Hypnosis has recently experienced a surge of popularity in the
scientific community and the general public and is currently being
used to deal with a wide range of disorders. IN this elegantly
written book, Dr. Peter Brown draws on the latest developments in
cognitive psychology, anthropology, ethnology, and neuroscience to
offer a new explanation for how hypnosis works and how it can be
applied. Brown argues that the ability to hypnotized and be
hypnotized is closely related to brain functions that are uniquely
human-especially to our ability to communicate with others. He
begins by looking at the way communication has evolved, especially
our use of facial expression and the tonal aspects of speech to
synchronize interactions. These features were particularly
important for the transmission of culture in oral societies before
the advent of writing. He next considers the changes the brain
undergoes during hypnosis, proposing that hypnotherapy can be
understood as the interaction between two fundamental brain
functions: the rhythmic alteration in level of consciousness that
the brain undergoes throughout the course of the day, and the
capacity to use metaphor, imagery, and analogy to understand
ourselves and the world. Brown discusses some of the clinical uses
of hypnotherapy, in particular the exploration of multiple
personality disorder (which can be characterized as spontaneous
self-hypnosis as a means of coping with trauma) and the role of
hypnosis in treating medical illness. In his final chapter he deals
with how language may be used in hypnotherapy, with examples from
the work of eth late Milton Erickson, one of the most influential
clinicians and teacher sin contemporary hypnosis.
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