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With numerous illustrations of treatment by suggestion. The author devoted his attention to a practical application of suggestional methods in the treatment of a most instructive miscellany of physical and mental conditions. This volume is a record of many thousand recent experiences, covering seven years of investigation.

Giving the only simple and practical course in Hypnotism and Vital Magnetism which starts the student or practitioner out upon a plain, common sense basis prepared especially for self-instruction.

In order that the argument may be sufficiently clear in every part, Lapponi deemed it advisable to begin with the narration of certain historical facts bearing on hypnotism as well as on spiritism. He speaks of the facts peculiar to hypnotism and spiritism, indicating when necessary the authorities which prove, at least in part, their objective existence. He then examines the analogy and the difference between the two kinds of facts so far placed on record. Contents: hypnotism; spiritism; details about hypnotism; phenomena proper to spiritism; analogy and difference between hypnotic and spiritistic phenomena; on the nature of hypnotism and its manifestations; on the nature of spiritism and its relative manifestations; effects of hypnotic and spiritistic practices; conclusions.

Past life researcher of over 30 years, Henry Leo Bolduc, teaches readers how to use self-hypnosis to heal the past, present, and future in this revolutionary, comprehensive guidebook. This book includes the concepts of love, forgiveness, the purpose for reincarnation, journalling, dreams, therapeutic models, case histories, Edgar Cayce, and more.

Magnetism, mesmerism, suggestive therapeutics and magnetic healing, including all that is known in the art and practice of hypnotism, mesmerism, mental and magnetic healing. Prepared for the self instruction of beginners as well as for the use of advanced students and practitioners.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Antagonism has always existed between the two types of hypnotherapist - those with medical or psychological training and those without. The author believes the best way to achieve an understanding between them is through an agreement on training, which this book explores.

Partial Contents: Science of Hypnotism; Instructions for Testing Subjects; Inducing Hypnotic Sleep; Fascination; Celebrated Table Method; Stage Hypnotism; Lock Method; Nancy Method; Favorite Method for Physicians; Hypnotizing by Rotating Mirror; Post-Hypnotic Suggestion; Anesthesia; Cataleptic or Rigid State; Lethargy or Death Trance; Clairvoyant or Second Sight; Self-Induced; By Telegraph, Telephone or Mail; People Hypnotized against their Will; Instantly Hypnotized; Different Stages; How to Awaken; Treatment by Suggestion; Hypnotism and Medicine; Hypnotism and Crime; Hypnotizing Animals.

Overcome nervous tension, pain, fatigue, insomnia, depression and addictive behaviors with these simple techniques. Now you can join the thousands of readers who have used hypnosis-a tool long used by professionals-to make dramatic improvements in their physical and emotional health . . . and achieve fabulous success and happiness in their relationships and career! In Healing Yourself with Self-Hypnosis you'll learn how to quickly and easily achieve a hypnotic state-and achieve amazing results with virtually any problems or concern, including: excess weight, substance abuse, pain management, smoking, childbirth, and anxiety.

Contents: The Science of Hypnotism; Instructions for Testing Subjects; Inducing Hypnotic Sleep; Fascination; Celebrated Table Method; Stage Purposes; The Lock Method; Post-Hypnotic Suggestion; Anaesthesia; Cataleptic or Rigid State; Lethargic or Independent State; Clairvoyant or Second Sight; Self-Induced Hypnosis; To Hypnotize by Telegraph, Telephone of Mail; People Hypnotized Against their Will; Hindoo Sleep--How Induced; Symptons of Hypnotism; How to Make a Subject; Curing Disease by Hypnotism; Personal Magnetism; Insanity; Animals; Magnetic Healing; plus much more.

The Science Web series provides resources that cover National Curriculum Key Stage 3 science and the approaches outlined in the QCA scheme of Work for Science. This enquiry pack includes student and teacher materials back-to-back for easy reference and management, guidance and notes for technicians, materials suitable for individual and group work and suggestions on the use of ICT to support the development of enquiry skills.

More than any other individual, Milton Erickson has been responsible for shaping the modern view of hypnosis. His great contribution came from his ability to locate an individual's innter resources for coping creativley with the real problems of everyday life. Erickson himself endured two bouts of polio and was in a wheelchair throughout much of his later life. He learned to use the healing methods of self-hypnosis to deal with his handicaps and uncover ways of experiencing living at more profound levels. His delight in teaching these methdos of self-healing are clearly shown in these transcriptions of his seminars, workshops and lectures. Volume III contains much of the source material wherein Erickson first expressed his original views on psychosomatic medicine and healing. Here we learn hwo the languages of the mind communicate with the languages of the body. His research validates the view that psyche, mind, and brain are pervasively integrated in modulating body processes in health and illness. The 'miracle cures', spontaneous remissions of lethal diseases, and placebo effects, which seemed inexplicable to the scientific mind until recently, can how be understood as manifestations of mind-body information systems that extend far beyond the limitations formerly placed on the central nervous system.

Contents: Thought and the Brain; The Will; Magnetic Power; Concentration; Personal Magnetism; Breathing and Physical Exercises; The Magnetic Gaze; Diet; Magnetic Healing.

Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better. Contents: Preface: Interview of Emile Coue of Each Patient Attending His Clinic; Examples and Experiments Illustrating the Powers of Suggestion and Autosuggestion; Suggestions for Ailments; Advice to Patients; Lecture Delivered by Coue in American Cities.

This book offers guidance from the field's most respected experts on the psychological assessment and treatment of pain, particularly with hypnosis. It covers both syndromes of special interest (cancer pain, recurrent pain syndromes, headache, burn patients, etc.) and special populations (children and the elderly).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Rich in case examples, this book provides a step-by-step guide for theuse of hypnotic techniques in the treatment of the entire spectrum ofdissociative disorders.

A remarkable collaboration between psychologist Rossi andgynecologist-obstetrician Cheek, this book guides and empowerstherapists and patients to find the keys to their own health andwell-being through therapeutic hypnosis.

Precision Therapy is full of fast, effective hypnoanalytic techniques. It presents a series of adaptable prompt sheets for therapy sessions, plus a collection of illuminating case histories and supporting resources. Precision Therapy aims to stimulate an abrupt shift in personal awareness, creating a 'spontaneous remission', preferably in one session. It provides health professionals with all the material needed to tackle the root causes of clients' problems.

When most people think of "hypnosis" they imagine either a sinister, Mesmeresque figure declaring to his subject "you're getting sleepier and sleepier ... your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, you vill go into trance," or an entertainer compelling a subject to "cluck like a chicken." In this comprehensive introduction to hypnosis based on the pioneering work of Milton H. Erickson, Bill O'Hanlon demystifies the concept of "trance" and "hypnosis." He goes to the heart of the subject by answering the question: "What is trance?" But be forewarned: This is no dry, formal discourse on trance induction techniques. Rather, readers are invited to share the experience of attending one of O'Hanlon's lively and popular two-day workshops on Ericksonian hypnosis. In an energetic and often humorous manner, O'Hanlon takes his audience through the basics of trance induction and explains the how, what, and why of hypnosis. Readers familiar with Erickson's work will be delighted at the author's Class of Problems/Class of Solutions approach, which deconstructs Ericksonian interventions and provides a powerful new tool in directing clients toward solution. Each individual element of trance induction is explained clearly, through the use of case examples, demonstrations, and audience participation exercises. The book's gradual approach takes readers through the hypnotic process in a step-by-step fashion, increasing their skills and confidence.

Describes in detail how Mirroring Hands is conducted, and explores the framework of knowledge and understanding that surrounds and supports its therapeutic process. Richard Hill and Ernest L. Rossi's The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands: A Client-Responsive Therapy that Facilitates Natural Problem-Solving and Mind-Body Healing describes in detail how Mirroring Hands is conducted, and explores the framework of knowledge and understanding that surrounds and supports its therapeutic process. Foreword by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. Mirroring Hands is a practical therapeutic technique that can be utilized by all practitioners for the benefit of their clients. With a tranquil state of focused attention as the starting point, the practitioner invites the client to explore an issue by projecting it into their hands; with one hand representing the difficulty or disturbance, the other becomes the natural container for the opposite reflections - resolution, ease and comfort. This enables the client to engage with their deeper therapeutic self - thereby facilitating the shift into a therapeutic consciousness - and connect to the natural flow, cycles and self-organizing emergence that shift the client toward beneficial change. In this instructive and illuminating manual, Hill and Rossi show you how Mirroring Hands enables clients to unlock their natural problem-solving and mind-body healing capacities to arrive at a resolution in a way that many other therapies might not. The authors offer expert guidance as to its client-responsive applications and differentiate seven variations of the technique in order to give the practitioner confidence and comfort in their ability to work within and around the possibilities presented while in session. Furthermore, Hill and Rossi punctuate their detailed description of how Mirroring Hands is conducted with a diverse range of illustrative casebook examples and stage-by-stage snapshots of the therapy in action: providing scripted language prompts and illustrative images of a client's hand movement that demonstrate the processes behind the technique as it takes the client from disruption into the therapeutic; and from there to integration, resolution, and a state of well-being. The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands begins by tracing the emergence of the Mirroring Hands approach from its origins in Rossi's studies and experiences with Milton H. Erickson and by presenting a transcription of an insightful discussion between Rossi and Hill as they challenge some of the established ways in which we approach psychotherapy, health, and well-being. Building upon this exchange of ideas, the authors define and demystify the nature of complex, non-linear systems and skillfully unpack the three key elements of induction to therapeutic consciousness - focused attention, curiosity, and nascent confidence - in a section dedicated to preparing the client for therapy. Hill and Rossi also supply preparatory guidance for the therapist through explanation of therapeutic dialogue's non-directive language principles, and through exploration of the four-stage cycle - information, incubation, breakthrough and illumination, and verification - that facilitates the client's capacity to access their natural problem-solving and mind-body healing. The authors also take care to advocate Mirroring Hands as not only a therapeutic technique, but also an approach to practice for all practitioners engaged in solution-focused therapy. Through its enquiry into the vital elements of client-cue observation, symptom-scaling, and rapport-building inherent in the therapist-client relationship, The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands shares a great store of wisdom and insight that will help the practitioner become more attuned to their clients' inner worlds and communication patterns. Hill and Rossi draw on a wealth of up-to-date neuroscientific research and academic theory to help bridge the gap between therapy's intended outcomes and its measured neurological effects, and, towards the book's close, also open the door to the study of quantum field theory to inspire the reader's curiosity in this fascinating topic. An ideal progression for those engaged in mindfulness and meditation, The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands is the first book on the subject specially written for all mental health practitioners and is suitable for students of counseling, psychotherapy, psychology, and hypnotherapy, as well as anyone in professional practice.

"This is an essential primer of Ericksonian hypnotherapy and strategicpsychotherapy. [ ] O Hanlon provides threads that crystallize practicalpatterns useful to clinicians at all levels of expertise." Jeffrey K.Zeig, Ph.D., Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation