Essentials of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach

by Irving Kirsch and Steven Jay Lynn

Through session transcripts, examples, and procedures, this book explores the benefits of incorporating hypnotic methods into treatment plans for such common disorders and conditions as anxiety,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591473446
• ISBN13: 9781591473442
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

A superb reference and training resource for both students and practicing psychologists

Co-written by former president of the American Psychological Association Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) Steven Jay Lynn and hypnosis and suggestion expert Irving Kirsch, Essentials Of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach is a textbook written to bridge the gap between research and practice and help bring hypnosis into mainstream, evidence-based clinical psychotherapy. Written for students of all levels of experience in hypnosis, Essentials Of Clinical Hypnosis offers basic instruction to help novices understand and practice hypnosis, suggestive methods, up-to-date literature reviews, a no-holds-barred scrutiny of the difficult issues involved in using hypnosis for memory recovery, and much more. Methods for incorporating hypnotic methods for treating pain, smoking, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and more are discussed at length. A superb reference and training resource for both students and practicing psychologists.