Publisher's Synopsis
This prize-winning handbook is now available in paperback! A comprehensive volume, containing the viewpoints of international experts on the theories and applications of hypnosis. A selection of the topics covered ...* the early theories of hypnosis * age regression and post hypnotic amnesia * the measurement of hypnotizability and induction techniques * the relationship of hypnosis to a number of different clinical disorders, e.g. affective disorders, schizophrenia, respiratory * diseases, pain, terminal illness * hypnosis in groups and in autogenic training * hypnosis in children * research strategies in hypnosis