STEPHEN GILLIGAN, PHD
Stephan Gilligan, Ph.D., was among the group of students who gathered around the founders of NLP during its formation at U.C. Santa Cruz from 1974-1977. Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson became his teachers and mentors. He became a premier teacher and practitioner of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Motivated by his experiences as a therapist, a teacher, and by his own personal quest, he developed a new practice of radical awakening incorporating Ericksonian psychotherapy, Aikido, Buddhism, meditation, and the performance arts. His work, known as Self-relations Psychotherapy, reconnects mind-body processes and encourages and supports radical change. His eight books include the classic Therapeutic Trances, The Courage to Love, The Legacy of Milton Erickson, The Hero’s Journey (with Robert Dilts), and the forthcoming Generative Trance.