CORE Hypnosis: A Compassion Informed Therapy

CORE Hypnosis introduces a compassion-informed model for clinical hypnosis that is informative for both beginners and seasoned health professionals. The author's accumulated wisdom is integrated with the latest research on the embodied-relational mind creating an innovative exploration of clinical hypnosis. Readers will enjoy and benefit from the many real-life cases that demonstrate the movement of change through the four parts of CORE: centering, opening, releasing, and extending. The book travels through the standard topics of clinical hypnosis, while expanding the typical discourse with compassion-focused ideas. CORE Hypnosis provides a compelling case for the use of compassion-informed clinical hypnosis across a broad range of presenting issues.

Dr. Harry Stefanakis has a PhD in psychology and 25 years of clinical experience. He is the past president of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BC Division) and has been on the teaching faculty of the Society for over 10 years. As a psychologist in private practice he works with individuals and organizations with varied presenting concerns and provides supervision on the use of clinical hypnosis and compassion-informed interventions. He has been privileged to teach in many different cultures and countries over the past 25 years, while also developing the CORE psychology framework. Dr. Stefanakis lives in Vancouver, BC, with his wife and their young son.

His previous books include CORE Living: 8 Choices for Living Well (2017), Through Silence and Ash (2018), and Your Psychological CORE: Primer and Reference Guide (2018).