David R. Patterson

Hypnosis for Pain Management demonstrates how hypnosis can effectively manage chronic pain through both traditional and Ericksonian techniques, and an in-depth clinical discussion of methods and outcomes.

How hypnosis can be used to control acute pain and manage chronic pain.

This new edition details how hypnosis combined with therapy and mindfulness meditation can help patients reduce and manage chronic and acute pain.

Discuss the nature of acute pain and a model of hypnosis that is useful in reducing it, which often focuses on increasing activity and mindfulness.

This review and discussion highlights the clinical relevance of findings from clinical outcome and other studies to the use of hypnosis for chronic pain and presents issues that should be considered in future clinical and theoretical work.

Clinical Hypnosis for Pain Control is a compelling argument for the use of hypnotic analgesia as a viable alternative to psychopharmacological interventions for controlling acute, chronic, and perioperative pain, as well as pain from nonsurgical procedures.