Integrative Hypnotherapy. Complementary Approaches in Clinical Care

Description

Many health care professionals and complementary therapists use hypnotherapy as part of their package of care. Integrative Hypnotherapy provides fully evidence-based instruction on how to integrate the theory and practice of hypnotherapy into a range of clinical settings. It presents a combined approach of using hypnotherapy alongside other therapies, and is authored by a multidisciplinary team (nurses, psychologists, hypnotherapists and CAM therapists) who use hypnotherapy in their practice and is edited by well-known and popular educators in the field. The book is divided into two sections: key concepts and approaches in practice. The second section covers the application of hypnotherapy to specific situations/problems, eg managing pain, smoking cessation, gastro-intestinal disorders, life-threatening illness, anxiety, and weight management. Students and practitioners will be taken on a journey of examination, critical review and debate prior to reaching recommendations for best practice.

KEY FEATURES

• Relates hypnotherapy theory and practice to health care settings
• Provides research evidence to support and develop practice
• Presents combined approach of using hypnotherapy with other CAM therapies
• Provides practical clinical models and case studies to allow easy application of theory to practice.

Contents

Section 1 Key concepts

Chapter 1 The development of hypnotherapy in health care
Chapter 2 An Integrative Model of Hypnotherapy in Clinical Practice.
Chapter 3 Professional, ethical and legal issues in hypnotherapy
Chapter 4 Research and Hypnotherapy Interventions
Chapter 5 Working with the therapeutic relationship
Chapter 6 Progressive Muscle Relaxation: A Remarkable Tool for Therapists and Patients

Section 2 Approaches in clinical practice

Chapter 7 Anxiety and panic states: the CALM model
Chapter 8 Recognising and Integrating ‘Hypnotic Trance’ within Touch Therapy Work
Chapter 9 Body Image, Sexuality, Weight Loss and Hypnotherapy
Chapter 10 Helping a person go Smoke Free: a reflective approach
Chapter 11 Hypno-psychotherapy for adjustment and resilience in cancer care
Chapter 12 Hypnotherapeutic approaches to working with children
Chapter 13 Hypno-psychotherapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders
Chapter 14 Existential Hypnotherapy in Life-Threatening Illness

Author Information

Edited by Anne Cawthorn, MSc, BSc RGN, RNT, Dip Nursing, Dip Hypno, UKCP Reg, MIFPA, Macmillan Living Well Specialist Practitioner, The Living Well Centre, Blythe House Hospice, High Peak, Derbyshire, UK and Peter A. Mackereth, PhD, MA, Dip (N) London, RNT, RGN, Clinical Lead for Complementary Therapy and Smoking Cessation Services, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK