101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis [Hardcover]

Dabney Ewin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1845902912 | ISBN-13: 978-1845902919 | Edition: 1

For the past thirty years, Dabney Ewin has been teaching medical hypnosis at Tulane University. In all that time, he has dealt with hundreds of patients but the one thing that stands out during this illustrious career is that he has never stopped learning something new.

This succinct volume is a testament to all the ideas that Dr. Ewin wished he had known about when he first started practicing hypnosis. The words and phrases presented here are designed to give any beginning or experienced student a foundation about the working of hypnosis--this foundation of knowledge Dr. Ewin built up in his more than thirty years of practice. Dr. Ewin 'believes his patients can get well, because they do.' With his words, images and suggestions, noted throughout this little book of wisdom, he understands that the mind can change the way the brain functions and conversely, he also knows the brain can change the way the mind functions. In hypnosis, he makes this healing resonance between mind and body happen again and again. Simply put, his patients become whole again.

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About the Author

Dabney Ewin, MD,FACS, is a Clinical Professor of Surgery & Psychiatry at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Ewin, an adjunct Faculty member and practicing physician, has taught hypnosis at Tulane since 1970. He is a past President of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, past Secretary of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing; 1 edition (December 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845902912
• ISBN-13: 978-1845902919
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An easy read., June 25, 2011

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Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D. "Hypnotherapist/NLP ... (Springfield, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis (Hardcover)

Dabney Ewin, a physician, intended 101 Things to be a small, simple book: easy to read and understand. And it is. Ewin is a Clinical Professor of Surgery and Psychiatry at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. With a strong affinity for psychosomatic medicine, he began teaching and using medical hypnosis in 1970. Today he is a leading expert in medical hypnotherapy. His book is a compilation of observations for practitioners.

Ewin's 101 Things are arranged in five categories:
*Connotations of words in hypnosis; why hypnotherapists should avoid certain words.
*Suggestions for smoking cessation. Instead of "ex-smoker" or "non-smoker" use the phrase "normal person". After all, it's abnormal to derive pleasure from inhaling deadly substances!
*Helpful hints for pain management.
*Useful but little known hypnotic techniques.
*Miscellaneous pearls of wisdom.

The book's most unique feature is a physician's view of medical hypnosis. Ewin enlightens readers on the placebo/nocebo effect, hypnoanalysis, trauma, pain, belief, laughter, prayer, suggestion, and ideomotor signals. Did you know, for instance that a surge of adrenalin creates a moment of maximum suggestibility? For this reason, anyone treating a patient in crises or fear should take care with what to say. Even seasoned hypnotherapists will learn something of value from this small book. I like it. I plan to read it again, reading one "thing" daily as a "thought for the day," rather than take in the entire book at a single setting. I recommend you do the same.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnosis made easier., March 20, 2011

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Biigbobby - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis (Hardcover)

Dabney Ewin MD. does the Hypnosis world proud with his book "101 things I wish I had known when I started using hypnosis". His explanations of words used during hypnosis to make it easier for the client to achieve their goals is worth its weight in gold. A thoroughly interesting book for those practicing hypnosis.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book, March 8, 2011

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This review is from: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis (Hardcover)

If you are a beginner in hypnosis or even a seasoned veteran, buy this book! Many good points that you can use and read over and over again.