Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors

D. Corydon Hammond

W. W. Norton & Company, Jun 5, 1990 - Medical - 602 pages

Designed as a practical desktop reference, this official publication of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis is the largest collection of hypnotic suggestions and metaphors ever compiled. It provides a look at what experienced clinicians actually say to their patients during hypnotic work.

A book to be savored and referred to time and again, this handbook will become a dog-eared resource for the clinician using hypnosis.

Contents

• 1 Introduction: 1
• 2 Formulating Hypnotic and Posthypnotic Suggestions: 11
• 3 Hypnosis in Pain Management: 45
• 4 Hypnoanesthesia and Preparation for Surgery: 85
• Enhancing Esteem SelfEfficacy and Confidence: 109
• 6 Anxiety Phobias and Dental Disorders: 153
• 7 Hypnosis with Cancer Patients: 199
• 8 Hypnosis with Medical Disorders: 217
• 9 Hypnosis in Obstetrics and Gynecology: 269
• 10 Hypnosis with Emotional and Psychiatric Disorders: 309
• 11 Hypnosis with Sexual Dysfunction and Relationship Problems: 349
• 12 Hypnosis with Obesity and Eating Disorders: 379
• 13 Smoking Addictions and Habit Disorders: 407
• 14 Concentration Academic Performance and Athletic Performance: 433
• 15 Hypnotic Suggestions with Children: 475
• Age Regression Age Progression and Time Distortion: 509
• References: 559
• Credits: 579
• Name Index: 587
• Subject Index: 592
• Back Cover: 604

About the author

D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D., ABPH, is past president and a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), which honored him with a Presidential Award of Merit in 1989. He also received the ASCH Irving I. Secter Award in 1990 and the Thomas P. Wall Award for Excellence in Teaching of Clinical Hypnosis in 1994. He is Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Co-director of the Sex and Marital Therapy Clinic at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He has written six books, including the Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors. He coordinated a national task force on hypnosis and memory and is the primary author of Clinical Hypnosis and Memory: Guidelines for Clinicians and for Forensic Hypnosis and of ASCH's Standards of Training in Clinical Hypnosis.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors; An American society of clinical hypnosis book; Norton professional book
• Editor: D. Corydon Hammond
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990
• ISBN: 039370095X, 9780393700954
• Length: 602 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Allied Health Services / Hypnotherapy; Medical / Mental Health; Psychology / General; Psychology / Hypnotism; Psychology / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior