Continuing Education for Psychologists

THE INDUCTION OF HYPNOSIS
An Ericksonian Elicitation Approach

This book offers an understandable model of hypnosis from an Ericksonian perspective. Many books by and about Erickson's approach are difficult and abstract. This book is useful to the beginning and intermediate practitioner who wants to add hypnotherapy into clinical practice. It deconstructs the key concepts of hypnosis; presents real-life cases, dispels myths; and demystifies the process of eliciting trance. It compares and contrasts the traditional model of hypnosis with the Ericksonian model; delves into hypnotic evocative communication, "the language of hypnosis," and Erickson's ARE model of hypnotic induction; and distinguishes among three aspects of human experience: emotion, moods, and "states," with "states" being the most operative in the elicitation of hypnosis and effecting generative change.

Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., is a writer, teacher and practitioner of psychotherapy. He has edited, co-edited, authored or coauthored more than 20 books on psychotherapy that have been translated into fourteen languages. He has organized several conferences on psychotherapy and is the founder and director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

"...readers encounter Milton Erickson, Jay Haley, John Weakland, Stephen Lankton,Stephen Gilligan, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Bill O Hanlon, and many others, key figures who contributed an enormous body of professional work influenced by the Wizard of the Desert.... Zeig provides a rich introduction to the texture and fabric of Ericksonian hypnosis. He includes chapters on the controversial issue of hypnotic states, an experiential introduction to the hypnotic process, the traditional model of hypnosis, the phenomenological orientation, the evocative communication of hypnosis, the Ericksonian model of hypnosis and psychotherapy, the language of hypnosis, and a specific model developed by Zeig the ARE model....I recommend this book for practitioners of psychotherapy and hypnosis, and for students in psychology, social work, counseling, psychiatry, medicine, and allied fields."
--Donald Moss, PsycCRITIQUES

"Although he restricts the scope of the book to eliciting (inducing) hypnosis, Zeig actually offers many general principles to use for hypnotherapy and psychotherapy. One of the key ideas is eliciting rather than inducing hypnosis. Instead of simply offering scripts and directives (as there are plenty of protocols to follow), Zeig gently leads readers to approach and embrace a subtler way of bringing about hypnosis through an individualized, implicit response from the client."
--Extracted from The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter

"This book can provide a different perspective for therapists already familiar withhypnosis in their practice, as well as novice hypnotherapists who wish to gain furtherunderstanding of how to seamlessly introduce hypnotic principles and techniques intotheir work. It is not so much about doing hypnosis but rather about being hypnotic andthinking hypnotically within the therapeutic relationship. Yet, it presents a clear intro-duction to hypnotic induction. Many of the passages beg further visitation. They providerich soil from which new understanding can grow."
--Scott Hoye, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 57. 359-361