What is the theme in Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. by Jay Haley?

Hypnosis is a major theme in the book. Haley makes it very clear that Erickson used hypnosis as a vital and integral part of his therapeutic system for patients. He comes from a line of hypnotists within the field of psychology. This was his intellectual heritage, not his familial heritage. Haley provides readers with a special definition of hypnosis in this book. He writes that it is a type of interpersonal communication. Strangely enough, hypnosis is somehow both clearly evidenced and yet left rather vague for readers.

Haley makes it very clear that Erickson used hypnosis as a vital and integral part of his therapeutic system for patients. He comes from a line of hypnotists within the field of psychology. This was his intellectual heritage, not his familial heritage. Haley provides readers with a special definition of hypnosis in this book. He writes that it is a type of interpersonal communication. Strangely enough, hypnosis is somehow both clearly evidenced and yet left rather vague for readers.