159 pages
Hypnotherapy provides a powerful tool for utilizing the power of the mind to reduce distress and suffering. This concise guide provides readers with a rich source of ideas on starting hypnotherapy practice, and thinking seriously about hypnosis as a powerful adjunct to psychotherapy and medical interventions. With a clear definition of what hypnosis really is, readers can develop an understanding of the rationale for utilising hypnotherapy with particular disorders. As the medical community is progressively adopting a biopsychosocial model of healing, there is a serious move toward validating the scientific credibility of hypnosis, and hypnotherapy has become a well-established treatment.
Unlike other introductory texts, Hypnotherapy Explained adopts a uniquely scientific approach, reviewing theories and offering practical ways to integrate hypnotherapy in medical, psychiatric and psychotherapeutic practice. It is enlightening reading for general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors and other healthcare professionals.
About the author: Assen Alladin, Ph.D. is a chartered clinical psychologist at the Foothills Medical Centre and an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Calgary, Alberta. For over 25 years he has worked as a clinical psychologist with adolescents, adults, and couples in a variety of settings including health centres, mental health clinics, the Calgary Police Service, various corporate (EAP) organizations, and hospital based in- and outpatient programs. He currently works with the Young Adult Program, FMC, for the Calgary Health Region, and was given the Best Research Paper Award by Division 30 (Clinical Hypnosis) of APA at the APA Annual Convention in Washington, DC in April 2007. Assen presented a paper on "Cognitive hypnotherapy for depression: An empirical investigation". |
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