The facts available about Milton H. Erickson are limited enough that this biography cannot open with a single named work from the fact sheet, as none appears there. Instead, the most concrete starting point is his professional identity: he worked as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, and hypnotist — a combination of roles that defined his career in the United States during the twentieth century.

Erickson was born on December 5, 1901, in Aurum, and he went on to pursue his education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He worked throughout his career in English and held American citizenship. His professional roles spanned psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, and the practice of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, making him an unusual figure in that he operated across several related but distinct fields simultaneously.

As a writer, Erickson contributed to the written record of his fields, though the specific titles he produced are not detailed here. He was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a formal distinction awarded by that professional body. That fellowship stands as the concrete professional honor documented in the available record of his life.

Erickson died on March 25, 1980, in Phoenix. His fellowship in the American Psychological Association remains the clearest marker of his standing within the professional community during his lifetime as a psychiatrist, psychologist, and hypnotherapist.