Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39509 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 284 pages

Customer Reviews

An intro to NLP
Milton Erickson is legendary for his work in hypnosis. This book is a great introduction to his ways of using language to induce trance states. It is a good intro into NLP (neurolinguistic psycotherapy). i think it is more useful as a reference book for those interested in neuropsychology but it reads well in straight reading format as well.

Erickson Was A Genius, Period.
The guy that gave only 1 star to this book has no clue what he's talking about. Erickson was a genius and it was not in his content, but in the form he used.

This book and the other part of it are an explanation and demonstration of Erickson's true skill - reshaping a person's thought patterns. Bandler and Grinder have modeled Erickson in this work and in other non published NLP related works, and this is where you see actual "magic" in Erickson's style of therapy.

It's not the stories, it's not the miraculous improvement of his patients - it's the artful manipulation that Erickson was a master of.

I highly recommend this book and anything else related to Erickson's life and work. By merely reading Erickson, you get better in communicating effectively with others.

Enjoy!
Shlomo Vaknin, editor
NLPWeekly magazine & community

A Must For NLP Study
This book will introduce some of the foundations needed to fully understand NLP. It acts as a great goto reference as you continue to learn beyond the scope of this book.