International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis (eBook)

Graham D. Burrows is the editor of International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis, published by Wiley. Robb O. Stanley is the editor of International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis, published by Wiley. Peter B. Bloom is the editor of International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis, published by Wiley.

International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis 3
Contents 7
List of Contributors 11
Preface 13
PART I THE NATURE OF HYPNOSIS 15
1 Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis and the Hypnotic Phenomena 17
2 Training in Hypnosis 33
PART II GENERAL CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS 48
3 Patient Selection: Assessment and Preparation, Indications and Contraindications 49
4 Memory and Hypnosis—General Considerations 63
5 Neuropsychophysiology of Hypnosis: Towards an Understanding of How Hypnotic Interventions Work 75
PART III THE PSYCHOTHERAPIES 98
6 Injunctive Communication and Relational Dynamics: An Interactional Perspective 99
PART IV SPECIFIC DISORDERS AND APPLICATIONS 110
7 Hypnosis and Recovered Memory: Evidence-Based Practice 111
8 Hypnosis in the Management of Stress and Anxiety Disorders 127
9 Hypnosis and Depression 143
10 Hypnosis, Dissociation and Trauma 157
11 Conversion Disorders 173
12 Personality and Psychotic Disorders 185
13 Dissociative Disorders 201
14 Eating Disorders—Anorexia and Bulimia 219
15 Hypnotherapy in Obesity 235
16 Hypnotic Interventions in the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions 247
17 Hypnosis in Chronic Pain Management 261
18 Hypnosis and Pain 275
19 The Use of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Burn Patients 287
20 Hypnosis in Dentistry 299
21 Dental Anxiety Disorders, Phobias and Hypnotizability 313
22 Applications of Clinical Hypnosis with Children 323
23 The Negative Consequences of Hypnosis Inappropriately or Ineptly Applied 341
Index 349

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