Celebrity and celebrity disciple, Jay Haley, tells you everything you need to know about the essence of the Ericksonian approach. Biography of the “sorcerer from Phoenix”, main ideas, facts, aphorisms and even gossip and speculation - what would a legendary personality be without them? Plus an interesting article about the relationship between Ericksonian therapy and Zen Buddhism, an analysis of a magnificent demonstration of trance induction, another article about the little-known secrets of the craft Erickson... Having spent seventeen years with the teacher, Jay Haley knows what to tell the reader, and does it brilliantly. The book is addressed to everyone who teaches, heals, or for any other reason is interested in how to help their neighbor. It's about a man who succeeded like no one else.