The Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion (Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson, Vol. 1) [Hardcover]

Milton H. Erickson (Author), Ernest L. Rossi (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 570 pages
• Publisher: Irvington Pub (August 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829005420
• ISBN-13: 978-0829005424
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #581,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent book, January 1, 2002

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F. Borja "Bor" (Mexico, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion (Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson, Vol. 1) (Hardcover)

This is a excelent book for those ones that want to know some deep knowledge about hypnosis.
With this book you are not going to learn how to do hypnosis, but you will understand some of the presupositions that are known in hypnosis.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Best of the 4-Volume Set but...., December 17, 2005

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Brian Cheong (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion (Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson, Vol. 1) (Hardcover)

This is the best starting book for anyone who wants to delve into hypnosis. But it is often available as used book only and is the first in a 4-vol set. But soon (sometime in early 2006), there will be a 8-vol (yes, 8 books in a set) set in a single CD that also comes with audio and bonus video and at $75!

Back about this book... It tells you experiments and findings of tests conducted on hypnotized subjects and how they react to suggestions by the "hypnotizer" and also what happens when they are told to do things (while in trance) that they would not do in normal consciousness.

The sections on Trance and Suggestions are excellent; perhaps the best OVERVIEW of trance and how suggestions work.

Much of the material is suitable for a hypnotherapist to use in a pre-talk to trance induction.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, February 11, 2001

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Bob (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion (Collected Papers of Milton a. Erickson on Hypnosis) (v. 1) (Paperback)

This book is a great choice. It is perhaps the best of the four volume set. Gives an excellent overview of Erickson's approach to hypnosis.