The Milton Erickson Foundation has a number of archival projects for which volunteers are needed. The consist of viewing and indexing historical videos. The work must be done in Phoenix at our Thomas offices during business hours. In return students will earn credits that can be used for attending Erickson Foundation training events.

Please contact Marnie, and indicate when you can start.

Hello to All:

Here’s a special opportunity. . .

Lilian Borges, Jeffrey Zeig and Brent Geary will offer an Online Consultation Course limited to 15 participants. (The class is also open to those who have attended the first online consultation class and wish to continue.) The format will include lecture, supervision, Q&A, Power Point, and clips of video for discussion. Topics will be decided by consensus, but emphasis will be on expanding and practicing skills in Ericksonian hypnotherapy as taught during the Intensive Training workshops here in Phoenix.

The classes will be held once-a-month for six months. Registration is $240 payable to the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

The classes will be video recorded for participants only. All students will get a link to download the video, whether or not you are present for the session.

All classes will be held on Fridays from 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. (Note that Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 1)

Each faculty will host two sessions. The dates are as follows: June 19 with Jeff Zeig July 17 with Jeff Zeig August 14 with Lilian Borges September 18 with Brent Geary October 16 with Lilian Borges November 6 with Brent Geary

The platform we will use is www.zoom.us. You will have a live, on-line presence. We may have a bulletin board for attendees to share information and ask questions.

Please register ASAP by downloading the easy form here: https://erickson-foundation.org/docs/2015consultonlinereg.pdf

If you have any questions, please call me at 602-956-6196 (877-212-6678).

Thanks!

Philip F. Barretta, born July 29, 1928 in Camden, New Jersey, went to his final post surrounded by members of his loving family on the afternoon of May 7th, 2015.

Philip, or “Filippo,” as he was known, joined the Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. He worked at the Pentagon and served as the Legal Chief at Camp Le Jeune in North Carolina. He graduated from Rutgers University, received a master’s degree from California State University, Long Beach, and completed the credits for a Ph.D. (all but dissertation).

Barretta taught at Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., where he is still legendary for the unique connection he had with students. For more than 20 years he served as teacher, counselor, and administrator for the Torrance Unified School District (TUSD). Upon retirement, he entered into a partnership with his wife, Norma Barretta, Ph.D., and together they taught their own model of therapeutic intervention: competency-based brief hypnotic therapy. Recently, the couple received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

Barretta taught medical hypnosis to colleagues from Sydney to Siberia, and he was on the faculty of several Institutes in Europe, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and The Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

Philip Barretta will be remembered for his remarkable communication skills, his beautiful smile, and his kind, gentle, playful, compassionate, optimistic, joyful, hilarious, and irrepressibly humorous outlook on life.

His children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren will remember him as their favorite playmate, as he always made them a priority. He lit up every room with his presence and was “the bubbles in the champagne” to his family and friends. He always had a funny story to bring laughter to every occasion. Philip Barretta was “un vero uomo del Rinascimento Italiano” — a real Italian Renaissance man.

Philip Barretta is survived by his wife, Norma, his children, Bruce, Peggi Barretta-Bongiovanni, and Jolie Barretta Keyser, as well as his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A memorial celebration will be held in the garden of his home on June 14th at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Philip F. Barretta Fund at The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, 2632 East Thomas Rd. Ste. 200, Phoenix, AZ 85016.