Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy With Children - Softcover

Olness, Karen And G. Gail Gardner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0808919156 ISBN 13: 9780808919155

Publisher: Grune & Stratton, 1988

Synopsis

Updated and revised in response to developments in the field, this Fourth Edition of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy With Children describes the research and clinical historical underpinnings of hypnosis and hypnotherapy with children and adolescents, and presents an up-to-date compendium of the pertinent world literature regarding this topic. The authors focus on the wide variety and scope of applications for hypnotherapy; including an integrated description of both clinical and evidence-based research as it relates to understanding approaches to various clinical situations, case studies of practical aspects, and how-to elements of teaching hypnotherapeutic skills to clients.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel P. Kohen, MD, is a professor in the departments of pediatrics and family medicine and community health, and the director of the developmental-behavioral pediatrics program at the University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He is Past-President of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

Karen Olness, MD, is a professor of pediatrics, family medicine and global health at Case Western Reserve University, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. She is also Past-President of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and the International Society of Hypnosis.

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Introduction I. Hypnosis with Children 1. Scenes of Childhood 2. Early Uses of Hypnosis with Children 3. Norms of Hypnotizability in Children 4. Correlates of Childhood Hypnotic Responsiveness 5. Hypnotic Induction Techniques for Children: Techniques, Strategies, and Approaches II. Hypnotherapy with Children 6. General Principles of Child Hypnotherapy 7. Hypnotherapy for Psychological Disorders 8. Hypnotherapy for Habit Disorders 9. Hypnotherapy for Problems in Learning and Performance 10. Hypnotherapy for Pain Control 11. Hypnotherapy for Pediatric Medical Problems 12. Hypnotherapy in Pediatric Surgery and Emergencies 13. Hypnotherapy for Grief and Mourning and with the Terminally Ill Child 14. Biofeedback and Child Hypnotherapy 15. Self-Hypnosis: A Tool for Prevention and Prophylaxis 16. Psychoneuroimmunology 17. Teaching Child Hypnotherapy 18. Looking to the Future Appendices

About this edition

• Publisher: Grune & Stratton
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0808919156
• ISBN 13: 9780808919155
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448