Essentials of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach (Dissociation, Trauma, Memory, and Hypnosis Book Series) [Hardcover]

Steven J. Lynn (Author), Irving Kirsch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2006 | Series: Dissociation, Trauma, Memory, and Hypnosis Book Series

State Univ. of New York, Binghamton. Textbook attempts to bring hypnosis into mainstream evidence-based clinical psychotherapy. Includes techniques to get started, session transcripts, illustrative case examples, step-by-step procedures, and advanced techniques. For practitioners and students.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 271 pages
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591473446
• ISBN-13: 978-1591473442
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb reference and training resource for both students and practicing psychologists, April 2, 2006

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This review is from: Essentials of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach (Dissociation, Trauma, Memory, and Hypnosis Book Series) (Hardcover)

Co-written by former president of the American Psychological Association Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) Steven Jay Lynn and hypnosis and suggestion expert Irving Kirsch, Essentials Of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach is a textbook written to bridge the gap between research and practice and help bring hypnosis into mainstream, evidence-based clinical psychotherapy. Written for students of all levels of experience in hypnosis, Essentials Of Clinical Hypnosis offers basic instruction to help novices understand and practice hypnosis, suggestive methods, up-to-date literature reviews, a no-holds-barred scrutiny of the difficult issues involved in using hypnosis for memory recovery, and much more. Methods for incorporating hypnotic methods for treating pain, smoking, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and more are discussed at length. A superb reference and training resource for both students and practicing psychologists.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A major disappointment, December 2, 2009

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This review is from: Essentials of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach (Dissociation, Trauma, Memory, and Hypnosis Book Series) (Hardcover)

I was excited to get this book, firstly because the price was so much better from .com v .co.uk, and more importantly because when I opened the book it looked so promising. But as I read on it became more and more a let down. It felt like one summary/paraphrase after another. Like a series of students notes. None of the topics is covered very well. The chapter on smoker cessation is a poorly described group approach - which could be useful but isn't really very useful and is not the most common approach. If I wanted to learn about this approach it wouldn't help very much. Most of the other chapters are the same they look attractive but don't deliver.

A book I read recently and am still reading Cognitive Hypnotherapy by Assen Alladin is much better.

I have now given up on it even though it is on the reading list of the course I am about to do. I am just glad I didn't buy it in the UK as for the price here I would have been very upset. Hopefully when I get past my current reaction and revisit it I would find some hidden or obvious treasures.