Tag Archive: Ericksonian Hypnosis

Oct 01

Book Review: The Handbook of Ericksonian Psychotherapy

(published in The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis) This landmark volume, which compromises the writings of various experts in the discipline of Ericksonian therapy, captures the enormity of Dr. Erickson’s influence on the fields of hypnosis and psychotherapy.  The Principles and the Practices of Ericksonian psychotherapy form the two respective sections of this book.  The …

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Mar 20

An Ericksonian Template for Smoking Cessation

Abstract (published in The Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Hypnosis) An Ericksonian approach to smoking cessation is a four-session model utilising solution-focused questions, strategic task assignments, and both conversational and formal hypnosis.  This model assists clients to change their experience of smoking, generating a pattern interruption that gradually expands through the course of treatment, …

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