Winner of the 2011 Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis, from the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis An explosion of interest in the applications of hypnosis for clinical problems, especially pain, has led to a wide accumulation of research on hypnosis as a viable, beneficial supplement to treatment protocols. Over the past two decades, published controlled trials have confirmed that hypnosis treatments are effective for reducing daily pain intensity,...

Hypnotic inductions are known to enhance response to the suggestions which follow, and research shows that the choice of induction and its method of presentation contribute to treatment efficacy. In this edited volume, eleven master clinicians with over 350 years of combined clinical experience discuss the key factors necessary for effective hypnotic inductions and provide specific examples of the inductions they have found to be most effective. A clinical reference book, offered for psychothe...

Hypnosis has proven efficacy for helping individuals manage chronic pain. In this edited volume, written by and for clinicians, thirteen highly experienced physicians, psychologists, and therapists from around the world describe the hypnotic strategies they have found to be most effective for chronic pain management. Book 2 in the "Voices of Experience" series."This book is essential for clinicians who want to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to provide hypnosis interventions...

Hypnosis has been proven to be effective for reducing the pain associated with acute injuries and medical procedures. In this edited volume, written by and for clinicians, ten highly experienced physicians, psychologists, and therapists from around the world describe the hypnotic strategies they have found to be most effective for acute pain management."Looking for a way to change minds about clinical hypnosis? Hypnosis for Acute and Procedural Pain Management reads like a TED talk...

Hypnosis has proven efficacy for helping individuals make important changes in their lives. In this edited volume, written by and for clinicians, 11 master clinicians from around the world describe the hypnotic strategies and techniques they have found to be most effective in their own clinical work.

Hypnosis has proven efficacy for helping individuals make important changes in their lives. In Vol. 2 of the Handbook of Hypnotic Techniques series, master clinicians from around the world describe an additional set of 11 favorite hypnotic strategies and techniques that they have found to be most effective in their own clinical work.

Hypnosis has proven efficacy for helping individuals make important changes in their lives. In Vol. 3 of the Handbook of Hypnotic Techniques series, master clinicians from around the world describe an additional set of favorite hypnotic strategies and techniques that they have found to be most effective in their own clinical work.

The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity. But the brain is not just the most brilliant of evolutionary wonders. It's also one of the most bizarre.This book shows a whole other side of how brains work - from the patient who is afraid to take a shower because she fears her body will slip down the drain to a man who is convinced, against all evidence, that he is a cat, and a w...

"A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We SleepQuestions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meanin...

How mindfulness and hypnosis in a clinical context work to help foster change.In recent years mindfulness has become integrated into many clinicians' private practices, and become a staple of hospital and university based treatment programs for stress reduction, pain, anxiety management, and a host of other difficulties. Clinicians are now routinely encouraging their clients to focus, be aware, open, and accepting, and thereby derive benefit from the mindfulness experience....

Authored by a clinical psychologist, Idiot's Guides: Psychology, Fifth Edition, breaks down all of the complexity of the human mind. Key concepts are explained in plain and simple language, and are supplemented with insightful infographics that help explain each concept in a visual format. Readers will learn everything from the physiology of the brain to the most popular theories of modern psychology to the most famous pioneers in the field (such as Freud and Jung). From behaviori...

Leading sleep researcher Rosalind Cartwright brings together decades of work on sleep, dreaming and sleep disorders to propose a new theory of how the mind works continuously. Drawing on her own research and that of others, Cartwright describes how conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings move forward--from waking, into sleep and dreaming, to the next waking day. One main purpose of sleep is to regulate disturbing emotions .Not everyone does this successfully every night. Her resear...