Jay Haley on Milton H. Erickson

216 Pages·1993·4.12 MB·English

by  Jay Haley

Jay Haley
on
Milton H. Erickson
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Jay Haley
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Jay Haley
on
Milton H. Erickson
by
Jay Haley
O Routledge
Taylor &. Francis Group
LONDON AND NEW YORK
I gratefully acknowledge the persons and organizations who have given me the permission
to reprint the papers in this book: Jeffrey K. Zeig and The Milton H. Erickson Foun­
dation, Jossey-Bass, Inc., Brunner/Mazel, Inc., and John H. Weakland. For a complete
listing of original sources and copyright data see pp. vii-viii.
First published 1993 by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haley, Jay.
Jay Haley on Milton H. Erickson / by Jay Haley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliograhpical references.
1. Hypnotism—Therapeutic use. 2. Erickson, Milton H.
3. Psychotherapy. I. Title.
RC495.H335 1993
616.89'162 —dc20 93-5375
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ISBN 13: 978-0-876-30728-1 (hbk)
Contents
Acknowledgments...................................................................................... vii
Introduction............................................................................................ ix
1. Milton H. Erickson: A Brief Biography...................................... 1
(1967)
2. Commentary on Milton H. Erickson, M .D................................. 9
(1967)
3. Erickson’s Contribution to Therapy............................................. 38
(1982)
4. A Review of Ordeal Therapy.......................................................... 61
(1984)
5. Remembering Erickson: A Dialogue Between
Jay Haley and John Weakland......................................................... 81
(1985)
6. Why Not Long-Term Therapy?........................................................102
(1990)
7. Zen and the Art of Therapy..............................................................118
(1992)
8. Erickson Hypnotic Demonstration: 1964 .................................... 136
(1993)
9. Typically Erickson................................................................................176
(1993)
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Acknowledgments
I wish to express my appreciation to the various sources where these
papers were originally published, who have kindly given me permission
to publish them here. I present them in order of publication.
“Milton H. Erickson: A Brief Biography” and the “Commentary on
Milton H. Erickson, M.D.” were originally published by Grune & Stratton
in 1967 in a collection of articles by Dr. Erickson which I edited, Advanced
Techniques of Hypnosis and Therapy: Selected Papers of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.,
pp. 1-5 and 530-549. Copyright © 1967 by Grune & Stratton.
I am grateful to The Milton H. Erickson Foundation and to
Brunner/Mazel for allowing me to republish papers from meetings of the
Foundation. These include:
“Erickson’s Contribution to Therapy” from Ericksonian Approaches
to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, pp. 5-25, edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.,
and published by Brunner/Mazel in 1982. Copyright © 1982 by The
Milton H. Erickson Foundation.
“A Review of Ordeal Therapy” from Ericksonian Psychotherapy, Volume
II: Clinical Applications, edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., and published
by Brunner/Mazel in 1985 for The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, was
originally published in Ordeal Therapy: Unusual Ways to Change Behavior,
pp. 1-23, by Jay Haley, and published by Jossey-Bass in 1984. Copyright
© 1984 by Jossey-Bass, Inc. It is included here with the permission of
Jossey-Bass.
“Remembering Erickson: A Dialogue Between Jay Haley and John
Weakland” from Ericksonian Psychotherapy, Volume I: Structures, pp. 585-604,
edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., and published by Brunner/Mazel in
1985. Copyright © 1985 by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation. It is
also included here with the permission of Mr. Weakland.
“Why Not Long-Term Therapy?” from Brief Therapy: Myths, Methods
and Metaphors, pp. 3-17, edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., and Stephen G.
Gilligan, Ph.D., and published by Brunner/Mazel in 1990. Copyright ©
1990 by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation.
“Zen and the Art of Therapy” from The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
The Second Conference, pp. 24-38, edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., and