Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions: Strategies for Change breaks new ground as the first 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.