This book, the result of a ten-year investigation of therapy by Gregory Bateson's research project, presents various approaches to therapy from the view of paradoxical communication and discusses the origins of strategic family therapy. For another book by Haley go here . . Practical exercises are offered to help therapists develop creativity and confidence in thinking metaphorically. He, in fact, used many different techniques, approaches and procedures. You can learn these for yourself, in addition to the frameworks that his students proposed, with this book.
Taproots offers a unified framework for Ericksonian approaches.
It is a book not about hypnosis, but about Erickson's therapeutic procedures. It simplifies, but not over simplify, the rich diversity of Erickson's work in order to make his procedures accessible to clinicians. . Rarely is a book generated by a conference, as good or better than the genuine thing. Therapeutic Conversations is this and more. A star-studded cast of theorists and practitioners talk about generating possibilities through conversations.