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Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, The Milton H. In 1974, a young, earnest psychologist named Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. had a noble aspiration. Erickson M. The Milton H.

Erickson Foundation provides psychotherapy conferences & continuing education events for mental-health professionals. He wanted to hold an educational meeting of mental health professionals. For six years, Dr. Zeig, along with other colleagues, trained and mentored under Milton H. D., the world’s foremost authority on hypnosis. Dr. Erickson never charged his students, so to express his gratitude and to offer Dr. Erickson an opportunity to witness the tremendous impact he had made in the field, Dr. Zeig organized the first Congress. As plans were underway, the need to establish a more formal non-profit educational foundation was recognized. Erickson Foundation was incorporated October 29, 1979. Unfortunately, Dr. Erickson died nine months before the Congress but was able to appreciate that 750 had already registered. The Congress, held in December of 1980, attracted more than 2,000 and was the largest meeting ever held on the topic of hypnosis. Over the next 30-plus years, the Foundation has grown to offer more Congresses; conferences on brief therapy and couples therapy; an Evolution of Psychotherapy conference; training workshops, including the Intensives and Master Classes; a rich and expansive archive; the Foundation Press which offers information resources and studies of Dr. Erickson’s methods and Ericksonian related topics; an Erickson Center for Hypnosis and Psychotherapy where patients pay on a sliding scale; a newsletter published three times a year; and more recently, a museum, formerly the home where Dr. Erickson lived and worked the last decade of his life. From its humble beginnings, the Milton H. Erickson Foundation has grown to become one of the most globally recognized and influential organizations in the field of psychotherapy today. However, it has only been possible with the support of registrants, faculty, donors, and those who strongly believe in the Foundation’s mission.

01/14/2026

Quote from the book “The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson

Erickson & Rossi (1981). Experiencing Hypnosis In R.A. Havens (Ed.), The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson (pp. 130). New York, NY: Irvington Publishers, Inc.
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01/08/2026

From the Archives ✨

At the 2014 Brief Therapy Conference, Esther Perel offered a powerful keynote on the paradox of modern relationships. Drawing from her book “Mating in Captivity,” she explored how our need for safety and closeness can collide with the very elements that keep desire alive.

Perel described eroticism as “aliveness, vibrancy, vitality” and showed how attachment history, imagination, and a sense of separateness all shape the “erotic blueprint” partners bring to long-term relationships. Her work invited therapists to see erotic intimacy as a reflection of play, curiosity, and the parts of ourselves that feel most awake.

Available for purchase in our Clinical Media Library, or included with an All Access Membership. https://catalog.erickson-foundation.org/item/bt14-keynote-05-mating-captivity-unlocking-erotic-intelligence

📸 Pictured: Esther Perel at the 2014 Brief Therapy Conference in Orange County, CA
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12/30/2025

Quote from the book “The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson

Zeig, J.K. (1980). A Teaching Seminar with Milton H. Erickson In R.A. Havens (Ed.), The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson (pp. 121). New York, NY: Irvington Publishers, Inc.
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12/23/2025

Joanne Ginter, M.A., Registered Psychologist, has over 35 years of experience working with individuals and families. With academic training in both psychology and religious studies, her clinical work integrates psychological practice with attention to cultural and spiritual dimensions of healing. Her areas of focus include trauma, family violence, play therapy, and intercultural therapy, drawing on narrative, solution-focused, and Ericksonian approaches.

📖 Ginter’s book "The Fifth Position" explores how religion, spirituality, and cultural pluralism can be thoughtfully incorporated into therapeutic practice. Available in our bookstore. https://www.erickson-foundation.org/books/p/the-fifth-position?rq=ginter

📷 Photo of Joanne Ginter at the 2019 International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Psychotherapy in Phoenix, AZ
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12/22/2025

From the Archives

📸 Milton H. Erickson, MD, with Seymour Hershman, MD, William S. Kroger, MD, and an unidentified colleague — c.1960s

Captured during a pivotal era when the medical legitimacy of hypnosis was still being forged, this rare photo features several early clinical innovators.

Erickson pioneered the indirect and individualized approaches to trance work, Kroger advanced hypnosis in obstetrics and gynecology, and Hershman contributed to the growing dialogue around permissive therapeutic techniques.

➡️ "An Epic Life" by Dr. Jeffrey K. Zeig explores this period and many others through 90+ firsthand accounts spanning Erickson’s evolving legacy across five decades of transformative work. Purchase in our bookstore. https://www.erickson-foundation.org/books/p/anepiclife
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12/19/2025

From the Archives ✨

The Brief Therapy Conference in 2014, held December 11-14 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County, brought together leading clinicians for four days of workshops, keynotes, and clinical demonstrations in brief and Ericksonian approaches. The hotel’s soaring lobby, shown in these photos, was striking that year, filled with its signature winter décor.

Many Erickson Foundation conferences of the past were scheduled during the holiday season, creating a distinctive backdrop of lights, greenery, and seasonal displays. Participants often moved between sessions in a festive atmosphere, with even meeting-room decorations lending the proceedings a subtle sense of holiday warmth.

Proceedings from the 2014 Brief Therapy Conference are available for purchase, or free with an All Access membership: https://catalog.erickson-foundation.org/page/bt14-lp-4654
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12/16/2025

Quote from the book “The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson

Rossi, E.L., (1973). Psychologlcal Shocks and Creative Moments in Psychotherapy In R.A. Havens (Ed.), The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson (pp. 99). New York, NY: Irvington Publishers, Inc.
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12/09/2025

From the Archives

At the 1983 International Congress, Lawrence R. Gindhart, EdD, presented a distinctive clinical concept: the serial metaphor—a method of delivering therapeutic stories over multiple sessions to influence unconscious processes and facilitate change.

He explored this process in several clinical case reports that were published in ‘Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies’ and ‘American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis’.

Gindhart's emphasis on structure, timing, and thematic development of metaphor aligns with many principles emphasized in Ericksonian therapy training today.
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12/03/2025

Quote from the book “The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson

Erickson, M.H. (1980). The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis Vol. IV, In R.A. Havens (Ed.), The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson (pp. 105). New York, NY: Irvington Publishers, Inc.
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11/26/2025

From the Archives

At 17, Milton H. Erickson was paralyzed by polio.

Confined to bed, he read the dictionary cover to cover, studying language in detail.

The deep understanding of words that he cultivated in his youth helped shape his groundbreaking approach to hypnosis and psychotherapy.

For Erickson language was a key means of individualized connection. It was one of many ways he engaged with patients…adapting his words to each person’s unique patterns of perception, behavior, and communication.

📷Photo of Milton H. Erickson reading the dictionary, circa 1920
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11/21/2025

🌟 Meet the Faculty for Module 2 – Ericksonian Hypnotics 🌟⁠
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Take your skills further with our advanced module (Mar 6 – Apr 24, 2026), taught by these internationally recognized experts:⁠
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👩‍🏫 Lilian Borges, MA – ARE Format / Tailoring / Utilization / Treatment Planning⁠
👨‍🏫 Dan Short, Ph.D. – Core Competencies / Pattern Interruption⁠
👩‍🏫 Consuelo Casula – Indirection, Anecdotes, & Metaphor⁠
👨‍🏫 Shawn Criswell – Strategic Hypnosis⁠
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📅 Fridays | 9:00–11:30 AM PT⁠
👉 Register for Module 2 here: Link in Bio⁠
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Build your Ericksonian toolkit with these masters of the craft!⁠
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11/20/2025

Quote from the book “The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson"

Erickson, M.H. (1980). The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis Vol. IV, In R.A. Havens (Ed.), The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson (pp. 97). New York, NY: Irvington Publishers, Inc.
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The Milton H. Erickson Foundation is a globally recognized and highly influential organization in the field of psychotherapy. The Foundation offers conferences; training workshops, including the Intensives and Master Class; a rich and expansive archive; the Erickson Foundation Press, which publishes books on Ericksonian-related topics and studies of Erickson’s methods; a newsletter; tours of the home (now a museum) where Erickson lived the last decade of his life; online continuing education; and a soon-to-be-released subscription-based service that will provide access to a vast library of digital media.

Milton H. Erickson, MD (1901-1980), was a renowned psychiatrist and one of the world’s leading practitioners of medical hypnosis. He became known for his brief, strategic approaches to psychotherapy that included the use of utilization, orienting toward, tailoring, and gift-wrapping. Stricken with polio when he was 18, Erickson recovered but several decades later endured post-polio syndrome, which eventually made him wheelchair bound. Milton Erickson was a profile in courage. Despite his chronic pain and afflictions, he tirelessly worked helping and teaching others in his private practice and seminars. And he rarely charged the students he mentored, including one young psychologist named Jeffrey K. Zeig.

Like several of whom Erickson taught and mentored, Zeig sought Erickson out in the early 1970s after hearing of him and his innovative methods. For the next several years, Zeig traveled to Phoenix to learn from Erickson, and eventually moved to Phoenix to be closer to him. In the late 1970s, Zeig began organizing a congress that would coincide with Erickson’s 79th birthday. He wanted to show Erickson his deep appreciation for all the years he spent as his student and house guest. As plans for the congress were underway, the need to establish a more formal non-profit educational foundation was recognized. In October of 1979, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation was incorporated, and Erickson and his wife, Elizabeth (Betty), and Zeig and his then wife, Sherron Peters, were the first board of directors. The current board of directors include: Helen Erickson, Roxanna Erickson-Klein, Camillo Loriedo, J. Charles Theisen, Bernhard Trenkle, and Jeffrey K. Zeig.