Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a personal account of Dr. Wester's pioneering use of clinical hypnosis in law enforcement during the 1970s and 1980s. Drawn from his decades of experience in family counseling, lecturing, and teaching, Dr. Wester traces the rise of the application of hypnosis to criminal investigations and recounts the most challenging cases of his career. Dr. Wester reflects on the declining use of hypnosis to crime solving in more recent years and provides useful guidance for the continued uses of hypnosis in law enforcement and in family and individual counseling.