My Voice Will Go with You: Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson: Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erikson

I first read this book whilst training to be a General Practitioner over 10 years ago. The idea that I could heal my patients with stories without them even being aware intrigued me. The more examples I read, the more I became convinced of the power of our sub-conscious over our lives. Since then I have always tried to tell my patients the 'right' sort of stories during my consultations. His belief in the healing power of stories led me to publish my own book based on the healing power of cartoons called 'Be Happy Cartoons'. If a picture is worth a thousand words then surely my favourite sort of picture, a cartoon, could be used to heal patients just as Milton Erickson did. I spent a couple of years trying to put ideas that could make people feel happier into cartoon form with the help of cartoonist Swapan Debnath. Together I think we produced something Milton would have liked. I am forever grateful to him. I recommend any doctor, medical student, nurse, carer etc read this book so you will realise the profound influence your words and stories can have on a patient.

So many wonderful insights of the world of Milton Erickson. There are many examples that have been really helpful in my own life and how I relate to others. Real 'out of the box' thinking that challenges the way the normal route of dealing with phobias, depression, self doubt, etc. Amazing how the surprising suggestions work out for the client, some quite humorous. Recommended reading if you're into hypnosis or NLP. Will add to your own life as well.

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Ericson uses a subtle aproach with his patients using anecdotes and metaphores that they can relate to. His use of humor is good in helping to. Build rapport with patients and clients. We can learn a lot by his aproach an methods. I recomended it as an nlp student

Totally fascinating to read case study after case study of how Erickson gave therapeutic interventions to his clients. The variety and flexibility of approaches is remarkable as is his ingenuity in each instance. Well worth a read given the insight it provides into what trance is and how to motivate change.

I got interested in NLP and from this started getting curious about Milton Erickson. This was a great book for getting a handle on how Erickson worked, leaving you with a sense of getting to know the man and also finding metaphors and tales that can slip into what you do easily - whether your working proffesionally with change work or just find the whole thing interesting.

This story telling is pure gold. The methods used and arranged by Erickson in the healings and curings of his patients both amused and astounded me. By using shocks, humour, distractions, mirroring or whatever prop appealed Erickson secured success upon success without the use of drugs or their possible side effects. This book highlights the amazing capabilities of the human unconscious to correct imbalances of many of our internal systems. Erickson found the secret of how to get each patient to work out their own resolutions by encouraging a change in their thinking.

Really interesting and the methods used maybe questionable today but underneath it all you can see how complicated and unique we are as humans

It is a Great book, I will recommend it to any one who wants to learn a little bit more about Erickson

Great book on client issues and great examples on how they were dealt with. Recomended buy.

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Must have in your collection.

This book offers great laughs, eyebrow raises, and opens your mind to paradoxal ways to break out of your "problems". Absolutely loved it, great for therapists and anyone interetsed in psychology.