Introduction to 'Special Techniques of Brief Hypnotherapy'

Kirsten Dierolf

Abstract

“Special Techniques of Brief Hypnotherapy” by Milton Erickson was published in 1954, 20 years before Steve de Shazer’s first paper “On Getting Unstuck”. The differences and similarities are fascinating. Both papers describe therapy processes which were conducted by a clever therapist who designed interventions which helped the client to have a happier life. Both consciously ignore possible explanations for the problem the client is experiencing that might be generated by looking into the client’s past.

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