Trance and Treatment: Clinical Uses of Hypnosis (Paperback)

~ Herbert, M.D. Spiegel (Author), David, M.D. Spiegel (Author)

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What is hypnosis? Despite widespread misconceptions, hypnosis is not a treatment in itself; instead, it is a facilitator—a useful diagnostic tool that can help the practitioner choose an appropriate treatment modality and accelerate various primary treatment strategies.

The second edition of this remarkable work (first published 25 years ago) is written to provide both beginning and seasoned practitioners with a brief, disciplined technique for mobilizing and learning from an individual's capacity to concentrate. Putting to rest both exaggerated fears about hypnosis and overblown statements of its efficacy, this compelling volume brings scientific discipline to a systematic exploration of the clinical uses and limitations of hypnosis.

The challenge was to develop a clinical measurement that could transform a fascinating amalgam of anecdotes, speculations, clinical intuitions and observations, and laboratory advances into a more fruitful and systematic body of information. Thus was born the authors' Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP), a crucial 10-minute clinical assessment procedure that relates the spectrum of hypnotizability to personality style, psychopathology, and treatment outcome.

Structured to reflect the flow of a typical evaluation and treatment session and highlighted by case examples throughout, this remarkable synthesis describes how to use the HIP, reviews relevant literature, and details principles and short- and long-term treatment strategies for smoking control; eating disorders; anxiety, concentration, and insomnia; phobias; pain control; psychosomatic disorders and conversion symptoms; trichotillomania; stuttering; and acute and posttraumatic stress disorders and dissociation. Meticulously referenced and indexed, this in-depth work concludes with an appendix on the interpretation and standardization of the HIP. This unique work stands out in the literature because

• It is written both as an introduction for practitioners new to hypnosis and as an in-depth guide for practitioners with wide experience in hypnosis.
• Unlike current clinical works, it emphasizes the importance of performing a systematic assessment of hypnotizability to identify, measure, and utilize a given patient's optimal therapeutic potential—a process that, until now, has been relegated to clinical intuition.
• It describes human behavior phenomenologically as it relates to hypnosis in a probable rather than an absolute fashion.
• It reviews only specific portions of the literature that are particularly relevant to the important themes presented by the authors. Wherever possible, the authors apply statistical methods to test their hypotheses.

The realm of scientific investigation encompassing hypnosis and psychological dysfunction is comparatively new. This exceptional volume, with its profusion of systematic data, will spark controversy and interest among scientific students of hypnosis everywhere, from psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychoanalysts to physicians, dentists, and other interested clinicians.

About the Author

Herbert Spiegel, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Emeritus) at Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he directed the postgraduate course in hypnosis from 1960 to 1982. Currently at Columbia, he is Special Lecturer in Psychiatry and in private practice in New York City.

David Spiegel, M.D., is the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor in the School of Medicine, Associate Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center.

Product Details

• Paperback: 545 pages
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; 2 edition (April 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585621900
• ISBN-13: 978-1585621903
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source, drawing heavily upon systemtic data, February 13, 2005

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Now in its second edition, Trance & Treatment: Clinical Uses Of Hypnosis discusses the practice of hypnosis as a facilitator and diagnostic tool that psychologists can use in various treatment strategies. Arranged to echo the flow of a standard evaluation and treatment sessions, Trance & Treatment discusses how to use the author's "Hypnotic Induction Profile", a 10-minute clinical assessment procedure that connects hypnotizability to the patient's personality style. Further chapters cover use of hypnosis for smoking control, eating disorders, anxiety, concentration, insomnia, phobias, psychosomatic disorders and much more. An excellent source, drawing heavily upon systemtic data to support its investigation into the beneficial uses of hypnosis in the treatment of psychological dysfunction, and recommended for scientific students of hypnosis, particularly those interested in applying it to mental health practices.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLINICAL PRIMER, January 27, 2008

By	J. Hunter-Yetton "johnjohn" (washington) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a clinical primer for anyone in Hypnotherapy. It is a very comprehensive well referenced source of information that gives really good feedback and examples of clinical application of hypnosis. It is not for the beginner or party hypnotist -this is a really great book for the clnical practitioner - i won't part from mine! You've got to read this one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnosis in Centering and Restructuring, May 25, 2008

By	Jack R Dale - See all my reviews

This is an excellent text for the doctor, dentist or psychologist with experience with hypnosis. Of particular interest to Psychiatrists in a Consultation-Liaison service and those who use psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, etc. Unique in promoting the use of evidence based practice and the Hypnotic Induction Profile in clinical management.
Teaches 3 main principles: (1)Hypnosis and its measurement (2)Hypnosis and Brief Restructuring Therapy (3)Hypnosis and Centering in Long-term therapy.
This is a classic text that has been updated and enhanced to become an invaluable part of the modern psychiatric psychodynamic practice. The hypnodiagnostic sections and the brief restructuring techniques are of particular value for in-patient psychiatry, while the latter parts provide an excellent model for choosing and structuring long-term out-patient psychotherapy.