Understanding Hypnosis

Dr Brian Roet's Understanding Hypnosis takes you step by step through what hypnosis is and how to use it. It explains how by learning simple self-hypnosis techniques you will be able to take control of your own health.· It examines the growing importance placed on hypnotherapy by the medical profession and recognises its place in modern medicine.· Provides techniques for dealing with pain, stress, obesity, self-confidence, phobias, smoking and digestive problems.· It explores past life regression and other uses of hypnosis and how it can benefit you.· Throughout the book there are case histories and easy, safe exercises to illustrate the techniques.

Hypnotherapy provides a powerful tool for utilizing the power of the mind to reduce distress and suffering. This concise guide provides readers with a rich source of ideas on starting hypnotherapy practice, and thinking seriously about hypnosis as a powerful adjunct to psychotherapy and medical interventions. With a clear definition of what hypnosis really is, readers can develop an understanding of the rationale for utilising hypnotherapy with particular disorders.As the medical community is progressively adopting a biopsychosocial model of healing, there is a serious move toward validating the scientific credibility of hypnosis, and hypnotherapy has become a well-established treatment. Unlike any other introductory text, "Hypnotherapy Explained" adopts a uniquely scientific approach among introductory texts; reviewing theories and offering practical ways to integrate hypnotherapy in medical, psychiatric and psychotherapeutic practice. It is enlightening reading for general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals.

The main goal of this book is to help people understand and see the full power, scope and value of hypnosis so that it can be put to more widespread use in helping man achieve optimum fulfilment, happiness and health. "Power of Hypnosis" is an extensive review of the literature is presented that shows the success rate of hypnotherapy to be 93% after an average of 6 sessions compared to 72% after an average of 22 sessions for behaviour therapy and 38% after an average of 600 sessions for psychoanalysis. Theory of Hypnosis: A very comprehensive theory of hypnosis is presented based on solid principles of conditioning and inhibition, one that encompasses and supersedes all current theories, pointing out similarities and differences. Covers all three aspects of hypnosis: induction process, hypnotic and post-hypnotic phenomena. Wide Scope: The theory not only presents a rational explanation for hypnosis aimed at removing the mystery, misunderstanding and disbelief for hypnosis but also a number of important related concepts including free will, the placebo, faith and even God. It is pointed out that all these concepts are tied in with the concept of belief, with hypnosis defined as a state of heightened belief and belief defined as concentration on a thought to the exclusion of anything contradicting that thought. Main Value: Main value of hypnosis is shown to be its ability to facilitate change or re-programming.

The gastric band operation is a surgical procedure that helps the patient lose weight by reducing the stomach size, thereby limiting the amount of food needed to tell the brain that the body is full. This procedure was very sound, but it has several downsides, including a high price tag and a host of potential health complications. Fortunately, there is an alternative known as gastric band hypnosis, which achieves similar results without surgery. Here is a preview of what you'll learn... • Understanding hypnosis • Self-hypnosis and stress • Using hypnosis to end addictions • Using hypnosis to manage chronic pain • Hypnosis and weight loss • How hypnosis can help resolve childhood issues • Hypnotherapy for sleep disorders • How to hypnotize someone • And much, much more! Human psychology itself is a vast topic that requires many years of research and attention to truly learn the entire subject. However, you likely don’t have many years of time to invest in research if you want to start using human psychology to direct human actions and behaviors now. For that reason, in this book you’ll find of the most important human psychological traits that you should know if you want to use someone’s psychology to influence and direct them to act and behave in certain ways.

This book is a collection of selected writings by Dr. Sidney Rosen that aim to demystify the work of the leading clinical psychiatrist, Dr. Milton Erickson, and illustrate Erickson’s unconventional and life-changing hypnotic techniques and strategic therapy. An essential reading for those who seek to learn essential elements of psychotherapy, this collection elucidates fundamental aspects of Erickson's approaches and outlines factors effective in all forms of psychotherapy. It contains core teachings of many central elements in psychotherapy and stresses the importance of techniques such as therapeutic trance and hypnosis. As a student and close friend of Dr. Erickson, Dr. Rosen shares his own personal insights about Erickson’s teaching methods in a direct and straightforward manner that allows readers easy access to Ericksonian philosophy and techniques. Many therapists, both psychoanalytic and others, will find both Rosen’s and Erickson’s approaches compatible with their own and far removed from their preconceptions about hypnosis. Providing guidelines for providers of individual and group therapy, this book is an excellent guide to Ericksonian hypnotherapy.