The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy

This is a comprehensive evidence-based clinical manual for practitioners ofcognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy. Cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy is increasingly becoming the dominant approach to clinicalhypnosis. At a theoretical level, it adopts a research-based cognitive-behavioural model ofhypnosis. At a practical level, it closely integrates traditional hypnotherapy andcognitive-behavioural therapy techniques. This is the first major treatment manual to describe a fully integrated cognitive-behavioural approach to hypnotherapy, based on current evidence and best practice in the fields of hypnotism and CBT. It is the product of years of work by the author, a cognitive-behavioural therapist and specialist in clinical hypnosis, with overfifteen years' experience in the therapy field. This book should be essential reading for anyoneinterested in modern evidence-based approaches to clinical hypnosis. It's also an importantresource for cognitive-behavioural therapists interested in the psychology of suggestion and the useof mental imagery techniques.

Donald Robertson

Foreword , Note on Terminology and Citations , The Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Hypnosis , Introduction to cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy , James Braid and the original hypnotherapy , Cognitive-behavioural theories of hypnosis , Assessment, Conceptualisation, and Hypnotic Skills , Assessment in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy , Case formulation in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy , Socialisation and hypnotic skills training , Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy , Applied self-hypnosis and coping skills , Affect: hypnotic exposure therapy , Behaviour: Problem-Solving Hypnotherapy (PSH) , Cognition: cognitive hypnotherapy , Conclusion and summary