Experiencing Hypnosis: Therapeutic Approaches to Altered States - Milton H. Erickson and Ernest L. Rossi

This influential work explores Milton H. Erickson’s approach to clinical hypnosis through lectures, case material and practical demonstrations. Erickson and Rossi examine indirect suggestion, hypnotic communication, catalepsy, ideomotor signalling and the use of a patient’s own experiences in inducing and deepening trance. The book presents hypnosis as an individualised therapeutic process, moving beyond rigid induction scripts to explore how clinicians can work with spontaneous responses, imagination and attention. First published by Irvington Publishers in 1981, it is a useful reference for students and practitioners interested in Ericksonian hypnosis and its application in psychotherapy.