Trance and treatment : clinical uses of hypnosis / Herbert Spiegel, David Spiegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spiegel, Herbert, 1914-2009.

Contributor:

Spiegel, David, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hypnotism--Therapeutic use.

Hypnotism.

Hypnosis.

Medical Subjects:

Hypnosis.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 545 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., [2004]

Summary:

The second edition of this remarkable work (first published 25 years ago) is rare in the literature because it 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.

Contents:

Part I Trance: The Phenomenon and Its Measurement

Defining Hypnosis

1 Naturally Occurring Trance Phenomena and Related Myths 3

2 Formally Induced Trance Phenomena 19

The Hypnotic Induction Profile

3 Rationale for a Clinical Test 37

4 Administration and Scoring 51

Part II The Hypnotic Induction Profile as a Diagnostic Probe

Spectrum of Hypnotizability and Personality Style

5 The Person With the Problem: Apollonians, Odysseans, and Dionysians 95

6 Review of the Literature: Hypnotizability and Personality 137

Nonintact Profiles: Softs and Decrements

7 Hypnotizability and Severe Psychopathology 151

8 Neurophysiology of Hypnosis 171

Part III Using Hypnosis in Treatment

9 Formulating the Problem 189

10 Restructuring 219

Treatment Strategies: Short Term

11 Smoking Control 245

12 Eating Disorders 259

13 Anxiety, Concentration, and Insomnia 273

14 Phobias 289

15 Pain Control 307

16 Psychosomatic Disorders and Conversion Symptoms 335

17 Miscellaneous Behavior Disorders 373

Treatment Strategies: Long Term

18 Spectrum of Therapies 385

19 The Grade 5 Syndrome: Special Considerations in Treating the Dionysian 405

20 Hypnosis in the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Dissociation 423

Appendix Interpretation and Standardization of the Hypnotic Induction Profile 465.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-522) and indexes.

ISBN:

1585621900

OCLC:

54001039