Download or read book The Hypnotic Brain written by Peter Brown and published by New Haven : Yale University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hypnosis has recently experienced a surge of popularity in the scientific community and the general public and is currently being used to deal with a wide range of disorders. IN this elegantly written book, Dr. Peter Brown draws on the latest developments in cognitive psychology, anthropology, ethnology, and neuroscience to offer a new explanation for how hypnosis works and how it can be applied. Brown argues that the ability to hypnotized and be hypnotized is closely related to brain functions that are uniquely human--especially to our ability to communicate with others. He begins by looking at the way communication has evolved, especially our use of facial expression and the tonal aspects of speech to synchronize interactions. These features were particularly important for the transmission of culture in oral societies before the advent of writing. He next considers the changes the brain undergoes during hypnosis, proposing that hypnotherapy can be understood as the interaction between two fundamental brain functions: the rhythmic alteration in level of consciousness that the brain undergoes throughout the course of the day, and the capacity to use metaphor, imagery, and analogy to understand ourselves and the world. Brown discusses some of the clinical uses of hypnotherapy, in particular the exploration of multiple personality disorder (which can be characterized as spontaneous self-hypnosis as a means of coping with trauma) and the role of hypnosis in treating medical illness. In his final chapter he deals with how language may be used in hypnotherapy, with examples from the work of eth late Milton Erickson, one of the most influential clinicians and teacher sin contemporary hypnosis.
Download or read book Psychology Hypnotism Personal Magnetism and Clairvoyance written by William Abner Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy written by Deirdre Barrett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once thought pure entertainment akin to magic acts, hypnosis is now a growing field being practiced by psychologists, psychiatrists, and medical doctors. Across all ages—from children to adults and the elderly—patients are finding professional, therapeutic hypnosis can help them recover from mental maladies ranging from addiction to depression and psychosis, and from physical illnesses from chronic pain to obesity and skin disorders. Studies show hypnosis can even speed healing from broken bones, burns, and surgery. These unprecedented volumes, including some of the best-known experts in the field hailing from Harvard, Stanford and other top universities, cover the newest research and practice in this intriguing arena. Edited by a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, this set explains developments in hypnosis, from its colorful if misguided inception with Anton Mesmer, across clinical techniques developed for health care in the 20th century, to emerging research showing new potential applications to aide mental and physical health. Chapters also highlight what psychologists, neurologists, physicians, and scientists have discovered about how personality, cognition, and brain functions affect, and are affected by, hypnosis. An appendix explains how to tell the difference between an entertainer or charlatan and a practitioner who is trained, credentialed, and practicing research-backed hypnosis. Universities with hypnotherapy programs and courses are also included.
Download or read book Modern Trends in Hypnosis written by David Waxman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 9th International Congress of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine expresses the continuity in the effort to gain scientific knowledge of hypnosis and scientific status for it, ever since the 1st International Congress for Experimental and Therapeutic Hypnotism was held in Paris in 1889, attended by many of the best-remembered psychiatrists and psychologists of the day - men such as Babinski, Bernheim, Binet, Delboeuf, Freud, James, Lombroso, F. W. H. Myers, Ribot, and many others. The continuity was broken by the period of reduced interest in hypnosis between the time of the 2nd Inter national Congress for Hypnotism in Paris in 1900, and the revival of interest shown by the 3rd International Congress for Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine in Paris in 1965. Since then, the Congresses have met more regularly, making the one of which this is the report, the 9th. The programs of these Congresses have become increasingly rich through the years, with many of the older problems still with us but now studied more dispassionately in the light of new knowledge and new scientific methods in the design of investigations and the vali dation of scientific findings.
Download or read book The Highly Hypnotizable Person written by Michael Heap and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is commonly known that some individuals are more easily hypnotized than others. What is less clear is why, and what can be learnt from these individual differences for hypnosis as a whole. The Highly Hypnotizable Person is the first book to present an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of what research and evidence there is for the existence and features of highly hypnotisable people. The Highly Hypnotizable Person draws on research findings from cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology and from neuropsychology and neurophysiology. Leading authorities on hypnosis provide a comprehensive account of what is known and understood about this phenomenon and treatment procedure, and in particular, the nature and implications of high susceptibility.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis written by Michael R. Nash and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis is the long overdue successor to Fromm and Nash's Contemporary Hypnosis Research (Guilford Press), which has been regarded as the field's authoritative scholarly reference for over 35 years. This new book is a comprehensive summary of where field has been, where it stands today, and its future directions. The volume's lucid and engaging chapters on the scientific background to the field, fully live up to this uncompromising scholarly legacy. In addition, the scope of the book includes 17 clinical chapters which comprehensively describe how hypnosis is best used with patients across a spectrum of disorders and applied settings. Authored by the world's leading practitioners these contributions are sophisticated, inspiring, and richly illustrated with case examples and session transcripts. For postgraduate students, researchers and clinicians, or anyone wanting to understand hypnosis as a form of treatment, this is the starting point. Unequalled in its breadth and quality, The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis is the definitive reference text in the field.
Download or read book Neuro Hypnosis Using Self Hypnosis to Activate the Brain for Change written by C. Alexander Simpkins and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. Alexander Simpkins, PhD. and Annellen M. Simpkins. PhD. are psychologists in private practice Specializing in meditation and hypontherapy. They are the authors of over 20 books. including Meditation for Therapists and Their Clients and The Dao of Neuroscience --
Download or read book Hypnosis for the Seriously Curious written by Kenneth S. Bowers and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Franz Mesmer captured the imagination of Paris in the 1780s with his marvelous "magnetic" powers, hypnosis has been the subject of enormous controversy.
Download or read book Hypnosis written by Devon Hales and published by Efalon Acies. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 2-book combo, which has the following titles: Book 1: Have you ever considered hypnosis? What does hypnosis do? And why is there so much confusion about it? These and many other questions will be answered in this guide. Along with this, you will read or hear more about the benefits and the disadvantages of hypnosis, how it is used for clinical treatments, how it can heal our bodies, why so many people use it to control their weight, sleeping patterns, or fertility, and which myths exist (debunked). All of these topics will shed more light on a phenomenon so many people don’t fully understand. Book 2: How does hypnosis work? What is good for? And how can you be more effective at it? These are questions that might come to mind when you study the topic of hypnosis. In this brief guide, we will address the ins and outs of what it is and how it is used. Additionally, we will look into how it can reduce labor pain, help children with their language skills or adults with forgotten languages, boost self-confidence, help with weight loss, and much more! Learn more now, so you, too, can enter the realm of endless possibilities that pertain to hypnosis secrets of the universe.
Download or read book Hypnosis and Conscious States written by Graham Jamieson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of hypnosis provides a rich paradigm for those seeking to understand the processes that underlie consciousness. Understanding hypnosis tells us about a basic human capacity for altered experiences that is often overlooked in contemporary western societies. Throughout the 200 year history of psychology, hypnosis has been a major topic of investigation by some of the leading experimenters and theorists of each generation. Today hypnosis is emerging again as a lively area of research within cognitive (systems level) neuroscience informing basic questions about the structure and biological basis of conscious states. This book describes the latest advances in understanding hypnosis and similar trance states by researchers within the neuroscience of consciousness. It contains many new and exciting contributions from up and coming researchers and provides a lively debate on methodological and theoretical issues central to the development of emerging research paradigms in the neuroscience of conscious states. The book introduces and describes many of the recent new tools that have become available to researchers in this field. Academics, researchers, and clinicians wanting to develop their knowledge of the latest findings, theories and methods in the scientific study of hypnosis and related states of consciousness will find this an up to date guide to this rapidly advancing field.
Download or read book Advanced Techniques of Hypnosis written by Melvin Powers and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hypnosis and Meditation written by Amir Raz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research over the past decade has helped to demystify hypnosis and meditation, bringing these practices into the scientific and clinical mainstream. Yet, while hypnosis and meditation overlap on many levels, few scientific accounts have explored their complementary rapprochement. Despite cultural and historical differences, hypnosis and meditation share common phenomenology, cognitive processes, and potential therapeutic merits. This book provides a synthesis of knowledge concerning the bridging of hypnosis and meditation. The authors adopt a trans-disciplinary approach considering cultural, historical, and philosophical perspectives to elucidate contemporary questions in cognitive, neurobiological, and clinical science. The book explores the relationship between hypnosis and meditation in five progressive sections: Part 1 investigates historical, cultural, and philosophical issues to contextualize the scientific study of contemplative practices. Part 2 presents a range of views concerning the similarities and differences between hypnosis and meditation. Part 3 explores the psychological and cognitive mechanisms at work. Part 4 integrates recent brain imaging findings to unravel the neural underpinnings. Finally, part 5 examines how juxtaposing hypnosis and meditation can enhance clinical applications. Hypnosis and Meditation is a valuable resource to both specialists as well as interested lay readers, and paves the road to a more unified science of how attention influences states of brain, body, and consciousness.
Download or read book Emotion the Power of Change written by G. Fredric Mau and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why You Should Buy This Book Now, orYou Have to Know Why Things Work on a StarshipIn the middle of a battle with Khan (Ricardo Montalbán, not Benedict Cumberbatch), Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock start fooling around with the command console on the Enterprise. Lt. Saavik does not understand why, and Kirk replies, “You have to learn why things work on a starship.” Kirk has a cool plan to outperform Khan because he knows more about how things work than Khan does (Meyer, 1982).In 1995 the National Institutes of Health issued a report strongly recommending hypnosis to treat chronic pain and insomnia. The report noted that the mechanism for the relief of pain and insomnia was not well understood.Much has changed since 1995. Advances in neurology and neuroimaging brain scans now reveal exactly how suggestive processes and hypnosis function. The brain physiology of hypnosis is well understood.In 1784, French king Louis XVI appointed a royal commission headed by Benjamin Franklin to investigate amazing cures by the flamboyant Franz Anton Mesmer, a man with plenty of style and a frightening, misunderstood power. The commission found that there was no science to what Mesmer was doing, only suggestion. If only Franklin's commission had access to functional magnetic imagery brain scans—they could have seen how the power of suggestion changes not just the mind, but also the brain.The reality is that emotion changes behavior. Stories frame and create our emotions. These changes are not just “mental” or ephemeral; they cause profound physical changes in the brain and profound metaphysical changes in the very meaning of our lives.This book is extensively documented with peer-reviewed empirical studies (just flip back to the References on page 92 and check it out). It provides you with instruction not only on how to perform hypnosis, but on how hypnosis works: This is the scientific data, the “why” that you need to know.Most of our models of change are cognitive. They are about learning new information, and then trying (and often failing) to implement it. Emotional change is different from cognitive approaches, and powerful.You want to be a great hypnotist. You want to know more than just how to perform tricks. You need to know why things work on a Starship. Buy this book, read, learn, enjoy.
Download or read book Cognitive Hypnotherapy written by Assen Alladin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is now in use worldwide, while hypnosis as a technique continues to attract serious interest from the professional community. Integrating the two, the field of cognitive hypnotherapy uses the natural trance states of clients to unlock unconscious thoughts and memory patterns that can generate and sustain problems. Cognitive hypnotherapists work within the client’s model of the world, so that changes are more likely to be subconsciously accepted and become permanent. This practical guide shows how cognitive hypnotherapy can be used to treat a range of emotional disorders including depression, sleep disorders, anxiety, eating disorders and PTSD.
Download or read book Hypnotism Fundamental Principles and Practice for Beginners A Hypnotherapists Guide to Hypnotising in Person and Online written by Junie Farthing and published by Junie Farthing. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Discovering the Power of Self hypnosis written by Stanley Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1992-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how to alleviate phobias, insomnia, and many other problems by literally talking to one's body...
Download or read book Trancework written by Michael D Yapko and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly four decades, Trancework has been the definitive textbook for thousands of professionals undergoing training in the art and science of clinical hypnosis. Now in its 5th edition, this classic text continues its legacy of encouraging sound clinical practice based in established scientific research. This latest edition incorporates new studies and emerging topics within the field of hypnosis, including new chapters on depression and the construction of process-oriented interventions. Readers can expect to receive a comprehensive overview of current developments in the domain of hypnosis, an in-depth consideration of the practical and ethical issues associated with its use, and a greater appreciation for its many therapeutic applications. This thorough, engaging text equips professionals with the essential skills to change clients’ lives by using hypnosis to enhance treatment of both medical and psychological issues.
