The use of hypnosis as a tool for relieving pain is not experimental-it is tried, tested, and proven. This book focuses on your role in being your own healer. It will help you explore a wide range of self-hypnosis techniques, improving your ability to cope with and manage your pain and allowing you to live more comfortably.\ You will learn how to: Use self-hypnosis to relieve your pain, Tap into your own innate ability to control pain, Choose the method of self-hypnosis best suited to you,...
The use of hypnosis as a tool for relieving pain is not experimental-it is tried, tested, and proven. This book focuses on your role in being your own healer. It will help you explore a wide range of self-hypnosis techniques, improving your ability to cope with and manage your pain and allowing you to live more comfortably.You will learn how to: Use self-hypnosis to relieve your pain, Tap into your own innate ability to control pain, Choose the method of self-hypnosis best suited to you, Interrupt your body's chronic pain loop, Use a variety of powerful tools to reduce or eliminate your pain.About the Author:Bruce N. Eimer, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist in Philadelphia with over twenty year's experience treating people with chronic pain using cognitive-behavioral and hypnosis strategies and is certified by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis as an Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis
Acknowledgments xviiForeword xxiAuthor's Foreword to the Second Edition xxiiiPreface xxviiLearn About Your Pain and How You Cope 1Understand the Puzzle of Pain 3Evaluate Your Pain and How You Cope 21Understand What Hypnosis Is and Isn't 39How to Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now 57Practice Inducing Self-Hypnosis 59Choose the Right Hypnotic Coping Strategy: Thinking and Behavioral Methods 81Choose the Right Hypnotic Coping Strategy: Distraction and Imagination Methods 109Change Your Pain Experience 145Solve Your Inner Conflicts about Your Pain 167Become AWARE and Find Your Inner Balance 197How to Select a Qualified Clinical Hypnosis Practitioner 203Recommended Further Reading 209References 213