Solution-Oriented Hypnosis: An Ericksonian Approach

by William Hudson O'Hanlon, Michael Martin, Michael O'Hanlon, William Hudson;Martin

Book Overview

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,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393701492
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.6" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

Clear, direct, and to the point -- Erickson made easy.

I wish I had discovered this book sooner. Having read Rossi, Bandler, Grinder, Gilligan, etc., and struggled to get through their overyly analytical obfuscations of Erickson's methods, I was delighted with this simply written, clear, and easy to follow text. The reason I didn't buy it sooner was that I had read his other book "Taproots" and found it too abstract and disappointing. What a long way the author has come since he wrote Taproots! He presents Ericksonian ideas in a way that is delightful to read, down-to-earth, and effortless to follow. O'Hanlon is an excellent teacher, especially for those of us who are jargon-ically challenged. My only gripe is the high cost of this rather brief volume.

Fantastic Intro to Ericksonian hypnosis

This is an engaging and extremely readable introduction to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy. Profoundly less "technical manual" than the Grinder Bandler stuff, yet is certainly not dumbed down.Written with humor and undertanding in the informal style of a seminar in a manner that anyone could learn from.I would recommend this to anyone interested in Ericksonian Hypnosis.

Very useful: as intro textbook or handbook

Very good introduction to Ericksonian approach, useful for a beginner and helpful for an experienced practitioner.

A great intro to solution-oriented & ericksonian hypnosis

O'Hanlon's introduction to solution-oriented work and ericksonian hypnosis is top-rate, while managing to avoid excessively leaning on the purple coat-tails of Uncle Milty (Milton H. Erickson), or on anecdotes about how he was once hypnotized by Erickson himself and thus came to find the "true" path to therapeutic success.The experienced practitioner of hypnosis or solution-oriented therapy will find it an enjoyable read for an introductory review. Those experienced in one or the other modality will find something of value in learning about the overlap between the two disciplines, and the way they can amplify each other.For the curious reader interested in hypnosis, or the beginning student of either method, this is one of the best combinations of readable style and substance on the market