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Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, 3rd edition is now available! |
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Trancework is the most comprehensive guide to learning the skills of clinical hypnosis, and is newly available in its updated and expanded third edition. Readers will be introduced to a broad range of hypnotic and strategic approaches that will greatly enhance the effectiveness of their preferred modes of therapy. This new edition specifically addresses the growing emphasis within psychotherapy on proving efficacy through empirical data, the controversy over repressed memories that has divided the profession, and the advances in cognitive neuroscience that are stimulating new research and applications of hypnosis. Novice and experienced clinicians alike are led through personal and professional enrichment as they discover the art and science of clinical hypnosis as presented in this essential text.
Special features include: 1) interviews with premier hypnosis experts such as Jay Haley, Ernest Hilgard, Andre Weitzenhoffer, Jeffrey Zeig and David Spiegel; and, 2) 23 chapters with new and practical information including extensive academic references, sample transcripts, and thorough summary tables of key points.
Praise for the new edition of Trancework from experts in the field:
"... a must for every health professional who uses or wants to learn to use the powerful tool of hypnosis to help patients and clients." Jordan I. Zarren, MSW, DAHB, DCSW, Past President, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
"Dr. Yapko's new edition of Trancework provides an informed, thoughtful, and practical overview of clinical hypnosis." Etzel Cardena, Ph.D., President, The Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
"Trancework will be a major resource for those with therapeutic knowledge and skills who wish to integrate evidence-based proficiency in hypnosis into their interactions with clients." Kevin McConkey, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
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Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions |
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Breaks new ground--the first book ever to describe hypnosis as a tool for enhancing cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Strategies for using therapeutic metaphors, facilitating flexibility and building positive expectancy are described in detail.
Of special interest is an analysis of a cognitive therapy session by Dr. Aaron Beck according to Dr. Yapko's hypnotic framework. The reader will learn the power of suggestion in any therapeutic form.
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Hypnosis and Treating Depression: Applications in Clinical Practice |
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Hypnosis and Treating Depression: Applications in Clinical Practice features 13 chapters written by highly experienced and well-known experts on using hypnosis to treat specific forms of depression, including assessment and intervention strategies as well as sample transcripts of the use of hypnosis in actual therapy sessions. Chapters address: treating both adults and children, treating sleep disturbances, address anger issues, reducing hopelessness, developing self-efficacy strategies, facilitating relapse prevention, thinking realistically about medication issues, defining ways to use metaphor, as well as treating comorbid eating disorders, pain and PTSD, and autism.
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Essentials of Hypnosis |
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This comprehensive overview of the field of clinical hypnosis is a condensed version of Trancework and a powerful introduction to the field. It is widely used as a basic text for academic courses in clinical hypnosis, as well as an up-to-date refresher for practicing professionals.
A valuable feature of the book is the comprehensive reference section at the end of each chapter for readers whose interest in reading more has been piqued.
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Treating Depression with Hypnosis |
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As a pioneer in the use of hypnosis in treating depression, Dr. Michael Yapko brings readers the newest research data about overcoming depression as well as detailed examples of hypnotic strategies at work in the clinical context.
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CDs
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Calm Down: A Self-Help Program for Managing Anxiety |
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Everyone gets anxious from time to time, of course. But, if you find yourself worrying too often, thinking too much about how things may go wrong, spinning around the same thoughts over and over, avoiding situations that cause you discomfort, or regularly feel you might not be able to cope with daily challenges without getting overwhelmed, then anxiety is likely to be a bigger part of your life than it needs to be.
Calm Down! will help you manage – and even prevent – episodes of anxiety in your life. In Calm Down!, Dr. Yapko brings his substantial clinical expertise to teaching you many of the key skills that are known to reduce and even prevent anxious thoughts, feelings and behaviors. These are skills for identifying and correcting the thoughts ("What if…?") and perceptions ("I could never handle it if...") that lead to anxiety.
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Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis |
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Trancework, Dr. Michael Yapko’s best-selling guide to learning the fundamental skills of clinical hypnosis, is now available for the first time in an audio format.
Disc 1
Introduction
SECTION ONE: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
1. What is hypnosis, and can it help?
2. The myths about hypnosis, and a dose of reality
3. Conceptualizing hypnosis
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4. The brain in hypnosis
5. Contexts of hypnosis
6. The social psychology of human suggestibility
7. Matters of the mind
8. Responsiveness to hypnosis
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9. The phenomenology of hypnosis
10. Conditions for conducting hypnosis sessions
11. Structured approaches to assessing hypnotic responsiveness
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SECTION TWO: PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK
12. Structuring suggestions
13. Helpful hints for performing hypnosis
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14. Formal strategies of hypnotic induction
15. Informal, conversational strategies of hypnotic induction
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16. Hypnotic phenomena: Eliciting and utilizing hypnotic resources
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17. Designing and delivering hypnotic interventions in treatment
18. Hypnotic patterns commonly employed in psychotherapy
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19. Treatment dynamics and two sample hypnosis sessions
20. When people respond in non-ideal ways
21. Hypnotic hazards and ethical guidelines
Postscript
In his own voice, Dr. Yapko clearly and dynamically introduces listeners to a broad range of hypnotic methods and techniques that will greatly enhance the effectiveness of all modes of therapy. This 8-CD abridged version, based on the text of the popular third edition of Trancework, specifically addresses the growing emphasis within psychotherapy on proving efficacy through empirical data and the creative use of hypnosis to enhance treatment outcomes, and the advances in cognitive neuroscience that are stimulating new research. For newcomers, Trancework is an authoritative primer, demystifying hypnosis and offering step-by-step instruction for integrating it skillfully into clinical practice. Those already familiar with hypnotic procedures will welcome Dr. Yapko's presentation of influential theories, controversies, treatment approaches, and rich case material. All listeners are guided through personal and professional enrichment as they discover the art and science of clinical hypnosis as presented in this essential audio program .
Use the audio program on its own, or in conjunction with the complete text version of Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, Third Edition.
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Focusing on Feeling Good |
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This series teaches how to create feelings of comfort while building a positive and clear frame of mind. This program features seven different hyponosis sessions, each targeting a different syptom of depression, providing methods for overcoming depression and creating a new and healthy lifestyle. Available in CD format. |
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Enfocándose en Sentirse Bien |
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Un Programa Experiencial Dirigido a La Construcción de Habilidades y al Auto-dominio, para Vencer la Depresión (Traducción y voz de Martha Eve Sandoval Walter)
Esta serie innovadora de sesiones de aprendizaje experiencial para vencer la depresión, involucra métodos hipnóticos para enfocar y relajarse. Manejar bien la depresión tiene que ver con poseer las herramientas apropiadas para la tarea y Enfocarse en Sentirse Bien proporciona lo esencial. Estos ejercicios de auto-dominio pueden ayudarle a pensar con mayor claridad, a construir un encuadre mental positivo y a emprender acciones sensatas y apropiadas y consiguientemente a alcanzar de una mejor manera sus objetivos específicos. Enfocarse en Sentirse Bien provee los pasos a seguir para
que usted aprenda a manejar habilidosamente sus estados de ánimo.
Cada sesión práctica le proporciona primeramente una breve discusión de información relevante y de perspectivas sobre del tema en cuestión y luego todas las sesiones (excepto la panorámica inicial) contienen ejercicios para enfocar y ayudarle a involucrarse activamente en modos de pensar, de sentir y de comportarse positivamente. Los temas de las sesiones son los siguientes.
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Managing Pain With Hypnosis |
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This program provides two clinical hypnosis sessions designed to help reduce the suffering associated with painful conditions. In these two separate but related clinical sessions, the listener will be guided through the experience of hypnosis and taught the basic skills associated with hypnotic pain relief.
Hypnosis has repeatedly been shown to be one of the most reliable and least intrusive means for effectively managing physical pain, regardless of its cause. Hypnosis has been used as the principal or sole anesthetic in major surgical procedures, and pain clinics throughout the country routinely employ hypnosis and hypnotically derived methods in their interventions.
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Sleeping Soundly |
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Difficulty falling or staying asleep, or having non-rejuvenating sleep, is termed "insomnia." While there can be many different medical and emotional factors that can cause or exacerbate insomnia, one of the most common is the "spinning around and around" of anxiety-producing thoughts, a stressful pattern called "rumination." It is vital to achieving good quality sleep to reduce rumination by managing your thoughts and feelings skillfully. The hypnosis session contained on this CD can help you reduce rumination, fall and stay asleep more easily, and thereby develop good, restorative sleep.
This CD's first track provides an overview of insomnia and its relationship to the way you think and problem-solve. The second track provides a formal hypnosis session for you to listen to, experience, and learn from while developing the ability to sleep well. The hypnosis session is soothing, supportive, and provides an easy path to follow into a good night's sleep.
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Clinical Demonstrations On DVD
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Hypnosis and Exploring Options: A Clinical Demonstration/Teaching Session with Consuelo |
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Watch Now! |
For those interested in learning about the construction and delivery of hypnotic and strategic interventions, this 60-minute teaching tape is one of the best. Complete with captioned commentaries and a Q&A segment, it shows Dr. Yapko at work with a psychologist who describes herself as feeling "stuck" in her writing. Includes a follow-up report. |
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Hypnotically Generating Therapeutic Possibilities: A Clinical Demonstration/Teaching Session with Bob |
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This session shows Dr. Yapko's use of solution-oriented hypnosis with Bob, a therapist--new to the field--who is feeling overwhelmed and insecure about himself. Some emotionally powerful material emerges during hypnosis about his relationship with his father that is utilized in the therapy. Includes explanatory subtitles, commentary and follow-up. |
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The Case of Vicki: Patterns of Trancework with a Terminal Cancer Patient |
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An updated version of The Case of Vicki is now available in the all new DVD format. The new version has been prepared to accompany the August release of the third edition of Trancework. Witness Dr. Yapko's profoundly moving single-session treatment of a 42 year old mother of two named Vicki who recently learned she is dying of cancer. Vicki requests help in learning to manage pain without the use of medication so that she may remain both comfortable and clear-headed for the little time she has left to live. Given the research and clinical data affirming the value of hypnosis for exactly such purposes, Vicki's request is developed into a powerful and therapeutic hypnotic intervention.
This recording allows you to "be there" as the dramatic session unfolds, thus providing access to the subtle nonverbal nuances of the many hypnotic communications employed throughout the interview and hypnosis session. The full transcript of this demonstration, with analysis and commentary, is contained in Trancework. You will undoubtedly find this session both highly instructive and deeply inspiring." |
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The Case of Mike: Hypnosis and Building Resources |
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In this informative DVD, viewers have a chance to look on as Dr. Yapko helps Mike, a young husband and father, turn the first major corner in overcoming his moderate to severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. As the session opens, Mike is rigidly oriented toward the past, regularly reliving the memories and being flooded with the images of the violent abuse he suffered at the hand of his father. As he describes his predicament, “It just seems like I’m stuck in a gutter and can’t get out.”
Maintaining a clear focus on the skills and resources Mike will need to get out of that gutter, Dr. Yapko artfully steers the session away from the pain of the past to orient Mike to the positive possibilities of the future. It is a magic moment when, at the end, Mike spontaneously laughs and says, “I feel real good!” 20 months later, Mike reports he has been doing better and better, a testimonial to the power of this dynamic session.
Prior to the session Dr. Yapko is interviewed by the hosts of the “Brief Therapy Inside Out” series, of which this session is a part, and following the session Dr. Yapko is asked to explain key aspects of the intervention with Mike. This is a superb teaching tape for those who want to learn the intricacies of Dr. Yapko’s hypnotic and strategic therapeutic approaches.
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The Case of Carol: Possibilities and Probabilities in Hypnosis
A Clinical Demonstration of Hypnosis
in Empowering Decision-Making |
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Carol is a 61 year old woman presenting the problem of being at a crossroads in her life, specifically in regards to her marriage of 40 years. She is seriously considering divorcing her husband, but has been unable to make a decision as to whether she should divorce or stay in an unsatisfying marriage. She wants to make a decision, however difficult it might be to implement, that is based on clear thinking and with a sense of confidence that it really is the right path for her to follow. Dr. Yapko does not presume to tell her what the “right thing to do” is, but instead, through hypnosis, helps Carol evolve the ability to make a decision based on vision and a deeper awareness for what it means to evolve as a growth-oriented person. This professionally filmed session includes explanatory subtitles highlighting subtle aspects of Dr. Yapko’s intervention and long-term follow-up information on Carol’s progress. |
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The Case of Terri: Mobilizing Resources in Hypnosis
A Clinical Demonstration of Hypnosis
in Building Personal Resources |
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Terri begins her narrative by reporting that she has a “history of falling down.” She has suffered numerous injuries and painful episodes as a result of her difficulties walking. Despite her doctors’ assurances she is in good health, she feels concerned about her advancing age and the possibilities of injury and illness as time goes on. Terri’s anxiety about ageing, falling down, suffering, and becoming ill become the basis for a moving hypnosis session Dr. Yapko conducts with Terri to help her take “the next steps” in her life, literally and metaphorically, with grace and confidence. This professionally filmed session includes explanatory subtitles highlighting subtle aspects of Dr. Yapko’s intervention and long-term follow-up information on Terri’s progress. |
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The Case of Sol |
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Sol is a psychologist seeking help for his long-term depression. Sol's depression has intensified over the years as he has come to face the painful reality that his fantasies of professional and financial success -- culminating in an early retirement -- will go unfulfilled. Sol is deeply self-critical, anxious about how he will cope with his predicament, and doubtful that he can do anything to change his feelings or circumstances.
Sol identifies his "history of being humorous" as his principle means of coping, a resource Michael Yapko uses liberally in his hypnotic intervention. Throughout the hypnosis session, Michael highlights Sol's personal resources. In addition, he clarifies the importance not only of having goals and fantasies, but also of having the internal mechanism for making sure they are realistic, with specific, identifiable steps to eventually bring them to fruition. Michael's pragmatism is evident in his ability to empathetically "push" Sol into redefining who he is and who he can be, quite apart from who he once fantasized about being.
The session is professionally videotaped, and enhanced with helpful introductory graphics describing the patterns of depression/anxiety co-morbidity and the value of hypnosis as a means of intervention. Throughout the tape are numerous subtitles explaining key points in Michael's intervention, and the tape concludes with follow-up information on Sol's subsequent progress. This is an outstanding teaching tape for all those interested in the skilled application of hypnosis in the treatment of complex co-morbid cases. |
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The Case of Myra
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The Case of Myra shows Dr. Yapko's use of strategically applied hypnoisis with a woman named Myra who is feeling trapped in a "depresssed lifesstyle" of passivity and isolation. Myra reported that she was a prisoner of her own inertia, feeling immensely frustred, discouraged and defeated in her life.
Maintaining a clear focus on identifying and develoing the skills and resources Myra will need to get out of that mindset, Dr. Yapko gently steers Myra away from limitations of the past to focus on the positive possibilities of the future. Myra is encouraged to be active in developing a new system for making better, more productive choices, and these new decision-making patterns are reinforced through metaphor and the use of humor.
This professionally recorded DVD features subtitles throughout, giving the viewer clear insight into the intentions underlying Dr. Yapko's hypnotic suggestions. The DVD also includes a formal follow-up on Myra's progress. Eight months later, Myra reports she has made many extraordinary changes, a testimonial to the effectiveness of this dynamic session.
This is a superb teaching tool for those who want to learn some of the intracacies of Dr. Yapko's hypnotic and strategic therapeutic approaches.
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The Case of Susan
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When a panic attack occurred while driving a local freeway nearly three decades ago, Susan developed a crippling fear of driving on the freeway. Just the thought that she nmight unexpectedly have to drive ona freeway caused her anxiety level to skyrocket. Susan turned freeway driving duties over to her husband in the many years since that first episode, driving only onfamiliar side streets to go places she had to go. Susan's fear of driving the freeway has taken a huge toll on her life, but she has now found the courage and wllingness to directly confront her fears in this clinical demonstration session. Dr. Yapko's interview reveals the intensity of Susan's fear as well as the range of sophisticated resources she has to break its hold on her. The hypnosis session Dr. Yapko conducts with Susan is logical and illogical, serious and funny, and multi-layered in its therapeutic messages. The entire session is enhanced with explanatory subtitles which offer the viewer an insight into Dr. Yapko's methods and the intentions behind them. |