- Paperback: 284 pages
- Publisher: Metamorphous Press,U.S.; New edition edition (19 Feb 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1555520529
- ISBN-13: 978-1555520526
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 108,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. Volume I
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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Translating the translators,
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This review is from: Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, MD: Volume 1 (Paperback)
Whilst I would recommend this book to some extent as being a very interesting and generally quite deep analysis of Milton Erickson's hypnotic techniques, particularly his use of language patterns it does have one major drawback. Bandler and Grinder set themselves the task of modeling and interpreting Erickson's work only to produce a work that needs interpreting in itself. Their use of so many arcane and quite unnatural transformational linguistic terms does little or nothing to clarify Erickson's techniques for the average reader. This may have been some kind of intellectual vanity or maybe they were so caught up in the world of transformational linguistics at the time that they didn't realise the damage they would be doing to generations of inquirers into Erickson's techniques for years to come. We are treated to such wonderful terms as transderivational searches, lesser included structures, selectional restriction violations and counterfactual conditional clauses....One cannot help but wonder if this is this really supposed to clarify Erickson's technique. In my opinion William O'Hanlon makes a much better job of the task of translating Erickson and his patterns in "Solution Oriented Hypnosis" and "Taproots". Most of the same patterns are detected without the need to resort to the unnecessarily confusing linguistic terminology.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
It's unfortunate that people have been exposed to this book.,
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This review is from: Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, MD: Volume 1 (Paperback)
As a qualified Psychologist and Hypnotherapist, I initially purchased this book several years ago to gain an incite into the exciting world or indirect hypnosis. After several pages I started asking myself why have the authors created an text that stops just short of being an indecipherable text.
My overwhelming impression after finishing the book with the help of my own self created glossary (cheaper than a course in NLP), I was left with the unanswerable question why would you create a code that needs further training in order to understand it, if the aim of the book is to further inform the readers about a particular therapeutic modality, rather than strengthening the brand that is NLP. If you are looking for a more informative text then I suggest reading in order of preference 'Uncommon therapy', 'My voice will go with you', 'The seminars, workshops and lectures of Milton Erickson vol 1', and 'Taproots underlying principles of Milton Erickson's therapy and hypnosis', all of which have enabled me bring Ericksonian principles to my own practice. I wouldn't recommend this book to anybody except the most ardent fan of NLP and even then expect to be disappointed. The principles of Ericksonian therapy aren't that confusing in reality, however it does take a lot of time to develop the observation skills, and confidence to use confusion and metaphor to facilitate change. I don't think this book builds on either of these essential requirements, so save yourself the trouble and read something more informative.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bit tiring, overcomplicating things...,
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This review is from: Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, MD: Volume 1 (Paperback)
Not what I'd call hypnotic writing.
The subject is tackled in an adequate fashion, but it is done in a dry way, with no prose at all. The pseudo-maths are not 100% convincing either. Not very captivating, Grinder and Co could have done better I think.
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