# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/milton-h-erickson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:29.208Z

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name: "Milton H. Erickson"
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description: "Milton Hyland Erickson was an American psychiatrist and psychologist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was the founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis. He is noted for his approach to the unconscious mind as creative and solution-generating. He is also noted for influencing brief therapy, strategic family therapy, family systems therapy, solution focused brief therapy, and neuro-linguistic programming."
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birthDate: "1901-12-05"
deathDate: "1980-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump