Abstract

Milton H. Erickson is generally regarded as the world's leading authority on hypnotherapy and the practices of psychotherapy and counseling. Particularly, he developed his own indirective hypnotherapy which is much permissive without formal induction. This article examines with person-centered principle in Milton H. Erickson's indirective hypnotherapy. He is called "wounded healer" since he was suffered from severe diseases and physical handicap. His hypnotic approach reflects his life experiences and person-centered principle. His theory on hypnotherapy can be drawn from his works and clinical cases. Several students of his examined and summarized his theory. His person-centered principle in hypnotherapy basically rests on his positive and humanistic view of human nature. In addition, it can be described in terms of utilization, rapport, naturalistic orientation, and metaphor and indirection.. The therapist should focus on the client for utilization of client's every aspects. The essences of rapport building are empathy, pacing and matching. The naturalistic orientation means therapy could be very natural, nonritualistic process based on truism and "yes" set. When it comes to the metaphor, it is implied to communicate on the unconscious level which conveys indirective messages to induce changes on the part of the client.