Of One Mind: The Logic of Hypnosis, The Practice of Therapy

Jay Haley once said, ‘The only reasonable excuse for adding another theory of hypnosis to the many that have been proposed is an entirely new approach to the problem.’ In Of One Mind, Douglas Flemons demonstrates that he has an eminently reasonable excuse.

With the casual grace of an entrancing storyteller and the dry humor of an experienced therapist and teacher, he recasts the theory of hypnosis within a relational understanding of language, self, and mind. He then transports his ideas to the worlds of hypno-and brief therapies, offering fresh insights about how to connect with clients and help them change.

Douglas Flemons, PhD, LMFT, is Co-Director of Context Consultants, Professor Emeritus of Family Therapy and Former Co-Director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University. and a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). For more than thirty years, he has devoted himself to developing―through his practice, research, teaching, supervision, and writing―a relational approach to hypnotherapy and brief therapy. Currently in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina, he regularly offers hypnotherapy workshops and international trainings.