Dr. Stephen Gilligan (U.S.)

Dr. Stephen Gilligan is a psychologist who received his doctorate from Stanford University, where he worked in the hypnosis laboratory under Ernest Hilgard. Simultaneously, he was a major student of Milton Erickson. Dr. Gilligan has been extending this work for the past 35 years, becoming well-known for his exceptional contributions in Ericksonian and post-Ericksonian trance work. He is known throughout the world for his inspirational teaching.

 

 

Dr. Stephen Gilligan is featured in the following programs:

Generative Trance and Transformation: The Experience of Creative Flow at the 25th Summercamp 2012

The “Mandala of Self” Model: Generative Trance and Systemic Transformation at the 25th Summercamp 2012

X-Change: Learning from Each Other at the 25th Summercamp 2012

When Buddha and Freud talk: Different pathways of generative change, presentation at the 7th Future Congress 2012

 

Contact

www.stephengilligan.com

selfrelate@aol.com

Dr. Stephen Gilligan is a psychologist who received his doctorate from Stanford University, where he worked in the hypnosis laboratory under Ernest Hilgard. He was a major student of Milton Erickson, the great hypnotherapist and psychiatrist, and one of the original NLP students at UC Santa Cruz under Gregory Bateson. He became one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy and has taught in many different cultures and countries over the past 30 years.

Dr. Gilligan has been extending this work for the past 35 years, becoming well-known for his exceptional contributions in Ericksonian and post-Ericksonian trance work. In 2004, he received the rarely given Lifetime Achievement Award from the Erickson Foundation in honor of his many contributions.

He has published extensively (including 8 books) on his work, and he is known throughout the world for his inspirational teaching.

Publications

Dr. Stephen Gilligan has published numerous articles and books, including the classic Therapeutic trances, The courage to love, The Legacy of Milton H. Erickson,  Walking in Two Worlds (with D. Simon), and the recent The Hero's Journey (2009, with Robert Dilts). His new book Generative Trance will be published in 2011.

Interview with Dr. Stephen Gilligen

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