The Oxford handbook of hypnosis: theory, research, and practice

The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis is the successor to Fromm and Nash's Contemporary Hypnosis Research (Guilford Press), which has been regarded as the field's authoritative scholarly reference for over 35 years. For postgraduates, researchers, and clinicians, this book is the definitive reference text in the field. The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis is the long overdue successor to Fromm and Nash's Contemporary Hypnosis Research (Guilford Press), which has been regarded as the field's authoritative scholarly reference for over 35 years. This new book is a comprehensive summary of where field has been, where it stands today, and its future directions. The volume's lucid and engaging chapters on the scientific background to the field, fully live up to this uncompromising scholarly legacy. INDICE: Introduction: a roadmap for explanation, a working definition Section I: Domain of hypnosis The domain of hypnosis, revisited Generations and landscapes of hypnosis: questions we've asked, questions we should ask Section II: Theoretical perspectives Dissociation theories of hypnosis Social cognitivetheories of hypnosis How hypnosis happens: new cognitive theories of hypnoticresponding Intelligent design or designed intelligence? Hypnotizability as neurobiological adaptation A psychoanalytic theory of hypnosis: a clinically informed approach Section III: Contemporary research Measuring and understanding individual differences in hypnotizability Hypnosis scales for the twenty-firstcentury: what do we need and how should we use them? Parsing everyday suggestibility: what does it tell us about hypnosis? Advances in hypnosis research: methods, designs and contributions of intrinsic and instrumental hypnosis Hypnosis and the brain Hypnosis, trance and suggestion: evidence from neuroimaging Hypnosis and mind-body interactions Section IV: Clinical hypnosis: treatment and consultation A. Models of clinical intervention Psychoanalytic approaches to clinical hypnosis Reclaiming the cognitive unconscious: integrating hypnoticmethods and cognitive-behavioral therapy An Ericksonian approach to clinical hypnosis B. Methods of clinical intervention: techniques and cases Foundationsof clinical hypnosis Hypnosis in the relief of pain and pain disorders Hypnosis and anxiety: early interventions Hypnotic approaches to treating depressionHypnosis for health-compromising behaviors Treating children using hypnosis Medical illnesses, conditions and procedures Hypnosis in the treatment of conversion and somatization disorders Trauma-related disorders and dissociation Hypnosis in sport: cases, techniques and issues C. Evidence based of clinical intervention and consultation Clinical hypnosis: the empirical evidence Making a contribution to the clinical literature: time-series designs Hypnosis in the courts

• ISBN: 978-0-19-964580-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 802
• Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés