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C. Alexander Simpkins (Author), Annellen M. Simpkins (Author)
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October 11, 2010 0393706257 978-0393706253 1St Edition

Understanding the neuroscience of self-hypnosis for more effective treatment of a variety of conditions.

Drawing from over 30 years of teaching, researching, and practicing hypnosis, the authors share systematic instructions, techniques, and exercises for finding your way into a hypnotic trance—or deepen your trance if you’ve already found it. With exercises specifically tailored to address a wide range of concerns, including stress, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, weight management, fears, and sports performance, this book is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in hypnosis. The authors synthesize and integrate the major theories of hypnosis and provide an overview of the fundamental tools used in self-hypnosis, especially attention, unconscious processing, and suggestion.

For clinicians, they provide evidence and practical considerations that therapists need to incorporate hypnosis into their practice. All readers will benefit from the tips, techniques, and exercises throughout which demonstrate how hypnotic interventions can be tailored to each person. Readers will be inspired to practice at home using hypnotic suggestions that target their specific concerns. Deftly balancing theory and practice, Neuro-Hypnosis provides the tools you need to open yourself to self-hypnosis, experience the vast potential of your mind, and activate your brain for growth, development, and lasting change.


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“Illuminating, practical, and eminently readable. Neuro-Hypnosis updates selfhypnosis, beaming it into the 21st century. The authors admirably spotlight contemporary advances in the neurosciences; synergistically amalgamate existing theories about the nature of trance; and offer immediately applicable exercises. For the tyro and for the expert.” (Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD, Founder and Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation )

“[S]ignificantly improves our understanding of the field. . . . [N]ew explanatory outlooks on various scientific concepts such as attention, the unconscious, and pain. . . . [V]ery rich information on hypnosis and self-hypnosis and on numerous theoretical and clinical connections with them.” (Journal of Canadian Academic Child Adolescent Psychiatry )

“Here is a book that is waiting to be read by those with a curious mind and an appreciation for learning. Its contents are based on solid science and firsthand knowledge of hypnosis and therapy. The authors’ compassion is especially clear in the numerous exercises that guide the reader as he or she seeks to translate the scholarly information into a felt personal experience. In sum, this book is an excellent resource for anyone wishing to uncover his or her hidden potentials.” (Dan Short, PhD, author, Transformational Relationships, and coauthor, Hope & Resiliency )

“[F]ascinating…[U]seful to help the reader to regulate anxiety or fear as well as aggressive behaviors, control the consumption of food or drugs, and managing stress and pain.” (Consuelo Casula - European Society of Hypnosis )

Neuro-Hypnosis blends participatory self-exploration with clinical counseling in an elegant balance of information and art. The authors support self-reflection and practical applications, and their succinct, straightforward, and engaging style moves the reader along an experiential path integrating knowledge with understanding.” (Roxanna Erickson-Klein RN, PhD, Board of Directors, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation )

About the Author

C. Alexander Simpkins, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice, and, with Annellen M. Simpkins, is the author of twenty-four books. Together they study and research mind and brain, teach meditation and hypnosis in seminars and workshops, and live in San Diego.

Annellen M. Simpkins, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice who with her husband C. Alexander Simpkins specializes in study and research of mind and brain. Together they teach widely on meditation and hypnosis, have written twenty-four books, and live in San Diego.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1St Edition edition (October 11, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393706257
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393706253
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
First class November 5, 2010
Format:Paperback
Probably the best book currently available on this subject. It contains large chunks of material from the Simpkinses' earlier Effective Self Hypnosis, but adds significant new material especially regarding recent neurological evidence for hypnosis's efficacy, and some brief but interesting considerations of cognitive behavioural therapy used in tandem with hypnosis.

Some reviewers complained that the earlier book was rather vague in giving instructions for entering 'trance', but that's not really fair; though the directions here are terse, the whole point of doing hypnosis properly is not to adhere closely to the scripts one finds in the scores of useless books on self-hypnosis out there, but to feel one's way into the rather ordinary frame of mind that hypnosis is: i.e., a relatively formal analogue of the everyday experience of absorption we all go through when daydreaming, driving, or reading, (etc., etc.).

Roger Straus's Strategic Self-Hypnosis is a very good book, written from a completely different perspective. But as long as you do the exercises and find your way into a 'hypnotic frame of mind', and understand a little bit about how suggestion works, then the theoretical standpoint is irrelevant. It matters only to scientists.

I also recommend Daniel Araoz's The New Hypnosis, which is extremely well-written, and helped my understanding greatly, though it isn't a how-to as such. It's out of print, but findable.

This is the best book, written by qualified clinicians not by people with Mickey-Mouse bona fides from non-academic bodies, and is worlds apart from nearly all the other books on the subject, most of which are actually appalling.
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NEURO-HYPNOSIS: USING SELF-HYPNOSIS TO ACTIVATE THE BRAIN FOR CHANGE packs in a fine psychology and psychotherapy survey recommended for any collection strong in hypnosis and self-hypnosis. Over thirty years of teaching, researching and practice lends to a synthesis of the major theories and applications of hypnosis, reviewing its basic tools, benefits, and psychology. Professionals and lay readers alike will benefit from this extensive coverage.
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Meditation January 19, 2011
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An excellent book explaining what hypnosis is and how it actually works. Meditation itself is great to de-stress the body. This goes one step further allowing the unconscious to help heal the body in the trance state.
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