ERICKSONIAN THERAPY FOR FIBROMYALGIA, BACK AND CHRONIC PAIN...
Posted Sep 22 2010 3:58am
Milton H. Erickson M.D, an American (1901-1980) is considered to be the father of modern hypnotherapy. He was born into a poor farming community and didn't speak until he was four and was later found to have severe dyslexia, and to be tone deaf and colour blind. At 17 he had his first attack of Polio where he went into a coma. When he woke 3 days later he found himself completely paralysed, unable to move except for his eyes, and barely able to speak.
Over the next two years he taught himself to walk again and thus one of the hallmarks of hypnotherapy was born. Despite his problem Erickson went on to qualify as a medical doctor and psychiatrist.
Much later in his 50's his polio came back a second time characterized by pain and muscle weakness caused by the chronic over-use of partially paralysed muscles. This time he had to use a wheelchair, and suffered chronic pain, which he controlled with self-hypnosis. With this he was able to turn it into a learning opportunity and he became very good at treating other people's pain with hypnosis.
He hypnotized more than 30,000 people in the course of his career and wrote the entries on hypnosis for 3 encyclopedias, including the Britannica (1954-1973) and Colliers Encyclopedia (1952-1962). He published more than 300 scientific papers, has had more than 100 books written about him and there are more than 110 institutes promoting his Ericksonian Therapy worldwide.
Milton H. Erickson M.D, an American (1901-1980) is considered to be the father of modern hypnotherapy. He was born into a poor farming community and didn't speak until he was four and was later found to have severe dyslexia, and to be tone deaf and colour blind. At 17 he had his first attack of Polio where he went into a coma. When he woke 3 days later he found himself completely paralysed, unable to move except for his eyes, and barely able to speak.
Over the next two years he taught himself to walk again and thus one of the hallmarks of hypnotherapy was born. Despite his problem Erickson went on to qualify as a medical doctor and psychiatrist.
Much later in his 50's his polio came back a second time characterized by pain and muscle weakness caused by the chronic over-use of partially paralysed muscles. This time he had to use a wheelchair, and suffered chronic pain, which he controlled with self-hypnosis. With this he was able to turn it into a learning opportunity and he became very good at treating other people's pain with hypnosis.
He hypnotized more than 30,000 people in the course of his career and wrote the entries on hypnosis for 3 encyclopedias, including the Britannica (1954-1973) and Colliers Encyclopedia (1952-1962). He published more than 300 scientific papers, has had more than 100 books written about him and there are more than 110 institutes promoting his Ericksonian Therapy worldwide.