Milton H. Erickson (
1901 -
1980) was a
psychiatrist regarded by many as the foremost practitioner of medical
hypnosis in his time.
He was founding president of the
American Society for Clinical Hypnosis[?], as well as a fellow of several APAs: The
American Psychiatric Association, The
American Psychological Association, and The
American Psychopathological Association[?].
He was noted for his often unconventional approach to psychotherapy, such as described in the book
Uncommon Therapy by
Jay Haley[?]; for his extensive use of therapeutic metaphor and story as well as hypnosis; and for coining the term
Brief Therapy for his approach of addressing therapeutic changes in relatively few sessions, often as few as a single session.
- The Erickson Foundation (http://www.erickson-foundation.org) is part of an international organization that carries on his work and promotes the Erickson approach to therapy.