Easy to read, meticulously referenced, and filled with inspiring case studies, Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within has now been updated with important new findings, and it's essential reading for clinicians who work with children as well as for those who want to improve their use of therapeutic metaphor.' -Jeffrey K. Mills and Crowley have masterfully captured essential elements of Erickson's work and applied it to therapy with children. Hammerschlag, MD, author of The Dancing Healers and The Theft of the Spirit 'Milton Erickson was a master at using experiential techniques to elicit strengths that were previously dormant. This book will magnify your healing power and remind you what you like best about doing the work you do.' -Carl A. Joyce Mills and Richard Crowley add contemporary neuroscience to their accumulated wisdom to tell an enlightening and captivating story. 'If you work with kids, read this book: it will expand your therapeutic skills. With resiliency at its core, this revision now brings forward important topics related to neurobiology and cultural value of metaphor and play, along with fresh case examples and creative activities to a new generation of mental health, education, and coaching professionals.

Erickson and creative healing approaches for children and adolescents.

The 1986 edition was the first-and to this day the only-book that solely intertwines the extraordinary foundational teachings and philosophies of Milton H. Winner of the 1988 Clark Vincent Award for an 'outstanding contribution to the profession through a literary work' and translated into four languages, the original edition of Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within was considered a groundbreaking addition to the field of child and adolescent psychotherapy. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR () Part 4 covers community healing and story-play. Part 2 is about learning the language of children. Part 1 deals with metaphor and story writing. Ten chapters are divided into four parts: prisms of metaphor creating therapeutic metaphors multidimensional applications evolutions. They aim to develop creative solutions for children, families, and communities with their expanded therapeutic vision. Erickson’s work and their own therapeutic experience of using metaphor in child therapy and hypnotherapy, this thoroughly revised second edition is now bolstered by current research in neurobiology, a new heart-over-head approach, as well as expanded with indigenous wisdom teachings and a discussion of healing after trauma.

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