concentrate on ways of intervening that are common to all brief therapists, including framing, pattern, paradoxical, metamorphical, hypnotic and family interventions.

When most people think of "hypnosis" they imagine either a sinister, Mesmeresque figure declaring to his subject "you're getting sleepier and sleepier ... your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, you vill go into trance," or an entertainer compelling a subject to "cluck like a chicken." In this comprehensive introduction to hypnosis based on the pioneering work of Milton H. Erickson, Bill O'Hanlon demystifies the concept of "trance" and "hypnosis." He goes to the heart of the subject by answering the question: "What is trance?" But be forewarned: This is no dry, formal discourse on...

In this book, Bill O'Hanlon, a co-developer of solution-oriented therapy, and Bob Bertolino, provide clinicians with forward-looking, respectful therapy that taps into and honors people's inherent learning abilities. Their treatment model is a major departure from most addressing sexual abuse victims: it is less traumatic, less painful, and less disruptive to people's lives.

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.