Milton H. Erickson
Psychotherapist, Author
1901 – 1980
Who was Milton H. Erickson?
Milton Hyland Erickson was an American psychiatrist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychopathological Association. He is noted for his approach to the unconscious mind as creative and solution-generating. He is also noted for influencing brief therapy, strategic family therapy, family systems therapy, solution focused brief therapy, and neuro-linguistic programming.
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- Born
- Dec 5, 1901
Aurum, Nevada - Also known as
- Milton Erickson
- Spouses
- Helen Hutton
(1924 - 1934) - Elizabeth Erickson
(1936 - 1980/03/25)
- Helen Hutton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Died
- Mar 25, 1980
Phoenix
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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