Including a biographical chapter on Milton Erickson, this text reveals the many important events of his life that contributed to the development of his ideas and theories on hypnosis.

Volume IV takes the reader on a journey that recaptures his evolution of the therapeutic double bind: from a technique based on an authoritarian concept of 'illusory choice', to a modern vision of the double bind as a 'free choice among comparable alternatives'.

This third volume of the work of Milton Erickson contains much of the source material wherein Erickson first expressed his original views on psychosomatic medicine and healing. His research validates the view that the psyche, mind and brain are integrated in modulating body processes.

Describes Milton Erickson's contribution to practical psychotherapy. The text presents the actual approaches, methods and techniques Erickson developed that would enable people to use their own experiences to change behaviour.