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1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover page; Hypnosis for Behavioral Health: A Guide to Expanding Your Professional Practice; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I: Hypnosis and Trance; Chapter 1: The Phenomenology of Hypnosis; What Hypnosis Is and Is Not; Doubters and Nonbelievers; Mind Control. Do You Mind?; Immediate Cure-All Results; Hypnotic Responsiveness; Stage Hypnosis: Staged for Entertainment; Hypnosis: Empirically Supported or Experimental; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 2: A Brief History of Hypnosis; Contributions of Hypnotic Interventions; Solution-Oriented Hypnosis; Final Thoughts; References |
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Chapter 3: Hypnosis in Action: The Basic ElementsIntroducing Hypnosis to Your Clients; Trance Is a Naturally Occurring State of Consciousness; The Client Is Always in Control During Trance; The Client Is in Charge of Their Personal Experience; Setting the Stage with Presupposition; Elements of Framework; Contextual Cues; Matching; Descriptive Matching; Linking; Splitting; Interspersal; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 4: Hypnosis in Action: Individualized Treatment Planning; Unconscious Resources; Preferred Sensory Modalities; Symptoms as Solutions; Ideomotor Communication |
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A Global Positioning System (GPS) for HypnosisPractice Makes Perfect; Hand and Arm Levitation; Roadblocks and Recalculating Detours; Final Thoughts; References; Section II: Clinical Applications; Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders; Empirical Evidence; Hypnosis for Anxiety Disorders; The Case of the Frightened Firefighter; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 6: Pain Disorders; Understanding Hypnotic Analgesia; The Nature and Experience of Pain; Beyond the Pain Experience; Essential Medical and Psychological Evaluations for Pain; Eliciting Hypnotic Analgesia |
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The Case of Young Brennan and his cluster of HeadachesDirect and Post-Hypnotic Suggestions for Pain; Healing Hypnosis; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 7: Unwanted Habits: Smoking, Weight Management, and Other Personal Annoyances; Hypnosis and Habits: Empirical Findings; Smoking Cessation: A Note on Gender Differences; How Unwanted Habits Manifest; Generating a Hypnotic Blueprint for Change; The Case of a Smoker's Dilemma; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 8: Somatoform Disorders; Somatoform Disorders: A Brief Review; Recent Developments; Hypnosis and Stomatoform Disorders |
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Conversion and HypnosisThe Case of Irene: A Pain Here, There, and Everywhere; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 9: Medical Conditions; The Neuropsychobiology of Hypnosis; Symptom Resolution Versus Disease Cure; Medical Providers' Opinions: Do They Matter?; Placebo-Nocebo: The Power of Expectation; The Case of Kenneth: Bathroom Mapping; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 10: Athletic Performance; The Language of Trance; Utilization: Using What the Client Brings; The Slumping Athlete; Pattern Interruption; The Miracle Question; Keeping the Streak Alive; The Injured Athlete |
| Summary |
Clinical hypnosis has been proven through decades of rigorous research and practice to be an effective intervention in a wide range of mental, behavioral, and physical health issues. This highly practical text demystifies clinical hypnosis by providing step-by-step guidance for using its techniques to enhance the repertoire of practitioners in other psychotherapeutic modalities. It offers mental health providers with no formal training in hypnosis the requisite guidance and information they need to learn, and confidently apply, strategies to help their clients initiate constructive, health-ori |
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The Case of Travis: Losing the Swing of It |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hypnotism -- Therapeutic use.
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Habit breaking.
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Hypnotism.
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Hypnosis
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Behavior Therapy
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MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
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Hypnotism
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Habit breaking
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Hypnotism -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826109057 |
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0826109055 |
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