The Legacy of Milton H. Erickson: Selected Papers of Stephen Gilligan

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Summary: Yummy
Review: Please feel free to email me if you want specific information about the quality of this wonderful collection of essays by Dr. Gilligan, but for now all I want to say is that this book continues Dr. Gilligan's beautiful and insightful suggestions as to how healing can take place in the counseling room. These essays aren't as poetic as "The Courage to Love"- nor are they intended to be- but they are filled to the brim with incredible descriptions of Gilligan's psychotherapeutic experiences.

I feel compelled to recommend HIGHLY Dr. Gilligan's audio tape set entitled "The Problem is the Solution". As in all of his work, these tapes are a great example of how the healthy aspects of postmodernism can be integrated into the enduring psychodynamic, strategic and brief therapy conceptions and how this integration requires the inner work and practice of the practitioner. Gilligan weaves in gorgeous poems, compelling antidotes and his wonderful sense of humor throughout these twelve tapes.

And, of course, "The Courage to Love: Principles of Self-Relations Psychotherapy" should be required night-time reading for anybody in the field.