Hypnosis : theories, research and applications / Gael D. Koester and Pablo R. Delisle, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koester, Gael D.

Delisle, Pablo R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hypnotism--Therapeutic use.

Hypnotism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work presents new research on hypnosis, including a clinical review comparing the effectiveness of hypnotherapy to psychoanalysis and behaviour therapy.

Contents:

A new theory for understanding and appreciating the power of hypnosis : comparing this theory to previous theories and noting its many benefits / Alfred Barrios

Patterns of interactional harmony : the phenomenology of hypnosis interaction / Katalin Varga ... [et al.]

Applications of waking hypnosis to difficult cases and emergencies / Carlos Lopes-Pires, M. Elena Mendoza, and Antonio Capafons

Language, metaphor, neuroscience, scientific explanation, and pragmatic rules for the effective communication in hypnosis / Renzo Balugani, Giuseppe Ducci

The relational (intersubjective) approach to hypnosis / Udi Bonshtein

Hypnosis, absorption, and the neurobiology of self-regulation / Graham A. Jamieson

The neurophysiology of hypnosis in mass psychogenic illness / Felipe A., Tallabs G.

Relaxation, meditation, and hypnosis for skin disorders and procedures / Philip Shenefelt

Reinforcing biological rhythms with hypnosis : a new paradigm of immunotherapy in oncology? / Fabrice Kwiatkowski, Alain Blanchet

Nursing and palliative approaches / John F. Chaves.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61668-216-7

OCLC:

834607985