Eliza Carroll MS Intuitive Spiritual Counselor Hypnotherapist eliza@elizacarroll.com Hypnotherapy |
Ericksonian Hypnosis The kind of hypnotherapy most frequently practiced in psychotherapy today is Ericksonian Hypnosis named after the late Milton H. Erickson, M.D. From the 1930's to the 1980's Dr. Erickson was very influential in bringing the use of clinical hypnosis into the fields of medicine and psychotherapy. He taught and practiced a kind of hypnosis that was gentle, permissive, and respectful of the client. He established the National Association for Clinical Hypnosis.The Ericksonian Foundation continues his work, and hundreds of books and articles have been written about Dr. Erickson and his methods. Milton Erickson has been regarded as the leading hypnotherapist in the world.Erickson taught many things but among his teachings there were two that were particularly important: 1. 'Each person is a unique individual. Hence, psychotherapy/hypnotherapy should be formulated to meet the individual's need, rather than expecting the person to fit the system'. 2. 'Every person has within himself/herself all the resources necessary to get over any problem, and the duty of the therapist is to enable the person to access and utilise those resources'. Copyright Eliza Carroll 2006 |
