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This comprehensive volume is certain to become an invaluable textbook in the field of clinical hypnosis. Dr. Yager has put together an impressive table of contents covering much of everything there is to know about how to translate theory into practice across the range of clinical settings. His clear and thoughtful perspective will inform those who are new to the field and expand the understanding of those who have more experience. The level of depth and detail is unparalleled, providing readers with a full education on the topic.
Divided into five parts, the book begins with a discussion of what hypnosis is (and isn't) and introduces the concept, the language, the phenomena, the tools, and hypermnesia. In Part II, the discussion turns to clinical considerations, addressing approaches to using hypnosis, the roles it can play in psychotherapy, and some potential dangers and risks that may arise with its use. Part III looks at specific procedures, delineating the principles of trance induction, highlighting the particulars of hypnosis and sleep, and focusing on Dr. Yager's pioneering discoveries regarding subliminal therapy. Part IV is devoted to Applications of Hypnosis - from test taking to ocular correction providing a wide view of the power and possibility of hypnosis as one of the most efficacious treatment options available for an extraordinary range of challenges. In the final section, attention is given to a variety of relevant topics not considered elsewhere.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845901226 |
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| Publisher: | Anglo American Books |
| Publication date: | 09/28/2008 |
| Pages: | 300 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface vi
Part I Background 1
Chapter 1 Hypnosis as a Concept 3
Chapter 2 The Language of Hypnosis 7
Patterns 8
Good Practices 10
Authoritative versus Permissive Language 12
The Use of Confusion 12
The Use of Verbal Cues 12
The Use of Voice Shifts 13
Designing Direct Hypnotic Suggestions 13
Chapter 3 The Phenomena of Hypnosis 17
The Issue of Control 18
Expectation 20
Conditioning 21
Suggestibility 21
Hypnotic Susceptibility 22
The Nocebo Response 23
Trance Phenomena 25
Abreaction 25
Absence of Voluntary Activity 26
Access to Unconscious Intelligence 27
Age Regression 28
Anesthesia and Analgesia 28
The Use of Dissociation 28
Focus and Defocus of Attention 30
Hallucination 30
Hyper- and Hyposensitivity to Stimuli 30
Increased/Decreased Muscle Strength 31
Relaxation of Musculature 31
Release of Inhibition 32
Time Compression and Time Expansion 32
Subjectively Experienced Trance Phenomena 33
Observable Trance Phenomena 33
Eye Changes 33
Absence of Volitional Activity 34
Muscular Relaxation 34
Pattern of Breathing Shifts to Diaphragmatic 35
Conservation of Energy 35
Absence of the Swallow Reflex 35
Waking Hypnosis 35
Ideo-responses 36
Chapter 4 The Tools of Hypnosis 39
Trance 39
Suggestion 40
Age Regression 41
Age Progression 42
Abreaction 42
Time Compression and Expansion 42
Visualization 43
Desensitization 43
Dissociation 44
Techniques to Accomplish Insight 44
Spontaneous Awareness 44
Free Association 44
Age Regression 45
Ideomotor Questioning 46
Inner Advisor 48
Automatic Writing 48
Subliminal Therapy 49
Chapter 5 Hypnotic Hypermnesia 51
In Substantiation of EncodingAll That is Perceived 53
Controlled Studies Positive for the Accuracy of Hypermnesia 54
Studies Involving the Recall of Events that Occurred Under General Anesthesia 55
Reported Instances of Verification of Material Obtained in a Forensic Setting 55
Studies Demonstrating the Phenomena of Abreaction with Restored Physiological Responses of an Earlier Period 57
Reported Instances of Verification of Hypnotically Refreshed Memories 58
Subjective Evidence Affirming the Accuracy of Hypnotically Refreshed Memory 58
Studies Comparing Recall of Sense versus Non-sense Material 59
Part II Clinical Considerations 61
Chapter 6 Two Basic Approaches to Using Hypnosis 63
Using Hypnosis as a Suggestive Vehicle 65
Historical Perspective 65
Suggestibility 65
Advantages 66
Using Hypnosis as an Analytic Tool 66
Historical Perspective 67
Concerns about Using Hypnosis Analytically 67
The Role of Hypnosis in Accomplishing Change 68
The Advantages of Using Trance in Analysis 69
Chapter 7 The Roles of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy 71
Relieving Psychic Distress 71
Resolving the Influence of Prior Trauma 73
Behavior Modification 74
Altering Physiological Responses 75
Chapter 8 The Risks of Employing Hypnosis 77
Masking Organically Based, Non-Psychogenic, Physical Symptoms 78
Creating or Exacerbating Anxiety 78
Exceeding Mental or Physical Limits 79
Prompting False Memories 79
Research on the Risk of Using Hypnosis 80
Chapter 9 The Significance of Hypnosis in Informed Consent Steven F. Bierman, M.D. 83
Part III Specific Procedures 97
Chapter 10 Principles of Trance Induction 99
Some Observable Signs of Trance 101
Examples of Induction Procedures 101
A Four-Step Induction 102
Eye Fixation 103
Progressive Relaxation 104
Forehead Touch 105
Arm Drop 105
Arm Levitation 106
Coin Drop 106
Imagery 107
Self-controlled 108
Chapter 11 Hypnosis Attached to Sleep (HATS) 109
Introducing Dave Elman 109
Encouraging Natural Sleep 110
Testing for the Fact of Natural Sleep 111
Attaching Hypnosis and Testing for Response 111
Offering Clinical Suggestions 112
Rousing the Patient from HATS 112
Clinical Uses 112
Chapter 12 Subliminal Therapy 113
Theory and Assumptions 114
The Procedure 117
The Process 120
A Session Transcription 125
Research 129
Flowcharts of the Process of Subliminal Therapy 131
Elaborations 140
Part IV Applications of Hypnosis 147
Chapter 13 Applications Having Unique Characteristics 149
Academic Applications 150
Studying 150
Test-taking 151
Comprehension and Memory 152
Accelerated Wound Healing 152
Anxiety Treatment 153
Asthma Treatment 155
Relieving the Symptoms of Asthma 155
Resolving Causal and/or Maintenance Factors with Subliminal Therapy 158
Breast Enlargement 167
Criminal Investigation 168
Q & A Regarding Hypnosis and Memory 170
What is the Law in California? 171
Dental Applications 173
Anxiety 174
Bruxing 174
Extractions 174
Gagging 174
Post-treatment Pain 175
Dissociative Disorders 175
Fugue, Sensory Alterations and Dissociative Disorder NOS 175
Multiple Personality Disorder = Dissociative Identity Disorder 176
Grief 180
Gynecological Applications 182
Infertility 182
Obstetrical Applications 183
Morning Sickness Relief 183
Birthing 186
Ocular Correction 189
Oncology Applications 189
Pain Management 190
General Observations 191
Acute versus Chronic Pain 193
Treatment of Acute Pain 194
Application Techniques 195
Treatment of Chronic Pain 199
Some Possible Explanations for Psychological Suppression of Awareness of Pain 201
Personality Disorders 202
PMS Alleviation 203
Procedure Employing Symptomatic Suggestions 204
Procedure Employing Memory Search for Causal Influence 206
Procedure Employing Subliminal Therapy 206
Self-harming Behaviors 209
Sexual Dysfunction 210
Smoking Cessation 210
Stuttering 211
The Etiology of Stuttering 212
Treatment 213
Suicidal Ideation 214
Surgical Preparation 214
Tinnitus Relief 215
Wart Removal 215
Weight Management 216
Chapter 14 Applications with Common Treatment Protocols 219
Anger 219
Compulsions 219
Depressive Disorders 220
Dermatological Disorders 220
Eating Disorders 221
Gastrointestinal Disorders 221
Insomnia 221
Phobias 222
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 222
Self-harming Behaviors 222
Self-esteem Enhancement 222
Trichotillomania 222
Part V General Observations 225
Chapter 15 Information Not Covered Elsewhere 227
The Covert Use of Hypnosis 227
The Effect of Surprise 228
The Importance of Feedback 229
On the Problems of Conducting Research in Hypnosis 230
Musculature and the Autonomic Nervous System 230
The Authority of the Imagination 231
On Tape Recording Treatment Sessions 232
Distraction and Hypnosis 233
Hypnosis and the Law 233
Epilogue 235
Appendix A Glossary 237
Appendix B A Brief Bibliography of Unusual Uses for Hypnosis 243
Accelerated Healing 243
Anesthesia 243
Birth Memory 243
Ipacac as a Soothing Agent 244
Blister Production 244
Breast Enlargement 244
Calming the GI Tract 245
Contraception 245
Fasciculations 245
Pupil Response 245
Recall of Sounds Perceived Under Surgical Anesthesia 245
Selective Blood Flow 246
Tumor Remission 246
Wart Removal 246
References and Further Reading 249
Index of Names 259
Index 261
About the Author 264