The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis - Paperback

by Julie H. Linden (Editor), Giuseppe de Benedittis (Editor), Laurence I. Sugarman (Editor)

The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis explores and clarifies the challenge of defining what hypnosis is and how best to integrate it into treatment.

It contains state-of-the-art neuroscience, cutting-edge practice, and future-oriented visions of clinical hypnosis integrated into all aspects of health and clinical care. Chapters gather current research, theories, and applications in order to view clinical hypnosis through the lens of neurobiological plasticity and reveal the central role of hypnosis in health care. This handbook catalogs the utility of clinical hypnosis as a biopsychosocial intervention amid a broad range of treatment modalities and contexts. It features contributions from esteemed international contributors, covering topics such as self-hypnosis, key theories of hypnosis, hypnosis and trauma, hypnosis and chronic pain management, attachment, and more.

This handbook is essential for researchers, clinicians, and newcomers to clinical hypnosis, in medical schools, hospitals, and other healthcare settings.

Chapters 4, 35, 62 and 63 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author Biography

Julie H. Linden, PhD, is a psychologist and past president of the International Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She teaches globally about incorporating hypnosis skills into all aspects of healthcare practice.

Giuseppe De Benedittis, MD, PhD, is associate professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Milano, Italy. He is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts in pain therapy and as a pioneer in the clinical and experimental use of hypnosis for pain control, contributing to the elucidation of the complex neurophysiological mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia.

Laurence I. Sugarman, MD, is a pediatrician and research professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Health Sciences and Technology. He studies, writes, and teaches globally about integrating therapeutic hypnosis into clinical care.

Katalin Varga, PhD, DSc, is a psychologist and past president of the Hungarian Association of Hypnosis and a board member of the International Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She is a hypnosis researcher and Ericksonian psychotherapist, as well as a teacher of the application of suggestive techniques in various fields.