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Title: Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. by Jay Haley ISBN: 0-393-31031-0 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good Book, but over Haley's head
Comment: As an admirer of Milton H Erickson's work and techniques, I wish I could give this book (which i happen to own) a better score. Contained within is alot of great and useful information, unfortuneatly the novice will learn very little from the book on how the therapy is performed. The persons familiar with Ericksons work will find it a good source for condensed case histories, and fresh ideas, even when Haley does not fully understand the nature of what he is writing about, he does a good job of keeping things flowing and drawing simple conclusions.
Overall - 3 for most ppl, 4 for the erickson fan.
Rating: 1
Summary: In response to all the bad reviews.
Comment: I haven't read this book; but I do understand Erikson's ideas about Hypnosis. Maybe Haley's book does do an injustice too Erikson's work, and if so then we shouldn't let this book effect our ideas about Erikson/Psycho-analysis/Hypnosis. In the end you should read this one for yourself in order to find it's value. Hypnosis can be a POWERFUL technique when used therapeutically, and should be discovered by all.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Psychology
Comment: Anyone who is seriously interested in NLP and/or hypnosis should read this book - over and over again!
There are plenty of books that have been described as 'classics' of their genre, though few of them actually deserve that description. Jay Haley's book is one of the few
If I have any complaint at all about this book, it concerns the first 50-odd pages (Chapters 1 and 2) which consist of Haley's efforts to codify the general principles behind the Ericksonian method - and is rather overlong (by any standards) as an introduction.
If anyone were to ask my opinion I'd say skip these two chapters when you first read the book. Then read them afterwards and see what *you* think.
In Chapter 3 there is a complete change of pace as Haley very quickly starts to bring in the wealth of Ericksonian material - case descriptions, actual dialogue, etc., which make up the body of book from then on.
Chapters 3 - 9 are interestingly set out so as to deal with seven major aspects of adult life - courtship, becoming an adult, marriage, childbirth and dealing with young children, family problems, letting go (when your kids are ready to leave home), and 'the pain of old age'.
I found this style of presentation is very effective, and Haley provides plenty of interesting and useful material, including many of the Ericksonian classics: The woman who was too fat to get married, the February Man, the Tomato Plant, the 'Incomplete Handshake' hypnotic induction, and so on and so on.
Incidentally, it is important to understand that Erickson ALWAYS worked on the basis of this simple belief: Every patient already has the resources to deal with their "presenting problem". On this basis Erickson did not TELL people what they should do, instead he aimed to help them to find their own solution.
In the case of the Prussian gentleman, for example, Erickson believed (correctly) that his apparently physiological problem had a psychological genesis. After interviewing the man he also came to the conclusion that the man had repressed himself to such an extent that only an emotional outburst would get him "unstuck". So Erickson did his best to get the man to lose his temper. Which he did - and immediately *started* to recover his health.
The "cure" may have been unorthodox by some standards, but it worked. And despite all his very traditional credentials, Erickson was far more interested in facilitating people's return to health than in limiting himself to traditional medicine's view of how a doctor should or should not behave.
So why not buy the book, and meet one of the 20th century's most outstanding healers. Enjoy!
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Title: My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. by Sidney Rosen ISBN: 0393301354 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D by Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Milton H. Erickson ISBN: 1555520529 Publisher: Metamorphous Press Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Conversations with Milton H. Erickson, Volume I: Changing Individuals (Norton Professional Books) by Jay Haley, Milton H. Erickson ISBN: 0931513189 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Problem-Solving Therapy by Jay Haley ISBN: 1555423620 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 20 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: Conversations with Milton H. Erickson, Volume II: Changing Couples (Norton Professional Books) by Jay Haley, Milton H. Erickson ISBN: 0931513197 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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