Every Person’s Life Is Worth a Novel - Erving Polster

Published by Brunner/Mazel in 1988, this 522-page volume presents papers from the Third International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, held in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1986. It explores the therapeutic methods associated with psychiatrist Milton H. Erickson, covering hypnosis, strategic therapy, therapeutic metaphors, short-term interventions, and marital and family therapy. The collection also includes discussions of Erickson’s influence on clinical practice and a keynote address by family therapist Virginia Satir.