Hartland's Medical and Dental Hypnosis
This book is an extensively revised edition of a highly successful and comprehensive introductory manual for the use of clinical hypnosis in the treatment of medical and psychological problems and disorders. Written with the interests and needs of the doctor or dentist in mind, its practical and clear approach maintains the tradition of high-quality information and usefulness established in previous editions of this book. After exploring the theoretical and historical background to hypnosis...
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This book is an extensively revised edition of a highly successful and comprehensive introductory manual for the use of clinical hypnosis in the treatment of medical and psychological problems and disorders. Written with the interests and needs of the doctor or dentist in mind, its practical and clear approach maintains the tradition of high-quality information and usefulness established in previous editions of this book. After exploring the theoretical and historical background to hypnosis as well as key techniques and approaches, the book looks at specific clinical situations and problems in which hypnosis may have an impact, and offers specific practical management guidelines including possible scripts.
Extracts from the forewords to the second and third editionsForeword to the fourth editionPrefaceAcknowledgementsSect. 1The history and nature of hypnosis1Overview of the history of hypnosis32The nature of hypnoses: suggestion and trance153Hypnotic susceptibility and its measurement294Theories of hypnosis41Sect. 2Basic procedures in clinical hypnosis5Preparation for clinical hypnosis616Hypnotic induction and deepening procedures: first approach677Hypnotic induction and deepening procedures: second approach838Further ethical matters and precautions during the preparation phase of hypnosis979Self-hypnosis10110Variations in style: permissive, indirect and alert approaches10711Suggestion, posthypnotic suggestion and ego-strengthening in therapy12112Behavioural techniques for self-control13513Metaphor and story technique14314Basic procedures with children155Sect. 3The application of hypnotic procedures in psychological therapy15Orientation to the psychotherapies and the concept of a 'working model'17316Introduction to psychodynamic and humanistic approaches18317Ericksonian approaches to psychotherapy19318The unconscious mind and the repression of memories20119Hypnotic procedures in psychodynamic therapy21720Behaviour therapy: an introduction and the application of hypnosis25521Cognitive therapy: an introduction27122An electric approach to psychotherapy augmented by hypnosis28323Risks, precautions and contraindications287Sect. 4The application of hypnosis to specific medical, dental and psychological problems24Hypnosis for smoking cessation, weight, reduction and insomnia29525Hypnosis in the treatment of psychosomatic problems32326Hypnosis and pain34727Hypnosis and cancer36528Hypnosis in obstetrics and gynaecology37929Hypnosis in dentistry39730Hypnosis for anxiety disorders41131Hypnosis in the treatment of miscellaneous psychological problems and disorders43532Medical and psychological problems in children and adolescents457Sect. 5The professional practice of hypnosis33Evidence for the benefits and the adverse effects of hypnosis47334Issues in professional practice491App. IClinical hypnosis and memory501App. IIEthical guidelines of the International Society of Hypnosis505Index509
