Dr. Erickson left Eloise and settled in Phoenix, largely for his health. His private practice is conducted in a unique setting. The office in which he sees patients is in his home, a small three-bedroom brick house in a pleasant neighborhood. His waiting room is the living room, and his patients have been exposed over the years to his family life and his eight children, He sees patients in an office which is just large enough to contain his desk, a few chairs, and bookcases. On the wall is a picture of his parents who lived until into their nineties, and scattered about are family mementos from over the years, including a stuffed badger. This office is almost absurdly unpretentious for a psychiatrist of Dr. Erickson's stature, but his attitude toward it is that it is convenient. A young disciple who was setting up a practice in Phoenix was seeking a proper office, and he once protested to Dr. Erickson that his office was not all that it might be. Dr. Erickson replied that it had been even less fancy when he first began practice, since the room had in it only a card table and two chairs. 'However," he said, "I was there."
Besides his private practice, Dr. Erickson carries on many of his professional activities from his home, including editingThe American Journal of Clinical Hypnosiswith the assistance of his wife. Elizabeth Erickson has worked with her husband in many activities over the years and co-authored a number of papers with him. They met when she was a psychology student and laboratory assistant at Wayne State University, and were married in 1936. Dr. Erickson, who had been previously divorced, brought three children to the marriage. Since then, they have had five more children with a consequently lively family life. Mrs. Erickson once estimated that they would have at least one teen-ager in the family for 30 consecutive years. The last two are now in their teens, and the earlier children are married and bringing home grandchildren.
Dr.Ericksonusesexamplesfromhislifewithhischildrenwhendiscussinghypnosisandtherapy.Readerswhomightwonderwhatitisliketohaveafatherwhoisamasterhypnotistcouldenjoythearticle"PediatricHypnotherapy"inthisvolume.Dr.EricksondescribeshandlinganincidentwithhissonRoberttoillustratedhowtodealwithchildreninpain.Robertfelldownthebackstairs,splithislip,andknockedh
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