By Dabney M. Ewin, Bruce N. Eimer
Published 2006
296 pp., 7 x 10, 15 il.
DESCRIPTION
In today’s managed mental health care environment, clinical hypnosis has become
popular as a tool for alleviating symptoms promptly. This book is about using
ideomotor (IM) signals in the rapid hypnoanalysis of psychosomatic disorders.
The technique of rapid hypnoanalysis addresses the whole brain and places the
feeling back into brief therapy without removing the logic or the efficiency. It
offers a refreshing alternative that allows therapists to go deeper while being
even briefer. Part I covers basic concepts and principles. The value,
principles, and treatment planning of hypnoanalysis are discussed, including
special intake questions and how to set up ideomotor signals. Part II covers
basic applications of rapid hypnoanalysis and illustrates their employment. The
seven common causes of psychosomatic disorders, ideomotor applications to Direct
Suggestion in Hypnosis (DSIH), hypnotic preparation and care of the surgical
patient, self-hypnosis, and treating the cognitive and emotional components of
persistent pain are examined. Part III presents clinical transcripts of cases to
illustrate the actual uses of the technique with psychosomatic patients. These
transcripts explore the technique with a complex smoking cessation patient, a
simple smoking recall session, a one-visit cure of a hypersensitive scar, and a
workshop demonstration session with an asthma patient. This is a "how-to" book
that provides numerous case examples and illustrations showing specifically how
ideomotor analysis techniques are used.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Doctor D. Corydon Hammond
Preface
Introduction
Part I. BASIC CONCEPTS
Chapter 1. Ideomotor Signals: Their Value in Hypnotherapy
Chapter 2. Principles of Hypnotherapy
Chapter 3. Special Intake Questions for Hypnoanalysis
Chapter 4. Treatment Planning: Analyzing the History
Chapter 5. How to Set Up Ideomotor Signals
Part II. BASIC APPLICATIONS
Chapter 6. Ideomotor Applications to Direct Suggestion in Hypnosis (DSIH)
and Age Regression
Chapter 7. The Seven Common Causes of Psychosomatic Disorders
Chapter 8. Ideomotor Technique for Recall of Sounds Heard Under General
Anesthesia
Chapter 9. Hypnotic Preparation and Care of the Surgical Patient
Chapter 10. Treating the Cognitive and Emotional Components of Persistent Pain
Chapter 11. Self-Hypnosis
Part III. ANNOTATED CLINICAL SESSION TRANSCRIPTS
Chapter 12. Illustration of the Technique with a Complex Smoking Cessation
Patient
Chapter 13. A Simple Smoking Recall Session
Chapter 14. One Visit Cure of a Hypersensitive Scar
Chapter 15. Workshop Demonstration Session with an Asthma Patient
Chapter 16. Transcript of Parts of Two Office Sessions with a Dystonia Patient
References
Index
