Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis (A Norton professional book) [Paperback]

Bill O'Hanlon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 1987 | Series: A Norton professional book

"This is an essential primer of Ericksonian hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy. […] O’Hanlon provides threads that crystallize practical patterns useful to clinicians at all levels of expertise." — Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation

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“O’Hanlon’s books are always filled with precious clinical nuggets.” (The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter )

About the Author

Bill O’Hanlon, is a founder of Possibility and Inclusive Therapies and is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books, including Do One Thing Different and Quick Steps to Resolving Trauma. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (January 17, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393700313
• ISBN-13: 978-0393700312
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #759,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bill O'Hanlon, MS, LMFT, has authored or co-authored 30 books, the latest being Quick Steps to Resolving Trauma (W.W. Norton, October, 2010), A Guide to Trance Land (W.W. Norton, 2009); Pathways to Spirituality (W.W. Norton), Change 101: A Practical Guide to Creating Change (W.W. Norton, Fall 2006), and Thriving Through Crisis (Penguin/Perigee; winner of the Books for a Better Life Award). He has published 57 articles or book chapters. His books have been translated into 15 languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, German, Chinese, Bulgarian, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Croatian, Arabic and Japanese. He has appeared on Oprah (with his book Do One Thing Different), The Today Show, and a variety of other television and radio programs. Since 1977, Bill has given over 1500 talks around the world. He has been a top-rated presenter at many national conferences and was awarded the 'Outstanding Mental Health Educator of the Year' in 2001 by the New England Educational Institute. Bill is a Licensed Mental Health Professional, Certified Professional Counselor, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Bill is clinical member of AAMFT (and winner of the 2003 New Mexico AMFT Distinguished Service Award), certified by the National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and a Fellow and a Board Member of the American Psychotherapy Association. He is known for his storytelling, irreverent humor, clear and accessible style and his boundless enthusiasm for whatever he is doing.

Find him at billohanlon.com

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a primer to Ericksonian Hypnotheraphy, June 15, 2001

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Patrick Merlevede (Eeklo, Vlaanderen (Belgium, Europe)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis (A Norton professional book) (Paperback)

A lot of books have been written about Milton Erickson. I was introduced to Erickson's work through the work of Bandler and Grinder, now known as NLP (I got my NLP trainer certificate in 1996). This book doesn't cover the modern NLP as I know it, nor does it cover the work of Steven Gilligan, but apart from that it includes a brief overview of frameworks that explain Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis (e.g. Haley, Rossi, Lankton, Zeig, etc).

Now you know what the book does and doesn't cover, let me tell you what it aims at. The author wants to make Erickson's work accessible and to unravel the underlying structure of Erickson's marvelous interventions, which were often beyond the comprehension of his students. The goal of the book is to offer the reader a set of patterns that will result in therapeutic interventions of the same style as those used by Erickson himself. It also includes principles, assumptions to be avoided and illustrates the whole with examples from Erickson himself.

I think the author has done well on his goal, especially given the reputation of his subject. In general, this is a very accessible book which doesn't require any previous knowledge.

Patrick E. Merlevede, Author of "7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence"