Once relegated to the realm of the supernatural, hypnosis has increasingly moved into mainstream psychology. On the basis of several decades of theory, research, and clinical practice, hypnotherapy is now considered a legitimate intervention methodology for the treatment of psychological and medical disorders in a variety of clinical contexts.
The editors of Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis have called upon leading clinical theoreticians, practitioners, and researchers to contribute state-of-the-art, integrative summaries of hypnotherapeutic approaches. The Handbook surveys the wide range of orientations and applications of hypnotherapy: from models, techniques, and procedures to clinical and research applications in behavioral medicine, sports and forensic psychology, and the treatment of psychological disorders such as anxiety, stress, trauma, and multiple personality.
This softcover edition is a re-release of the 1993 hardcover edition.
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Foundations and General Considerations
- Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis
—Irving Kirsch, Steven Jay Lynn, and Judith W. Rhue - Individual Differences in Response to Hypnosis
—Brad L. Bates - Operator Variables in Hypnotherapy
—Billie S. Strauss - Expectations and Hypnotherapy
—William C. Coe - Prevention and Therapeutic Management of "Negative Effects" in Hypnotherapy
—David C. Frauman, Steven Jay Lynn, and John P. Brentar
II. Models of Hypnotherapy
- Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Models of Hypnoanalysis
—Marlene R. Eisen - Cognitive–Behavioral Hypnotherapy
—Irving Kirsch - Rational–Emotive Therapy and Hypnosis
—Albert Ellis - An Ericksonian Model of Hypnotherapy
—William J. Matthews, Stephen Lankton, and Carol Lankton - Cognitive–Developmental Hypnotherapy
—E. Thomas Dowd
III. Hypnotic Techniques
- Enhancing Hypnotizability and Treatment Responsiveness
—Jeffrey D. Gfeller - Clinical Self-Hypnosis: Transformation and Subjectivity
—Shirley Sanders - Active–Alert Hypnosis in Psychotherapy
—Éva I. Bányai, Annamária Zseni, and Ferenc Túry - Hypnosis and Metaphor
—Peter Brown
IV. Treating Psychological Disorders
- Phobias and Intense Fears: Facilitating Their Treatment With Hypnosis
—Helen J. Crawford and Arreed F. Barabasz - Hypnosis and Depression
—Michael D. Yapko - Hypnotherapy With Children
—Daniel P. Kohen and Karen Olness - Hypnosis in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
—Michael R. Nash and Elgan L. Baker - Hypnosis in the Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder
—Richard Horevitz - The Borderline Patient and the Psychotic Patient
—Joan Murray-Jobsis
V. Coping With Stress and Trauma
- Hypnosis and Storytelling in the Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse: Strategies and Procedures
—Judith W. Rhue and Steven Jay Lynn - Hypnotherapy With Rape Victims
—William H. Smith - Hypnosis in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
—David Spiegel
VI. Behavioral Medicine and Sports Psychology
- Hypnosis in Pain Management
—John F. Chaves - Hypnosis in the Treatment of Obesity
—Eugene E. Levitt - Hypnosis and Smoking Cessation: A Cognitive–Behavioral Treatment
—Steven Jay Lynn, Victor Neufeld, Judith W. Rhue, and Abigail Matorin - Assessment and Treatment of Somatization Disorders: The High Risk Model of Threat Perception
—Ian Wickramasekera - Psychological Treatment of Warts
—Susan C. DuBreuil and Nicholas P. Spanos - Hypnosis and Sport Psychology
—William P. Morgan
VII. Issues and Extensions
- Training Issues in Hypnosis
—Peter B. Bloom - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hypnotic-Like Procedures Used by Native Healing Practitioners
—Stanley Krippner - Forensic Hypnosis: The Application of Ethical Guidelines
—Peter W. Sheehan and Kevin M. McConkey
Index
About the Editors
This handbook surveys modern clinical hypnosis in an encyclopedic manner and should be on the must read list of all psychotherapists.
—Psychotherapy Book News: A Journal of Essays and Reviews, Vol 33, May 13, 1999
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