Ernest Rossi

Ernest Rossi, 2005

Ernest Lawrence Rossi (born March 26, 1933 in Shelton , Connecticut ) is an American psychologist , psychoanalyst , psychotherapist , teacher and publicist in the tradition of Ericksonian hypnotherapy . He researches the " psychobiology of the mind-body healing forces" on neuroscientific and genetic bases. Rossi lives and works in Los Osos , California.

life and work

Ernest Rossi studied Pharmacy in Connecticut, Psychology at Washington State University and Temple University in Philadelphia , where he also received his PhD. 1958 to 1962 training as a Freudian psychoanalyst . He worked at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and cooperated with the psychosomaticist Franz Alexander . He opened a practice, first in Los Angeles , then in Malibu . Ernest Rossi was married to Sheila Rossi from 1963 to 1977 and the couple have two daughters.

Rossi completed a second analytical training, this time after Carl Gustav Jung , and began to publish. In 1972 he met Milton H. Erickson , recorded his therapeutic work in sound and image, transcribed the material and analyzed it together with his teacher.

In the mid-1980s he turned to his own mind-body therapy and has since dealt with the interplay of mind and body, the psychosynthesis of new proteins and the biological attention cycles, especially in trance. His form of hypnosis uses "these natural processes and cycles of life". Rossi's technique also makes it possible to use these recovery phases - in self-hypnosis.

In 1988 Ernest Rossi began studying mathematics. He applied nonlinear dynamics, adaptive and chaotic systems - via the route of the fig tree branches - to creative processes and examined the application of differential equations to therapeutic hypnosis. He has been a member of the Mathematical Association of America since 1992 . He was interested in micro-psychobiology and describes genetic changes in his book from 2002 in the sense of influencing patterns. According to Rossi, psychosocial dynamics can have a positive effect on cell growth, neurotransmitters and cycles. H. Stimulate growth, but also prevent or destroy it. This also applies to creativity and emotional satisfaction, for example after a successful therapy session or hypnotherapy session. Rossi places the mind-body connection and their mutual influence on a genetic basis.

Ernest Rossi is an extremely prolific writer and teacher. To date, he has written or edited 21 books, published 124 articles, ruled three journals and led over a hundred workshops worldwide. Rossi has made a name for himself as the journalistic mouthpiece of his teacher Milton H. Erickson , whose complete works he published in eleven volumes. In 1986 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Milton H. Erickson Foundation . Ernest Rossi has been married to the psychologist Kathryn L. Rossi since 1995 .

As co-author and editor of Milton H. Erickson

• The February man. Personality and identity development in hypnosis. Paderborn: Junfermann, 3rd edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-87387-033-8
• Hypnotic Realities. New York: Irvington 1976 [Translator: de, sv]
• Hypnotherapy: An Exploratory Casebook. New York: Irvington 1979 [Translator: de]
• The February Man: Evolving Consciousness and Identity in Hypnotherapy. New York: Brunner / Mazel 1989
• Experiencing Hypnosis: Therapeutic Approaches to Altered States. New York: Irvington 1981
• The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis. 4 volumes. New York: Irvington 1980 [Translator: de]
• Collected Writings of Milton H. Erickson. 6 volumes. Heidelberg: Carl-Auer 1995–1998, ISBN 978-3-89670-020-9
• The Lectures, Seminars, and Workshops of Milton H. Erickson.
  • Volume 1: Healing in Hypnosis. (Ed. Together with M. Ryan & F. Sharp). New York: Irvington 1983
  • Volume 2: Life Reframing in Hypnosis. (Ed. Together with M. Ryan). New York: Irvington 1985
  • Volume 3: Mind-Body Communication in Hypnosis. (Ed. Together with M. Ryan). New York: Irvington 1986
  • Volume 4: Creative Choice in Hypnosis. (Ed. Together with M. Ryan). New York: Irvington 1990

Own writings

• 20 minutes break. Prevent mental and physical breakdown. Paderborn: Junfermann, 6th edition 2007
• Dreams and the Growth of Personality. New York: Pergamon Press 1972/1986 [transl .: pt]; Brunner / Mazel 1985 (2nd edition)
• The Psychobiology of mind-Body Healing: New Concepts of Therapeutic Hypnosis. New York: WW Norton 1986, 1993
• Mind-Body Therapy: Ideodynamic Healing in Hypnosis. In cooperation with D. Cheek. New York: WW Norton 1988
• The Twenty-Minute Break: The Ultradian Healing Response. In cooperation with D. Nimmons. Los Angeles: Jeremy Tarcher 1991
• Ultradian Rhythms in Life Processes: An Inquiry into Fundamental Principles of Chronobiology and Psychobiology. According to with D. Lloyd. New York: Springer 1992
• The Symptom Path to Enlightenment: The New Dynamics of Hypnotherapeutic Work. New York: Pointing Tucker 1996
• Dreams, Consciousness & Spirit. The Quantum Experience of Self-Reflection and Co-Creation New York: Zeig, Tucker, Theisen 2000
• The Psychobiology of Gene Expression: Neuroscience and Neurogenesis in Therapeutic Hypnosis and the Healing Arts. New York: WW Norton 2002

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stumm / Pritz: Personal Lexicon of Psychotherapy. Vienna-New York 2005, p. 411

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernest Rossi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Ernest Rossi
• Milton H. Erickson Foundation