Medical hypnosis. Volume 2, The practice of hypnotherapy / Lewis R. Wolberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolberg, Lewis R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hypnotism--Therapeutic use.

Hypnotism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 513 pages)

Other Title:

Medical hypnosis, Vol 2

Place of Publication:

New York : Grune & Stratton, 1948.

Summary:

The practice of hypnotherapy is dependent upon the use of the coordinated skills of hypnotic induction and psychotherapy. In Volume One the principles of hypnotic induction, as well as general applications of psychotherapy, were discussed in detail. The present volume describes the joint technics of hypnosis and psychotherapy by presentation of actual case material through complete transcription of a number of treatment sessions. In addition to several briefer examples, three complete psychosomatic cases are included, illustrative of the three main divisions of therapy presented in this volume. The first case is that of a patient with enuresis who was treated by means of symptom removal through prestige suggestion. The second case is one of premature ejaculation, treated by hypnosis with psychobiologic therapy. The third patient complained of severe, persistent headaches and was treated by re-education through hypnoanalysis. The use of complete case records makes it possible for the reader to follow the therapeutic process, the transference manifestations, the evidence of resistance, as well as the specific technics as they were applied in each particular case. The conclusions which have been presented in each of the three types of therapy-symptom removal, psychobiologic therapy and psychoanalytic therapy-are based on clinical experience with a fairly wide variety of cases. As more experience is gained in the different treatment methods, however, a modification and revision of these conclusions will undoubtedly be required.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.