Milton H. Erickson has been called the most influential hypnotherapist of our time. Part of his
therapy was his use of teaching tales which through shock surprise or confusion-with genius
use of questions puns and playful humor-helped people to see their situations in a new way.
In this book Sidney Rosen has collected over one hundred of the tales. Presented verbatim and
accompanied by Dr. Rosen's commentary they are grouped under such headings as Motivating Tales
Reframing and Capturing the Innocent Eye.
