Trance and Treatment : Clinical Uses of Hypnosis

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Prologue xvii About the Authors xxvii PART I Trance: The Phenomenon and Its Measurement Defining Hypnosis Naturally Occurring Trance Phenomena and Related Myths 3(16) Formally Induced Trance Phenomena 19(18) The Hypnotic Induction Profile Rationale for a Clinical Test 37(14) Administration and Scoring 51(44) PART II The Hypnotic Induction Profile as a Diagnostic Probe Spectrum of Hypnotizability and Personality Style The Person With the Problem: Apollonians, Odysseans, and Dionysians 95(42) Review of the Literature: Hypnotizability and Personality 137(14) Nonintact Profiles: Softs and Decrements Hypnotizability and Severe Psychopathology 151(20) Neurophysiology of Hypnosis 171(18) PART III Using Hypnosis in Treatment Principles Formulating the Problem 189(30) Restructuring 219(26) Treatment Strategies: Short Term Smoking Control 245(14) Eating Disorders 259(14) Anxiety, Concentration, and Insomnia 273(16) Phobias 289(18) Pain Control 307(28) Psychosomatic Disorders and Conversion Symptoms 335(38) Miscellaneous Behavior Disorders 373(12) Treatment Strategies: Long Term Spectrum of Therapies 385(20) The Grade 5 Syndrome: Special Considerations in Treating the Dionysian 405(18) Hypnosis in the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Dissociation 423(34) Epilogue 457(8) Appendix: Interpretation and Standardization of the Hypnotic Induction Profile 465(28) References 493(30) Name Index 523(8) Subject Index 531