We received this email through a friend over the weekend, and have permission to send on to you. We found this report deeply touching and quite amazing in the wake of the recent tragedy there. It is a beautiful thing that has happened in Norway and so good for us all to know this is [...]

Often people congruently make a change, but it just never happens. Sometimes this is because the change wasn’t made appropriately, or because some important competing outcome wasn’t considered. But often it is simply because the change wasn’t securely programmed into a specific appropriate time and place in the future, what is called “future-pacing.” For instance, [...]

My wife Connirae and I visited Erickson for a week about a year before he died. At that time Erickson was very well-known, and could have charged a lot of money for these group sessions, but he only charged $40/hour—divided by the number of people visiting—which worked out to only about $4/hour per person! At [...]

Introduction by Connirae Andreas
The video we posted several weeks ago on Provocative Change Works (PCW) definitely stirred up some controversy. Some found the bits we shared offensive (thank you for emailing us to let us know), some were intrigued, and some have become inspired. Sometimes these were all the same person.
PCW is not intended [...]

If you haven’t got around to spring cleaning yet, this might be for you:
Cleaning Out Clutter DVD - Steve Andreas
Last December I did two live client demonstrations at the Milton Erickson Foundation Brief Therapy Conference. Before the videotaping began, I asked for a volunteer from the audience without asking them what they wanted to work [...]