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Books by and about Milton Erickson and Ericksonian Hypnosis

Battino, Ruben: Expectation: The Very Brief Therapy Book
Battino, Ruben ( 2006)
Expectation: The Very Brief Therapy Book
o.A.: Crownhouse ( ca. £ 20 )
Der Autor des umfassenden Handbuches der Ericksonschen Techniken legt hier ein  interessantes neues Buch vor. Durch die Beschränkung der Therapie auf wenige Sitzungen hat  der Klient die Erwartungshaltung, dass eine Änderung in wenigen Sitzungen möglich ist. Battino  fasst in diesem Buch viele hypnotherapeutische und lösungsorientierte Techniken zusammen.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON (Rossi ed) : "The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis"
Vol I - The Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion
Vol II - Hypnotic Alteration of Sensory, Perceptual and  Psychophysiological Processes
Vol III The Hypnotic Investigation of Psychodynamic Processes
Vol IV - Innovative Hypnotherapy
Hardbound w/ DJ, now Out of Print, 1980
$275.00
What can I say? 1900 pages of vintage Erickson, culled from a lifetime of  work. This is the ultimate Erickson collection, and sadly it is out of  print.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON (Rossi ed) : The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis"
Vol IV - Innovative Hypnotherapy
Hardbound w/DJ, 1980, 560 pp
$99.50
$65.00 - a trade paperback copy
Now out-of-print, this classic collection has all of Milton Erickson's  most important papers regarding his hypnotherapeutic techniques.  Covers indirect approaches to Symptom Resolution, Utilization  Approaches to Hypnotherapy, hypnotherapeutic approaches to pain,  sexual problems and hypnotherapeutic reorientations to emotional  satisfaction, facilitating new identity, and other topics. 59 articles in all.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON and COOPER,LINN: "Time Distortion in Hypnosis"
Hardcover w/DJ, 1954 First Edition
$225.00
$225 - hardbound w/worn dj copy of Revised edition, 1956
$175 - hardbound copy of revised edition lacking a dust jacket
This hard-to-find volume is a gem which shows Erickson's ideas on how  to use time distortion, a naturally occurring hypnotic phenomenon, in a  therapeutic environment. Contains both experimental hypnosis data and  clinical interpretation.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON and ROSSI,ERNEST: "Hypnotherapy - An Exploratory Casebook"
Hardcover w/dj Irvington, 1979 , 495 pages
see new arrivals section
This is the best of all the Erickson books by far. Beginning with a well  written exposition of Erickson's concepts and techniques, followed by  300 pages of annotated therapy transcripts, this book is great for  someone just getting introduced to Erickson, or for the hypnotherapist  who needs this exciting work by the most influential hypnotherapist of  our time.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON: "Experiencing Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ,,1981, 283 pp
$50.00
Third in the series that began with "Hypnotic Realities" and  "Hypnotherapy". In an early lecture, we see the transition from the  authoritarian to the permissive approach by Erickson. Also sections on  Catalepsy in Induction and Therapy, Ideomotor Signaling, and Learning  of Trance by the Skeptical Mind.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON: " Mind-Body Communication in Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ, Out of Print
$49.50
SALE PRICE : $37.50
Vol III of the Seminars, Workshops and Lectures of Milton Erickson.  Contains much of the source material wherein Erickson first expressed  his original views on psychosomatic medicine and healing. Say what?  Erickson on using hypnotism to stimulate breast development? Don't  take my word . Buy the book!

    
ERICKSON,MILTON: "Life Reframing in Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1992, 328 pp
$29.50
Vol II of the Seminars, Workshops and Lectures of Milton Erickson. It  was during this time period that Erickson wrote some of his most  original papers on the naturalistic and utilization techniques which are  considered to be the essence of his approach. Say what? Isn't this  reframing stuff the source of that NLP stuff? You betcha! Now read the  master!

    
ERICKSON,MILTON: "Creative Choice in Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ , 1992, 274 pp,
$29.50
Vol IV in the Seminars, Workshops and Lectures series, this book  explores questions central to the hypnotic experience: Is hypnotism a  process of manipulation or facilitaton? Creative Choice in Hypnosis  takes the reader on a journey that recaptures Erickson's evolution of the  therapeutic double-bind and his use of the authoritarian- permissive  paradox.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON: "Hypnotic Realities"
Hardbound w/Dj ,1976, 326 pp,
$55.00
$49.50 - hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket
In this volume Erickson focuses on the induction of hypnosis, and  forms of indirect suggestion. Erickson and Rossi fully annotate  transcripts of sessions showing use of the Yes set, the Double Bind, the  Handshake Induction, Age Regression, and other topic s. I recommend  this book as a first book of Erickson

    
ERICKSON,MILTON edited by HALEY,JAY: "Conversations With Milton H Erickson"
All Hardcover w/DJ- Norton - 1985
Volume I - Changing Individuals
Volume II Changing Couples
Volume III - Changing Children and Families
$125
These conversation took place over a period of 17 years and were  recorded as part of Gregory Bateson's project on communication and  therapy. Bateson, my old teacher from Santa Cruz, makes an appearance  in these books. In Vol. II Erickson talks about the issues of marriage and  shows many procedures for resolving problems. In Vol III the  conversations describe Erickson's lively ways of doing therapy with  children.

    
ERICKSON,MILTON (ZEIG, ed.): "A Teaching Seminar with Milton Erickson"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1980, Brunner Mazel, 354 pp,
$42.50
I consider this one of the best values out there, because it presents an  entire weekend seminar with Erickson for a fraction of what any  hypnosis class costs. For those of us who were not lucky enough to  study with Erickson, this is an opportunity which is rewarding,  insightful, and a great deal of fun to read.

    
ZEIG,JEFFREY & LANKTON,STEPHEN (eds): "Developing Ericksonian Therapy - The State of the Art"
Hardbound w/Dj, 1988, 523 pp. Like New - in print for $57.97
$37.50
The proceedings from the third congress on Ericksonian Approaches to  Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. This one has a keynote by Virginia Satir,  plus papers from Joe Barber, Sidney Rosen, Ernest Rossi, David  Gordon, Ronald Havens, Michael Yapko, Stephen Gilligan, Daniel  Araoz, the Erickson children, and more. One of the more impressive  books in this series.

    
MATHEWS,WILLIAM & EDGETTE, JOHN H. (eds): "Current Thinking and Research in Brief Therapy - Solutions, Strategies, Narratives"
Hardbound, 1997, 270 pp., NEW COPY
$37.95
The first volume in a new series sponsored by the Milton Erickson  foundation, this book contains work by a host of second-generation  Ericksonian therapists. Articles about the altered state debate, hypnosis  in the treatment of AIDS, treating asthmatic children using mental  imagery, unorthodox treatment vs. legal standards, and an article on  EMDR by Francine Shapiro, the originator of the technique, and part of  the new Palo Alto group.

    
CADE,BRIAN & O'HANLON, HUDSON: "A Brief Guide to Brief Therapy"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1993, 202 pp.
$14.50
This engaging book overs an over of the history and theory of brief  therapy, from its beginnings in the research of Gregory Bateson through  the seminal therapy of Milton Erickson and John Weakland, up to the  present. From the author of Taproots and An Uncommon Casebook.

    
LANKTON,STEPHEN R. & LANKTON, CAROL H.: "The Answer Within: A Clinical Framework of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy"
Hardbound w/dj, 1983, 368 pp, NEW COPY
$37.95
$29.50 - a used copy
The Lanktons' book takes the reader step by step through the process of  making a diagnosis and carrying out a treatment plan based on  Ericksonian principles, illustrating each stage with clinical examples and  transcripts. Special attention is given to the use of the multiple  embedded metaphor as a modality to deliver interventions.

    
LANKTON,STEVE: "Practical Magic"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1980, 250 pp,
$22.50
This master of Ericksonian therapy translates basic techniques of NLP  into a clinical psychotherapy setting. Includes an annotated Ericksonian  hypnotic induction, dealing with representational systems, using  metaphors, and a study guide.

    
LOVERN, JOHN D. : "Pathways to Reality : Erickson-Inspired Treatment Approaches to Chemical Dependency"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1991, 228 pp
$39.50
$32.00 hardbound copy, sl hiliting
The first book to treat chemical dependency from a Ericksonian  viewpoint. Covers the conection between Erickson-inspired therapeutic  techniques and the experience of 'surrender'; Ericksonian treatment  including motivation, utilization, confusion, trance, the indirect  approach, and ordeals; approaches to the family process; the Twelve  Steps; other addictions and treatment modalities and much more.

    
CLOSE,HENRY T. : "Metaphor in Psychotherapy : The clinical applications of stories and allegories"
Hardbound, 1998, 305pp. , sl hiliting
$25.00
A student of Milton Erickson, Dr. Close presents a complete collection  of stories and allegories for use in psychotherapy, with dozens of  practical therapeutic activities involving metaphor, drama, fantasy and  meditation. Close emphasizes the application of metaphor, mixing it  with theory and case histories for added understanding.

    
WATZLAWICK,PAUL , WEAKLAND,JOHN & FISCH,RICHARD : "Change - Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution"
Hardback w/DJ, 1974, 172 pp,
$15.00
With a Foreword by Milton Erickson, this book is an outgrowth of the  work at the Brief Therapy Center of the famed Palo Alto group. It  examines how common sense and logical approaches often fail (and  often compound problems!) while seemingly illogical and unreaasonable  actions succeed in producting the desired change.

    
YAPKO,MICHAEL (Ed): "Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions: Principles and Practice"
Hardbound, 1986, 355 pp, uncommon, hiliting
$37.50
Drawn from the proceedings of the First Annual San Diego Conference  on Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions organized by the Milton H.  Erickson Institute of San Diego, these papers focus on Ericksonian  Conceptual Frameworks, Tools for Facilitating Treatment, and more,  including Parts Work, the use of statistical modeling in hypnosis,  hypnosis with children, Pattern Interruption, and other wide-ranging  issues.

    
ROSSI, ERNEST: "The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing - New Concepts of Therapeutic Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1986,
$27.50
$15.00 - a trade paperback copy
A dash of NLP, a bunch of Ericksonian Therapy, a bit of  psychoneuroimmunology and molecular genetics and of course,  hypnotism, make up the recipe for this new look at hypnotic therapy.  The man who became famous for annotating Erickson comes into his  own in this revised version of his famous text.

    
ZEIG,JEFFREY (ed): "Ericksonian Psychotherapy - Vol I: Structures"
Hardcover w/DJ, Brunner Mazel, 1985, 637 pp

    
ZEIG,JEFFREY (ed): "Ericksonian Psychotherapy - Vol II: Clinical Applications"
Hardcover w/DJ, Brunner Mazel, 1985, 531 pp
$99.50 for both books
The proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Ericksonian  Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. Includes articles by Rossi,  Watzlawick, Barber, Haley, Weakland, Havens, O'Hanlon, Lankton,  Gilligan, Araoz, Zeig, Betty Erickson and the Erickson children, and  many others. The second volume addresses specific applications,  including family therapy, alcoholism, pain control, cancer treatment,  and sexuality. An indespensible duo by the leaders in Ericksonian  methods.

    
LANKTON,STEPHEN R. (ed): "Elements and Dimensions of an Ericksonian Approach"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1985, 151 pp, NEW COPY
$28.95
$22.00 - a used copy, like new
Number 1 in the Ericksonian Monographs series, this book contains  nine articles including a previously unpublished paper by Milton  Erickson as well as entries by Ernest Rossi, Stephen Lankton, Jeffrey  Zeig, D. Corydon Hammond and Michael Yapko.

    
LANKTON AND ZEIG (editors): "Research, Comparisons and Medical Applications of Ericksonian Techniques"
Hardcover w/DJ , Brunner Mazel, 1988, 118 pages NEW COPY
$29.95
Volume 4 of the Ericksonian Monographs. Contains nine different  articles on Ericksonian Hypnosis, including the 'Ten Minute Trance:  Ericksonian Techniques in a Busy General Medical Practice

    
LANKTON, ZEIG & GILLIGAN (editors): "Views on Ericksonian Brief Therapy, Process and Action"
Hardcover, Brunner Mazel, 1991, 116 pages NEW COPY
$29.95
Volume 8 of the Ericksonian Monographs. Contains eight different  article, including an article by two of Erickson's daughters on "Milton  Erickson's Increasing Shift to Less Directive Hypnotic Techniques as  Illustrated by Work with Family Members."

    
ZEIG,JEFFREY (editor): "Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy"
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket , Brunner Mazel, 1982, 518 pages OUT OF  PRINT
$32.50
$25 - hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket
In December 1980, 2000 professionals from around the world united to  salute Milton Erickson. Presentations were made by 43 different experts,  including Jay Haley, Jeffrey Zeig, David Gordon, David Cheek, Joseph  Barber, Ernest Rossi, Sidney Rosen and others. This book is the  proceedings of that extra- ordinary event saluting Erickson, with papers  about Ericksonian Inductions, Family Therapy, Case Studies, Pain  Control, working with Children, Trans- cultural Approaches and more.

    
GILLIGAN, STEPHEN & PRICE,REESE (eds): "Therapeutic Conversations"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1993, 362 pp, New Copy
$34.95
$25.00 - a used copy, sl hiliting
A new book of Ericksonian therapies in practice. A collection of 17  different cases, each with the use of therapeutic metaphorical  conversation used to promote change in the client. In an unusual move,  each chapter contains a commentary by a different author. Includes  contributions by Gilligan, William O'Hanlon, John Weakland and  others.

    
LANKTON,STEPHEN R. & LANKTON,CAROL H. : "Tales of Enchantment - Goal-Oriented Metaphors for Adults and Children in Therapy"
Hardbound w/dj, 1989, Brunner Mazel, 409 pp,
$32.50
Using Erickson's method of telling metaphorical tales, the Lankton's  devote this volume to a series of tales used in therapeutic situations of  changing attitudes, behaviors, family structures, self image, work with  children, and trance phenomena goals. Better than a book of scripts,  these are intricate teaching tales in the Ericksonian tradition.

    
YAPKO,MICHAEL: "Trancework - An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/dj, 1990, 446 pp, New Copy
$44.95
$35 - used copy with dust jacket
$32.50 - used copy with DJ, slight hiliting
$29.50 - hardbound copy of the first edition
A very good general introduction to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy,  covering all aspects from induction and deepening, to suggestibility  testing, trance phenomena, trance scripts, and annotated transcripts of  sessions.

    
FRANZKE,ERICH: "Fairy Tales in Psychotherapy"
Hardbound, 1989, 130 pp
$25.00
A translation of the German book examining the approach of  integrating fairy tales and other stories of a supernatural nature into  psychotherapy.  From a wealth of examples drawn from practice, the  author describes different ways of telling and acting out fairy tales in  individual and group therapy settings.

    
WHITE,MICHAEL & EPSTON,DAVID: "Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1990, 229 pp,
$17.50
This amazing book, based on the theories of Michel Foucault, starts  with the premise that people experience problems when the stories of  their lives, as they or others have invented them, do not match their  lived experience. Therapy then becomes a process of storying or re-  storying (pun intended) their lives.

    
O'HANLON,HUDSON WILLIAM & WEINER-DAVIS,MICHELE : "In Search of Solutions : A New Direction in Psychotherapy"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1989, 191 pp,
$25.00
The master Ericksonian weighs in with this book on the new trend in  psychotherapy to focus on strengths and solutions rather than problems  and pathologies. According to the authors, when therapy is solution-  oriented, assessment techniques can become deliberate interventions that  often negate the need for treatment beyond the first session!

    
O'HANLON,WILLIAM HUDSON & MARTIN, MICHAEL: "Solution-Oriented Hypnosis ; An Ericksonian Approach"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1992, 207 pp, Out of Print
$24.50
For those of you who didn't have access to O'Hanlon's two day  workshops on Ericksonian Hypnosis, this book is the next best thing.  Its a complete transcipt of his seminar, including all printed materials. I  bet he charged a lot more that this to attend!

    
MILLS and CROWLEY - "Therapeutic Metaphors for Children"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1986, 261 pp
$27.50
Application of Ericksonian technique to children's therapy, these  authors use a combination of teaching tales with art therapy to forge a  unique approach to working with children.

    
BRETT,DORIS : "More Annie Stories - Therapeutic Storytelling Techniques"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1992, 216 pp
$19.50
$12.50 - a trade paperback copy
Therapeutic Storytelling for Children in the Ericksonian tradition, these  eleven stories focus on common childhood experiences, such as fear of  the dark, bedwetting, shyness, teasing, divorce, siblings, children of  alcoholics and more.

    
PHIILLIPS,MAGGIE & FREDERICK,CLARE: "Healing the Divided Self : Clinical and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy for Posttraumatic and Dissociative Conditions"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1995, 371 pp., New Copy
$40.00
A step-by-step guide for the use of Ericksonian hypnotic techniques for  treating the entire spectrum of dissociative disorders. The authors cover  beginning treatment, ego strengthening, uncovering and abreatction, the  reworking of uncovered material, the facilitation of the integrative  process, the creation of a new identity, and the enhancement of spiritual  development.

    
BELL-GADSBY,CHERYL & SEIGENBERG,ANNE: "Reclaiming Herstory - Ericksonian Solution-Focused Therapy for Sexual Abuse"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1996, 259 pp
$25.00
Women who have survived sexual abuse are among the most  traumatized individuals who seek therapy. Refined from their work  with hundreds of sexual abuse survivors, the authors present four  distinct stages of healing such clients, and they take a clear and articulat  position in realtion to the criticl issue of 'False Memory Syndrome"

    
CALOF,DAVID : "The Couple Who Became Each Other"
Trade Paperback, 1996, 354 pp, Out-of-Print
$15
The book begins with a charming tale of meeting and studying with  Milton Erickson. The cases which follow are nothing short of  spectacular. Precancerous cells cleansed by hypnotism. Three sisters who  pass 15 extra pounds between one another, much like Charcot's  experiments moving a paralysis from one limb to another. And more.

    
DOLAN,YVONNE M.: "Resolving Sexual Abuse - Solution-Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1991, 237 pp, First Edition
$25.00
From the author of Path with a Heart comes this second- generation  book of Ericksonian techniques for victims of sexual abuse. Includes  chapters on dealing with nonsupportive family members and  perpetrators, healing the split, ensuring safety in the present, turning a  symptom into a resource, therapeutic tasks, safe remembering of  dissociated experiences, reclaiming the body, overcoming the relapse  danger, and meaningful completions.

    
HALEY,JAY: "Uncommon Therapy - the Psychiatric Techniques of Milton Erickson"
Hardbound w/DJ, 313 pages,
$29.50
$7.50 - a paperback copy
This was the book that first brought Ericksonian techniques to the  world. Haley's unique viewpoint brings Erickson into sharp focus, in an  insightful, well researched contribution.

    
Rrickson, Betty Alice & Keeney, Bradford ( Hrsg.): Milton H. Erickson, M.D.: An American Healer
o.A.: Leetes Island Books ( $ 20 )
Bradford Keeney gab die letzten Jahre eine interessante Serie von Büchern über Heiler und  Schamanen aus verschiedenen Kulturen in aller Welt heraus. Sein neuestes Buch behandelt  überraschenderweise den “weißen Schamanen“ und Medizinmann Milton Erickson. Das Buch  wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit Ericksons Tochter Betty Alice erarbeitet und beinhaltet neue  Sichtweisen der Arbeit von Milton Erickson. Neben der Darstellung der Arbeit von Erickson  hat es teilweise biographischen Charakter, enthält Photos aus dem Familienalbum Ericksons,  ein bisher nich zugängliches Transkript einer klinischen Konsultation von Erickson und vieles  andere mehr.

    
HALEY,JAY: "Ordeal Therapy"
Hardcover w/Dust Jacket, , 213 pages
$19.50
Milton Erickson was well known for demanding that his clients go  through some kind of strenuous or tedious ordeal as a highway to  healing. Haley first provides an account of the theoretical basis of ordeal  therapy, showing how it builds on the work of Milton H. Erickson. He  goes on to outline the stages of ordeal therapy, and details special  techniques to use with different clients.

    
HALEY,JAY: "Strategies of Psychotherapy"
Hardcover, Grune and Stratton, 1963, 204 pp, Out of Print
$15.00
Haley's therapeutic of the psychoanalytic construct as a relationship  which exists in the communication between the therapist and the client.  Fresh from his studies with Milton Erickson, of special interest is the  chapter on "How Hypnosis and Subject Maneuver Each Other."

    
ROSEN,SIDNEY : "My Voice Will Go With You -The Teaching Tales of Milton Erickson"
Hardbound w/DJ, 253 pages, 1982, out of print in hardback
$17.50
Rosen collected the stories which Dr. Milton Erickson told, and has  anthogized them in this charming book. Easy to read, each tale is about  a page long. A great sourcebook of examples of metaphors and teaching  tales for the NeoEricksonian.

    
BARKER,PHILIP : "Using Metaphors in Psychotherapy"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1985, 221 pp
$27.50
$16.50 - a trade paperback copy
The Erickson-influenced professor of pediatrics and psychiatry from  Canada weighs in with this book on the use of metaphor in a clinical  setting. I was particularly inpressed with the section on the Practical  Delivery of Metaphors, which gives hints on how to establish rapport  when telling therapeutic tales.

    
WALLAS,LEE : "Stories for the Third Ear - Using Hypnotic Fables in Psychotherapy"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1985, 178 pp
$15.00
An Ericksonian approach to clinical therapy through the use of stories  with a therapeutic goal. Specific stories for 19 different clinical situations.  Wallas tells of the client issues, then tells the fable which she  constructed.

    
WALLAS,LEE : "Stories That Heal"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1991, 244 pp
$19.50
The follow-up to wallas' Stories for theThird Ear, this Erickson- insprired book addresses adult children of dysfunctional families, and  tries to help correct the distorted messages which they have received  from their parents since infancy.

    
FISCHRICHARD & WEAKLAND, JOHN & SEGAL,LYNN: "The Tactics of Change - Doing Therapy Briefly"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1982, 302 pp
$19.50
From Bateson's group at the Brief Therapy Center in Palo Alto comes  this comprehensive and detailed manual on treating clinical problems  briefly and effectively. The brief approach treats in weeks, rather than  months or years. The book is dedicated to Milton Erickson.

    
YAPKO (Ed),MICHAEL: "Brief Therapy Approaches to Treating Anxiety and Depression"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1989, 357 pp
$35.00
$32.00 - a hardbound copy with pictorial boards
$27.50 - a used hardbound cloth copy, fep cut
Drawn from the proceedings of the Fourth Annual San Diego  Conference on Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions organized by the  Milton H. Erickson Institute of San Diego,this collection of 17  innovative and fascinating essays underscore the importance of a skilled  clinician carefully building the appropriate context of change in direct  response to the unique needs of the individual client.

    
ZEIG,JEFFREY & GILLIGAN,STEPHEN: "Brief Therapy - Myths, Methods, and Metaphors"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1990, 492 pp
$39.50
The Brief Therapy Congress, sponsered by the Milton H. Erickson  Foundation, draw over 2200 therapists to study with the likes of Joe  Barber, Jay Haley, Cloe Madanes, Arnold Lazarus, Paul Watzlawick,  John Weakland, Stephen Lankton, Peggy Papp, Michael Yapko, Albert  Allis, Erving Polster, David Gordon, Ernest Rossi and others. Kinda  makes you wish you were there, doesn't it? Well at least you can read  the result.

    
ROSSI,ERNEST L. : "The 20 Minute Break"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1991, 210 pp,
$25.00
From his studies of ultradian rhythms, Rossi comes up with a simple  plan to balance the mind-body energies, using a simple 20 minute  period. This toolbox of techniques can help you re-energize your day  and coordinate left and right hemispheres.

    
GILLIGAN,STEPHEN: "The Courage to Love- Principles and Practices of Self-Relatins Psychotherapy"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1997, 215 pp, NEW COPY
$29.00
$20.00 - used copy
Using concepts and techniques he learned from Milton Erickson,  Gilligan also draws on Buddhist and aikido principles in this tome about  the issue of self-love. Also some work on the Archetypal level.

    
RACHEL NAOMI REMEN, M.D.: "Kitchen Table Wisdom - Stories that Heal"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1996, 336 pp
$14.00
A book of healing metaphors from the cofounder and medical director  of the Commonwealth Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California.  Teaching Tales from the physician and therapist.