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HYPNOSIS AND TREATING DEPRESSION
Applications in Clinical Practice
Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D
Routledge, 2006
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES The reader will be able to:
• Describe risk factors for depression
• Describe brief hypnotic interventions
• Describe how to build coping skills with metaphors
• Describe the five-finger technique
• Describe anger issues
• Describe ruminative insomnia
• Describe comorbid depression with eating disorders, PTSD, chronic pain, and autism spectrum disorders
• Specialize in children and youth
• Describe experiential cognitive hypnotherapy
• Describe relapse prevention
Michael Yapko’s seminal 1992 book, Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions, was the first book ever written on the subject of applying hypnosis in the treatment of depressed individuals. Since its publication, Yapko’s work has not only withstood the test of colleagues previously dismissive of the merits of hypnosis as a tool of treatment, but has thrived in the face of it.
Hypnosis and Treating Depression diversifies the range of topics to consider and increases the number of knowledgeable contributors on the subject of treating depression with hypnosis. The book features chapter contributions by highly experienced and well-known experts on using hypnosis to treat specific forms of depression, with assessment and intervention strategies as well as sample transcripts of the use of hypnosis in therapy sessions. It discusses both broad and targeted applications of hypnosis in treatment, the treatment of depression with hypnosis in special populations, as well as special considerations regarding hypnotic treatment. As a practical guidebook for clinicians looking to add to their treatment protocols, Hypnosis and Treating Depression: Applications in Clinical Practice provides an updated and comprehensive volume on therapeutic uses of hypnosis in the treatment of depression.
Editorial Reviews
"Michael Yapko has long been a clear and compelling advocate for the merits of hypnosis in enhancing psychotherapeutic treatments for depression. In this new and innovative volume, Dr. Yapko has added the voices of other well known hypnosis and depression experts to the call for more creative and empowering treatments. The collective wisdom contained herein is impressive by any standards, and will certainly be regarded as a significant contribution to the field." -- Reid Wilson, Ph.D., Director, Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center; author, Don't Panic!
"In his previous volumes, Michael Yapko has provided us with the science and methods to help change our thinking about treating depression with hypnosis. In this highly readable new text, Yapko brings together a group of like-minded expert therapists who generously share their clinical artistry and collectively encourage the reader’s as well. Reading this book can bring a new excitement to the prospect of working hypnotically with people suffering from many kinds of depression." -- Marc I. Oster, Psy.D., ABPH, Past President, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis; Associate Professor, Argosy University
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