Milton Erickson (1901-1980) – doctor of medicine, psychologist, president of many scientific societies, perhaps the most outstanding psychotherapist of the 20th century, creator of a new and highly effective direction of psychotherapy, which is now called Ericksonian or strategic psychotherapy. In the pantheon of the greatest psychologists and psychotherapists of all time, Milton Erickson occupies an honorable place next to such internationally recognized scientists as Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, Harry Sullivan. He is the author of more than one hundred and forty articles and several books. Thanks to Erickson, one of the most promising areas of modern practical psychology and psychotherapy was created - neurolinguistic programming. The reader is given a unique opportunity to get acquainted with selected works of Milton Erickson and, thus, look into his “creative workshop”. An original aphoristic style, brilliant clinical intuition, unconventional solutions, high efficiency and variety of methods used - this alone is enough for the book brought to your attention to become a kind of “bible” of psychologists and psychotherapists. The work of Milton Erickson is on the verge of medicine and poetry, science and art, and from this point of view is of great interest to a wide range of readers.