STEPHEN GILLIGAN, Ph.D., is a Psychologist in Encinitas, CA. He was one of the original NLP students at UC Santa Cruz; Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson were his mentors. After receiving his psychology doctorate from Stanford University, he became one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. This work unfolded into his original approaches of Self-Relations and Generative Self, and then further developed with Robert Dilts into Generative Coaching. In response to the unprecedented meta-crisis we are currently engaged in, all this work is now woven into a Creative Mind meta-structures that honors and seeks to realize the interconnection of all life—friends and enemies, nature and humans, spirit and matter.

He has taught in many different cultures and countries over the past 30 years, and has published extensively. His
numerous books include “The Hero’s Journey: A voyage of self discovery” (co-authored with Robert Dilts).the classic “Therapeutic trances,” “The courage to love,” “The legacy of Erickson,” “Walking in two worlds” (w. D. Simon)., “Generative Trance: The experience of creative flow”, four volumes of “Generative Coaching”, and his (in progress) 6-volume series on Creative Mind. His website is