Hypnosis has primarily been used to treat individual problems. Occasionally, it has been applied to couples’ problems such as infertility. We present a transcript of a treatment session of Dr. Milton Erickson in which he works with a married couple and interpret his techniques. We emphasize the following principles. Dr. Erickson’s assessment was brief, just long enough to determine a general target. He used hypnotic induction to build responsiveness. He used evocative communication. He seeded ideas that, when presented later, had a powerful impact. He moved in small, strategic steps. The main intervention was designed to elicit dormant resources and adaptive states. He followed through, providing suggestions on how to use these resources. In presenting this case and our analysis of it, we highlight some of Dr. Erickson’s methods and conceptualization of several intervention techniques.

催眠主要用于治疗个人问题。偶尔，它也被应用于解决不孕症等夫妻问题。我们提供了 Milton Erickson 博士治疗过程的记录，其中他与一对已婚夫妇一起工作并解释了他的技术。我们强调以下原则。埃里克森博士的评估很简短，刚好足以确定一个总体目标。他使用催眠诱导来建立反应能力。他使用了令人回味的交流方式。他播种了一些想法，这些想法后来提出时会产生强大的影响。他采取了战略性的小步骤。主要干预措施旨在引发休眠资源和适应状态。他跟进了，就如何使用这些资源提出了建议。在介绍这个案例和我们对它的分析时，我们强调了一些 Dr.