Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

Author: Deirdre Barrett

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-10-21

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 0313356335

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Once thought pure entertainment akin to magic acts, hypnosis is now a growing field being practiced by psychologists, psychiatrists, and medical doctors. Across all ages—from children to adults and the elderly—patients are finding professional, therapeutic hypnosis can help them recover from mental maladies ranging from addiction to depression and psychosis, and from physical illnesses from chronic pain to obesity and skin disorders. Studies show hypnosis can even speed healing from broken bones, burns, and surgery. These unprecedented volumes, including some of the best-known experts in the field hailing from Harvard, Stanford and other top universities, cover the newest research and practice in this intriguing arena. Edited by a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, this set explains developments in hypnosis, from its colorful if misguided inception with Anton Mesmer, across clinical techniques developed for health care in the 20th century, to emerging research showing new potential applications to aide mental and physical health. Chapters also highlight what psychologists, neurologists, physicians, and scientists have discovered about how personality, cognition, and brain functions affect, and are affected by, hypnosis. An appendix explains how to tell the difference between an entertainer or charlatan and a practitioner who is trained, credentialed, and practicing research-backed hypnosis. Universities with hypnotherapy programs and courses are also included.

Advanced Hypnotherapy
Advanced Hypnotherapy

Author: John G. Watkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-04-17

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1135912475

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This book focuses on tested hypnoanalytic techniques, with step-by-step procedures for integrating hypnosis into psychoanalytic processes. In its examination of the latest thinking, research, and techniques, the book discusses historical origins of hypnosis as well as how to apply it to current events, such as using hypnosis in the treatment of trauma with soldiers coming out of the war in Iraq. The text shows how hypnosis can be combined with psychoanalysis to make it possible to understand the subjective world of clients. Its accessible nature, rich detail, and significant updates make the book an invaluable resource for the professional who wishes to incorporate hypnosis into his or her practice. With the authors’ extensive and impressive knowledge, careful updates, and comprehensive coverage of the proper and appropriate techniques to use, this volume is an indispensable addition to the field.

Close Your Eyes, Get Free
Close Your Eyes, Get Free

Author: Grace Smith

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 073821972X

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"Grace has a gift of helping others harness their own power to achieve what they really want. If you've been hitting a wall in your life, it's time to turn to Grace for a breakthrough."--Jessica Ortner, New York Times bestselling author of The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence Forget what you think you know about hypnosis and learn why it is the hottest "new" technique for personal development. More and more studies are showing that hypnosis can help ease everyday stress and anxiety, as well as promote powerful healing, from our worst habits to our deepest fears. Now, Grace Smith shares her groundbreaking self- hypnosis techniques that she uses to great success with her clients to help them practice "meditation with a goal." You'll learn how the deeply relaxed state of hypnosis will allow you to access old patterns of behavior in order to transform them once and for all. You'll discover: What hypnosis is--and what it's not The real power of your subconscious mind Simple practices to help easy anxiety, boost self-confidence, quit procrastinating, overcome emotional eating, and more

Close Your Eyes, Lose Weight
Close Your Eyes, Lose Weight

Author: Grace Smith

Publisher: BenBella Books

Published: 2020-04-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1950665194

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Wall Street Journal bestseller If dieting always seems to fail . . . If you can't stick to a workout routine . . . If you lose weight just to gain it back immediately . . . Your subconscious might be the problem. Forget everything you think you know about hypnosis based on party tricks and television silliness. Genuine hypnotherapy is a serious, scientifically proven method of influencing our hard-to-reach subconscious. Many people are skeptical at first, but if nothing you've tried has worked, you owe it to yourself to try an approach that has helped thousands around the world. Close Your Eyes, Lose Weight uses the scientifically proven process of hypnotherapy to empower you to lose weight for healthful reasons. Guided exercises recondition your mind to let you effortlessly: • Eat mindfully • Overcome addictions to sugar and carbs • Stop binge eating • Heal body dysmorphia • Release emotional weight Rather than simply aiming for a number on the scale, Close Your Eyes, Lose Weight helps you achieve the self-confidence to love yourself enough to appreciate your incredible body and the conviction to live your life with pride. World-renowned hypnotherapist Grace Smith will give you the tools you need to train your subconscious mind to eat only the foods that nourish your body, mind, and life.

Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Management : Workbook
Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Management : Workbook

Author: Harborview Medical Center Mark P. Jensen Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2011-04-02

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0199857571

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If you suffer from chronic pain, whether as a result of an injury, illness, or accident, you know it can interfere with every aspect of your life. You may also know the medical treatments currently available are limited and, for many, ineffective. Current research has shown hypnosis to be an effective treatment for managing chronic pain, and almost all patients who learn self-hypnosis skills benefit from this approach. The hypnosis treatment found in this workbook has been scientifically tested and proven effective for reducing the intensity of chronic pain, including migraines, back pain, and tension headaches, among others. This workbook explains how to use these techniques to manage your chronic pain and take back control of your life and your health. Used in combination with the program described in the corresponding therapist guide, this workbook teaches you self-hypnosis skills for lessening your pain, enhancing your sleep, and improving your mood. The first chapters will help you understand how hypnosis works by changing how your brain deals with information it receives from the body. The complete hypnosis treatment described in this book, alongside the treatment you receive from your clinician, will ultimately teach you skills for pain management that you can use at any time, and for the rest of your life. "An excellent blueprint to understanding pain and the fundamentals of how hypnosis combined with CBT can offer pain amelioration. Perfect, even for uninitiated practitioners who wish to use empirically based scripts."--Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D., The Milton Erickson Foundation "Pain can too easily enslave people, holding them captive in many different ways. It is a liberating theme of empowerment that echoes throughout Dr. Jensen's work: he empowers clinicians to work more knowledgeably and skillfully with people who suffer painful conditions using his therapist guide, and he encourages the suffering individual to break free from pain's grip with the practical pain management skills taught in his workbook. Dr. Jensen's vision for the many ways hypnosis can help reduce the debilitating effects of painful conditions is fresh, inspiring and should be regularly integrated into every pain management program."--Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and author of Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis (Third Edition) and Treating Depression with Hypnosis

Hypnotic Writing
Hypnotic Writing

Author: Joe Vitale

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-12-22

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0470009799

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Discover the secrets of written persuasion! "The principles of hypnosis, when applied to copywriting, add a new spin to selling. Joe Vitale has taken hypnotic words to set the perfect sales environment and then shows us how to use those words to motivate a prospect to take the action you want. This is truly a new and effective approach to copywriting, which I strongly recommend you learn. It's pure genius." -Joseph Sugarman, author of Triggers "I've read countless book on persuasion, but none come close to this one in showing you exactly how to put your readers into a buying trance that makes whatever you are offering them irresistible." -David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich "I am a huge fan of Vitale and his books, and Hypnotic Writing (first published more than twenty years ago), is my absolute favorite. Updated with additional text and fresh examples, especially from e-mail writing, Joe's specialty, Hypnotic Writing is the most important book on copywriting (yes, that's really what it is about) to be published in this century. Read it. It will make you a better copywriter, period." -Bob Bly, copywriter and author of The Copywriter's Handbook "I couldn't put this book down. It's eye opening and filled with genuinely new stuff about writing and persuading better. And it communicates it brilliantly and teaches it brilliantly-exemplifying the techniques by the writing of the book itself as you go along." -David Deutsch, author of Think Inside the Box, www.thinkinginside.com "Hypnotic Writing is packed with so much great information it's hard to know where to start. The insights, strategies, and tactics in the book are easy to apply yet deliver one heck of a punch. And in case there's any question how to apply them, the before-and-after case studies drive the points home like nothing else can. Hypnotic Writing is not just about hypnotic writing. It is hypnotic writing. On the count of three, you're going to love it. Just watch and see." -Blair Warren, author of The Forbidden Keys to Persuasion

The Self-Hypnosis Diet
The Self-Hypnosis Diet

Author: Steven Gurgevich, PhD

Publisher: Sounds True

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1591798620

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Medical Hypnosis—Your Secret Ingredient for Achieving Your Perfect Weight If you've ever been on a diet, you know that planning your menu is not the hard part—sticking to that plan is. But what if you had a way to change your cravings and state of mind with the power of deep relaxation? Now with The Self-Hypnosis Diet, you'll learn how to use clinically proven methods of self-hypnosis to unlearn old eating patterns, and create new and lasting behaviors for succeeding with a healthy diet.

Tantra Without Tears
Tantra Without Tears

Author: Christopher S. Hyatt

Publisher: Original Falcon Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935150305

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For the Western mind, this is the only Book on Tantra you will ever need. A bold statement? Perhaps. However, the idea behind this book is simple: It is power. It is Kundalini, dressed in Western clothes. It describes experiences and techniques which allow you to glimpse beyond ordinary day-to-day reality, into a world of marvels -- and horrors. This new volume of tantric instructions removes much of what is obscure and moralistic in tantra, and reveals it to be an ancient cross-cultural system of self-development. It examines in detail the marriage of magick and yoga, as well as the discipline of focusing all aspects of one's life on the goals of the tantric system. Tantra without Tears is an excellent introduction for those who wish to undertake practical work in the Hindu and Tibetan tantric traditions.

Transform Yourself
Transform Yourself

Author: Patrick Marsolek

Publisher: Inner Workings Resources

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780976904106

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"I enthusiastically endorse Patrick Marsolek?s Self-hypnosis Manual. This is more than a ?how-to? manual. After an orientation to hypnosis, trance, the subconscious, and other relevant subjects, Patrick guides his readers in finding self-hypnosis techniques that work for them. Instead of simply teaching a number of self-hypnosis techniques (like most self-hypnosis manuals), it empowers the learner with an understanding of the induction process and the creation of individualized protocols. Furthermore, the Manual guides the reader through creating specific auto-suggestions to maximize therapeutic results. The Manual also is exceptional in the way that it addresses fears and other hindrances to trance (e.g., beliefs and expectations), stresses the normalness and benefits of self-induced trance, provides helpful application techniques (e.g., dealing with pain), discusses each induction technique, and promotes personal confidence in the process.In sum, Patrick gives the requisite understanding and tools to be ones own best self-hypnosis guide."- Whitney Hibbard Ph.d., Author of "Forensic Hypnosis"

The Open-Focus Brain
The Open-Focus Brain

Author: Les Fehmi

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2008-12-16

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0834822717

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A breakthrough, drug-free approach to stress and stress-related illnesses—from anxiety and depression to ADHD and chronic pain—using simple attention exercises with powerful results on physical and mental health This breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in "narrow-focus attention": a tense, constricted, survival mode of attention that holds us in a state of chronic stress—and which lies at the root of common ailments including anxiety, depression, ADD, stress-related migraines, and more. To improve these conditions, Dr. Fehmi explains that we must learn to return to a relaxed, diffuse, and creative form of attention, which he calls "Open Focus." This highly readable and empowering book offers straightforward explanations and simple exercises on how to shift into a more calm, open style of attention that reduces stress, improves health, and enhances performance. The Open-Focus Brain features eight essential attention exercises for improving health. Dr. Fehmi writes, "Everyone has the ability to heal their nervous systems, to dissolve their pain, to slow down and yet accomplish more, to experience the deeper side of life—in short, to change their lives for the better dramatically." At last readers can learn the techniques that Dr. Fehmi has offered to thousands of clients—the same drug-free, safe, and effective techniques that have led to remarkable and long-lasting results. The eBook includes a downloadable audio program that provides further guidance on: • essential attention exercises from the book, led by Dr. Fehmi • how to "train the brain" to reduce stress, anxiety, chronic pain, and more • safe and effective techniques used in Dr. Fehmi's clinic for decades