"Development" of 11/11/03-11/19/03 chat

Hey, Steve. In our previous back and forth regarding Erickson's information-gathering, you wrote, "...[he] would try to put himself into the client's world... and garner a sense of how he would have gotten that way... [using] the psychosocial wisdom of what sorts of development and block to development might have contributed to the problem."

What developmental models or thinking would Erickson use? In some of his writings (early Collected Works like "ejaculatio praecox"), he seemed to be using a psychoanalytical model, in others, that and much more. Were there particular ideas or research that guided his understanding of "(human) development and block(s) to development?"

I'm guessing that his keen observational skills, personal history (polio and "the canoe trip"), and experience raising all those kiddos contributed. As I lack exactly all of these, I am wondering what he passed on for others.

Thanks again for your time.

Jim Stephens

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