This is a comprehensive guide to the basics of Mindful Hypnotherapy (MH), a new modality that delivers a mindfulness-based intervention within a hypnotic context. The book encompasses everything a clinician needs to know to fully understand and apply the approach in clinical practice. The result of a collaboration between a leader in the field of hypnosis and a mindfulness meditation expert, the book elucidates step-by-step clinical strategies and provides verbatim transcripts that professionals can put to use immediately. The resource first introduces the foundations of mindful hypnotherapy, supported by research evidence. Using a session-by-session approach, it describes how to structure sessions, evaluate a patient’s hypnotic ability, deal with resistance, and create individualized clinical applications. Key Features: Embodies an innovation collaboration between a leader in hypnosis and a mindfulness expert Delivers verbatim transcripts of mindful hypnotherapy for immediate use Provides guidance on structuring sessions, setting goals, assessing hypnotic ability, dealing with resistance, and creating individualized treatment Guides the clinician in addressing specific psychological issues such as stress, anxiety, and well-being A Mindful Self-Hypnosis Daily Practice Log enables therapists to track progress Abundant case examples illuminate the process of mindful hypnotherapy and present real-life treatment interventions for a range of problems Includes guidelines for formulation of hypnotic suggestions and therapeutic metaphors related to mindfulness Provides an overview of training and personal growth as a mindful hypnotherapist

Hypnotherapist and experienced doula Sophie Fletcher shares with you the secrets to having a safe and positive birth experience. Using a powerful combination of mindfulness, hypnosis and relaxation techniques, Sophie will ensure you feel genuinely excited and completely prepared for birth. With stories from women who have successfully used the tools in this book, and downloadable hypnosis and relaxation tracks, discover how to: - use your mind and body together to stay focused and in control - draw on visualisation and breathing techniques to help birth progress - feel positive and empowered, before, during and after you give birth Reassuring, practical and based entirely on what works, Mindful Hypnobirthing is your essential guide to having a calm and confident birth experience.

The book starts by introducing the fundamental concepts of hypnosis, providing a historical perspective on its evolution from ancient times to the contemporary practice of hypnotherapy. It then delves into the science behind hypnosis, exploring how it works on the mind and body, and demystifying common myths and misconceptions. Each chapter methodically covers various aspects of hypnotherapy, including techniques for inducing hypnosis, strategies for tackling common psychological issues like anxiety, stress, phobias, and addiction, and methods for enhancing personal development and well-being. The book emphasizes the ethical considerations in hypnotherapy, ensuring that practitioners maintain the highest standards of professionalism and client care. "Complete Hypnotherapy Course" is notable for its practical approach, offering readers step-by-step guidance on conducting hypnotherapy sessions, with detailed case studies and examples that bring theoretical concepts to life. The book also includes exercises and practice scenarios to help readers apply what they've learned and develop their skills as effective hypnotherapists. Overall, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to understand the full scope of hypnotherapy, from basic techniques to advanced therapeutic interventions, providing both a solid foundation for beginners and a reference for seasoned professionals.

The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis explores and clarifies the challenge of defining what hypnosis is and how best to integrate it into treatment. It contains state-of-the-art neuroscience, cutting-edge practice, and future-oriented visions of clinical hypnosis integrated into all aspects of health and clinical care. Chapters gather current research, theories, and applications in order to view clinical hypnosis through the lens of neurobiological plasticity and reveal the central role of hypnosis in health care. This handbook catalogs the utility of clinical hypnosis as a biopsychosocial intervention amid a broad range of treatment modalities and contexts. It features contributions from esteemed international contributors, covering topics such as self-hypnosis, key theories of hypnosis, hypnosis and trauma, hypnosis and chronic pain management, attachment, and more. This handbook is essential for researchers, clinicians, and newcomers to clinical hypnosis, in medical schools, hospitals, and other healthcare settings. Chapters 4, 35, 62 and 63 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Therapeutic Applications of Langerian Mindfulness Explore an authoritative new treatment of Langerian mindfulness Therapeutic Applications of Langerian Mindfulness delivers a collection of novel psychotherapeutic techniques grounded in Langerian mindfulness for dealing with psychological problems. The author draws on empirically grounded psychological research to demonstrate new approaches to fostering creativity and novelty in the reader or the reader’s patients. The book includes practical exercises that allow the reader to apply the concepts and techniques discussed within to help them manage anxiety, relationships, creativity, and productivity and performance. It also includes: A thorough introduction to Langerian mindfulness and how it differs from meditation-based mindfulness Practical discussions of the relationship between mindfulness, anxiety, and depression, as well as the key strategies for dealing with anxiety and depression with Langerian mindfulness Comprehensive explorations of mindfulness and agency, as well as the relationship between agency and wellness In-depth examinations of the phenomenological configuration of mindfulness, including discussions of the psychology of presence Perfect for mindfulness practitioners and enthusiasts in both lay and professional audiences, Therapeutic Applications of Langerian Mindfulness is an indispensable resource for therapists and practitioners seeking a one-stop reference on Langerian mindfulness. “In Therapeutic Applications of Langerian Mindfulness, Professor Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi provides clear and concrete examples of how Langerian mindfulness both liberates and heals. Basing his reflections on the inspiration of his mentor, Professor Ellen Langer, Fatemi shows in brilliant, methodical chapters the range of ways this mindfulness approach can transform lives. In the end, what both Langer and Fatemi stress is the power of attitude to make remarkable shifts in our capacity for mental and physical wellbeing. Whereas an attitude of mindfulness opens the world to virtually inexhaustible possibilities, an attitude of mindlessness—or what I call the polarized mind—shuts this process down entirely, and is one of the pivotal bases for the decay we see today, both in individuals and the societies that bear them.” — Kirk J. Schneider, PhD, author of The Polarized Mind, The Depolarizing of America, Awakening to Awe, and most recently Life-Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World “This book provides an in-depth practical analysis of cutting-edge research on Langerian mindfulness and offers promising techniques on healing, wellbeing, and growth.” —Ellen J. Langer, Harvard University

Learn to use mindful self-hypnosis to overcome negative thinking and get the most out of your life. Ditch negative thoughts, smash procrastination, break bad habits, stress less, sleep well, live pain-free, overcome weight issues, fix your phobias and ease anxiety with Mind Free. Mark Stephens has worked with thousands of people struggling to overcome life's biggest challenges. In this life-changing book he shares his proven formula of meditation and mindful self-hypnosis developed over decades spent improving the lives of others. Mind Free includes empowering self-hypnosis scripts and meditations, key lessons, hypnotic affirmations and inspiring case studies of real people who have used these techniques to achieve amazing results. You'll discover the '21 States' - the powerful positive states we all need in our lives - and learn how to overcome whatever is stopping you reaching your full potential. This ground-breaking guide will help you to use the power of your mind to transform your life.

Are you fed up with trying to lose weight and never being able to maintain your weight loss? Do you think that weight loss just doesn’t work for someone like you? Don’t give up hope yet because Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis will show you how you can use hypnosis to change your life and finally stop going on and off fad diets that never seem to work. If you’ve tried every diet, you can think of and are starting to believe that there’s no hope that you will ever lose weight, this is the book for you because hypnosis has been used to reduce physical and emotional pain for hundreds of years and it can be used to help you lose weight too! Hypnosis is a powerful measure that you can take to ensure your weight loss dreams come into fruition, but it is not as scary as you think it may be. It is not all-powerful, and you dictate how your experience will turn out. Accordingly, this book will give you tips and tricks on how to make the best use of your time in hypnotherapy. The more you know, the more easily you can embrace the system of hypnosis and utilize it in your life. In this book, you're going to discover proven psychological techniques and strategies and hands you the playbook to transforming your life and your health using the power of hypnosis, meditation and powerful affirmations designed to help you "hack" your body's biology and achieve the results you want. ★★★Take a sneak peek at what you're going to discover inside the pages of Extreme Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis:★★★ ✓ Everything you need to know about the science behind the amazing power of hypnosis and how it can help you get in the best shape of your life ✓ A deep dive into the reason rapid weight loss is so damn hard to accomplish and what you can do about this problem ✓ Common myths and misconceptions about hypnosis you need to discard right now that are harmful to your weight loss journey ✓ The four pillars of a healthy body you need to develop before beginning weight loss hypnosis. Without these pillars, your efforts are destined to fail! ✓ Powerful meditative and hypnotic scripts designed to help you deal with emotional eating, lose excess weight and keep them off forever ...and much, much more! Filled with deep insights into the mind-body connection and packed with step-by-step scripts and instructions, this book will free you from the chains of binge eating and food addiction, as well as get you started on the journey to a fitter, healthier and livelier version of yourself. Scroll to the top of the page and click the "Buy Now" to get started today!

Winner of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis, this book explores how mindfulness and hypnosis in a clinical context work to help foster change. In recent years mindfulness has become integrated into many clinicians' private practices, and become a staple of hospital and university based treatment programs for stress reduction, pain, anxiety management, and a host of other difficulties. Clinicians are now routinely encouraging their clients to focus, be aware, open, and accepting, and thereby derive benefit from the mindfulness experience. How has mindfulness, a treatment tool that might easily have been dismissed as esoteric only a few short years ago, become so widely accepted and applied? One obvious answer: Because it works. The empirical foundation documenting the therapeutic merits of mindfulness is already substantial and is still growing. This is not a book about documenting the therapeutic merits of mindfulness, however. Rather, this book is the first of its kind to address how and most importantly why guided mindfulness meditations can enhance treatment. The focus in this book is on the structure of guided mindfulness meditations and, especially, the role of suggestion in these processes. Specifically, one of the primary questions addressed in this book is this: When a psychotherapist conducts guided mindfulness meditations (GMMs) for some clinical purpose, how does mindfulness work? In posing this question other questions arise that are every bit as compelling: Do GMMs contain structural elements that can be identified and amplified and thereby employed more efficiently? How do we determine who is most likely to benefit from such methods? Can GMMs be improved by adapting them to the needs of specific individuals rather than employing scripted "one size fits all" approaches? Discussing the role of suggestion in experience and offering the author's concrete suggestions for integrating this work into psychotherapy, this book is a practical guide to hypnosis, focusing, and mindfulness for the clinician.

A unique, state-of-the art, interdisciplinary resource on clinical hypnosis in psychology and medicine This is the only up-to-date, comprehensive interdisciplinary resource on clinical hypnosis research and applications in psychology and medicine. Authoredby hypnosis experts worldwide, it encompasses state-of-the-art scholarship and techniques for hypnotic treatments along with hypnosis transcripts and caseexamples for all major psychological disorders and medical conditions. In easily understandable language, this desk reference addresses theories,neurophysiology of hypnosis, hypnotherapy screening, measurement of hypnotizability, professional issues, and ethics. Individual chapters present hypnoticinductions to treat 70 disorders including anxiety, depression, pain, sleep problems, phobias, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, menopausal hotflashes, Parkinson's disease, palliative care, tinnitus, addictions, and a multitude other common complaints. The guide also examines the history and foundations of hypnosis, myths and misconceptions, patient screening, dealing with resistance, and precautions tothe use of hypnosis. It examines a variety of hypnotherapy systems ranging from hypnotic relaxation therapy to hypnoanalysis. With each application thetext includes relevant research, specific induction techniques, and an illustrative case example. Additionally the resource covers professional issues,certification, hypnosis in the hospital, and placebo effects. Key Features: Presents state-of-the art hypnosis research and applications for a wide range of psychological and medical disorders Encompasses information on 70 disorders with relevant research, intervention techniques, and case examples Authored by an international cadre of experts Provides an interdisciplinary perspective of both the mental health and medical communities Addresses certification, ethics, and other professional issues

A scientifically informed intervention to help smokers quit for life, based in cognitive-behavioral therapy Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation: A Scientifically Informed Intervention presents a comprehensive program developed by noted experts to help smokers achieve their goal of life-long abstinence from smoking. This brief, cost-effective intervention, called The Winning Edge, incorporates state-of-the-science advances and best clinical practices in the treatment of tobacco addiction and offers participants a unique blend of strategies based on cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and hypnotic approaches to achieve smoking cessation. This valuable treatment guide, developed and refined over the past 30 years, provides all of the information necessary for health care providers to implement the program on a group or individual basis. This important resource: Provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to conducting the program, with scripts for providers and handouts for participants Explains the scientific basis for the many strategies of cognitive, behavioral, and affective change in The Winning Edge program Contains information for treatment providers on frequently asked questions, adapting and tailoring the program to the needs of participants, and overcoming challenges, ambivalence, and resistance to stop smoking Written for a wide audience of mental health professionals, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation: A Scientifically Informed Intervention offers a comprehensive, science-based approach to help participants achieve their goal of a smoke-free life.