This classic volume deals with the strategies of both psychotherapists and clients as they maneuver each other in the process of treatment. How a therapist induces a client to change is described within a framework of interpersonal theory and directive family therapy. This work represents a step from the study of therapy in terms of the individual to therapy as communication between at least two people. In this volume, Jay Haley acknowledges his debt to the Gregory Bateson research project exploring the nature of communication as well as to Dr. Milton H. Erickson, M.D. for the many hours of...

This book provides a comprehensive look at Dr. Erickson's theories in practice, through a series of case studies covering the kinds of problems that are likely to occur at various stages of the human life cycle. The results Dr. Erickson achieves sometimes seem to border on the miraculous, but they are brought about by a finely honed technique used by a wise, intuitive, highly trained psychiatrist-hypnotist whose work is recognized as a major contribution to the field.

První ucelená publikace o práci Miltona H. Ericksona uvolnila ve světě vlnu nebývalého zájmu o ericksonovský psychoterapeutický přístup. V Česku vychází tato monografie poprvé. Publikace je pestrým souborem rozmanitých kazuistik, které nejlépe ilustrují autorovu psychoterapeutickou práci. Uspořádal je rodinný terapeut Jay Haley podle takzvaného životního cyklu rodiny. Lidé se svými starostmi, potížemi a nemocemi jsou zde zachyceni v různých životních etapách, kterými procházejí oni i jejich rodiny. Kapitoly s jednotlivými komentovanými kazuistikami...