A Brief Guide to Brief Therapy ~ Brian Cade and William H. O'Hanlon / HB / $22.95 / 1.5 lbs.
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The authors present a history of Brief Therapy and describe its basic philosophical assumptions, concentrating on the methods that are common to all brief therapists. These include: reframing, paradoxical requests, the use of metaphorical and hypnotic language and effective family interventions. An excellent introduction to Brief Therapy that is adaptable to managed care settings. |
Handbook Of Hypnotic Suggestions And Metaphors ~ Edited by D Corydon Hammond, Ph.D. / HB / $65.00 / 5.0 lbs.
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Designed as a practical desktop reference, this book is the largest collection of hypnotic suggestions and metaphors ever compiled. Contributors include over 100 of the finest hypnotherapists in the world. To be savored and consulted again and again. |
Maps, Models & The Structure Of Reality:
NLP Technology In Psychotherapy ~ Kim Kostere
and Linda Malatesta / PB / $11.95 / 1.0 lb.
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Maps, Models & The Structure Of Reality explains the philosophical and epistemological basis of Neurloinguistic Programming and shows how you can successfully use NLP's behavioral technology in therapeutic interventions. |
Metaphors We Live By ~ George Lakoff & Mark Johnson / PB / $10.95 / 1.0 lb.
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Metaphors are not just poetic or rhetorical
embellishments, but are a part of everyday speech that affects
the ways in which we perceive, think and act. As metaphors vary
from culture to culture, so do the realities they define. This
clever, entertaining book exposes the metaphors that run through
everyday English, showing how they guide, create-and sometimes
limit-our subjective reality. "A well-written and entertaining book and a gold mine of examples and ideas to researchers outside of linguistics." Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie-Mellon University |
My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson ~ Edited by Sidney Rosen / PB / $9.95 / 1.0 lb.
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The teaching tales of Milton Erickson provide ingenious examples of the art of persuasion. Though therapeutic in nature, Erickson's tales are part of the broader tradition of storytelling. Dr. Rosen has collected over 100 tales, which are presented verbatim and accompanied by astute commentary. A fine accessible introduction to Erickson's use of metaphor. |
Patterns Of The Hypnotic Techniques
Of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., Vol I ~
Richard Bandler & John Grinder / PB / $18.95 / 1.5 lb.
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Bandler and Grinder make Erickson's sometimes baffling skills available to the reader, explaining in a step-by-step manner an explicit model of Erickson's methods in his own words. |
Patterns Of The Hypnotic Techniques
Of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., Vol II ~
Richard Bandler, Judith DeLozier & John Grinder / PB /
$17.95 / 1.5 lb.
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In the second volume, Grinder, DeLozier, and Bandler explore nonverbal hypnotic communication, further detailing Erickson's legendary skill with patients. |
Self-Hypnosis: The Complete Manual for Health and Self Change ~ Brian M. Alman, Ph.D. and Peter T. Lambrou, Ph.D. / PB / $22.95 / 2.0 lbs.
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Here is a contemporary classic that has sold over 80,000 copies. Guidebook and reference manual in one, Self-Hypnosis encompasses more self-hypnosis techniques for mental and physical well-being than any other single available source. Topics include: pain control, weight loss, smoking cessation, allergy relief, a more satisfying sex life, better decision-making ability, eliminating phobias, improving parenting skills, and many more. Sporting an easy-to-read, self-teaching format, the book can be used by both therapists and individuals who want to learn these techniques on their own or as part of an overall therapy program. "The most thorough, comprehensive and
practical book for the general public on self-hypnosis. It is
one therapists will prescribe for their patients." |
Strategies of Psychotherapy: Second Edition ~ Jay Haley / PB / $14.95 / 1.5 lb.
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This book is the result of a ten-year investigation of therapy by Gregory Bateson's research team. It presents various strategic approaches to therapy and discusses the origins of family therapy. For another book by Haley go here. |
Training Trances: Multi-Level
Communication in Therapy and Training
~ John Overdurf & Julie Silverthorn / PB / $19.95 / 1.5
lb.
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The authors present their own unique integration of Ericksonian techniques while unconsciously installing the skills they teach. |
Trances People Live ~ Stephen Wolinsky, Ph.D. / PB / $14.95 / 1.5 lb.
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This book articulates what every hypnotherapist
knows - that human beings are in hypnotic trances all the time.
Our problems, symptoms and limits reflect a waking trance we
are in about what is possible. In a clear, funny, accessible
style, Stephen Wolinsky teaches how to identify the kind of trance
state you are in and how to wake up out of it. The book also
provides a much-needed bridge between clinical hypnosis and spiritual
practices. "Historic psychotherapy." - Carl Whitaker, MD |
Transforming Therapy: A New Approach to Hypnotherapy ~ Gil Boyne / HB / $37.50 / 2.5 lbs.
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Gil Boyne is an "old style" hypnotist, but anyone familiar with Ericksonian technique and NLP will recognize the value of the techniques in this book. He focuses on hypnotic problem-solving, rather than theory, and his approach includes an interesting marriage of hypnosis and Gestalt therapy. Many good techniques and verbatim transcripts of Boyne's work with clients. "The book is a vivid, dramatic, clinical view into the innermost recesses of clients' emotional lives. Boyne is a gifted and creative therapist who has created a highly effective approach to hypnotherapy." - Robert F. Reid, III, Ph.D |
An Uncommon Casebook: The Complete Clinical Work Of Milton H. Erickson ~
William H. O'Hanlon & Angela L. Hexum / HB / $34.95 / 2.0
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"William O'Hanlon's encyclopedic mind has done it again! He has compiled the best digest of Milton Erickson's cases available. O'Hanlon and Hexum's An Uncommon Casebook is destined to become an important research tool for clinicians, students and researchers who want the facts and nothing but the facts." - Ernest L. Rossi, Ph.D.. |
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A comprehensive look at Milton Erickson's theories in practice, through case studies covering problems at various stages of life. Classic introduction to Erickson's non-hypnotic techniques. For another book by Haley go here. |
Walking In Beauty: A Collection
of the Psychological Insights and Spiritual Wisdom of Dick Olney ~ Edited by Roslyn Moore / PB / $14.95 / 1.5 lb.
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Walking In Beauty is a collection of the stories and teachings of Dick Olney, a master psychotherapist and profound spiritual teacher. |
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