Hypnosis and Treating Depression

Description

Michael Yapko's seminal 1992 book, Hypnosis and the Treatment of Depressions, was the first book ever written on the subject of applying hypnosis in the treatment of depressed individuals. Since its publication, Yapko's work has not only withstood the test of colleagues previously dismissive of the merits of hypnosis as a tool of treatment, but has thrived in the face of it. Hypnosis and Treating Depression diversifies the range of topics to consider and increases the number of knowledgeable contributors on the subject of treating depression with hypnosis. The book features chapter contributions by highly experienced and well-known experts on using hypnosis to treat specific forms of depression, with assessment and intervention strategies as well as sample transcripts of the use of hypnosis in therapy sessions. It discusses both broad and targeted applications of hypnosis in treatment, the treatment of depression with hypnosis in special populations, as well as special considerations regarding hypnotic treatment. As a practical guidebook for clinicians looking to add to their treatment protocols, Hypnosis and Treating Depression: Applications in Clinical Practice provides an updated and comprehensive volume on therapeutic uses of hypnosis in the treatment of depression.

Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist residing in Fallbrook, California. He is a national and international trainer in brief therapy approaches to psychotherapy and routinely addresses professional audiences all over the world. Yapko is internationally recognized for his work in the active treatment of depression, the strategic use of clinical hypnosis and his advancement of the use of outcome-focused, short-term psychotherapies.

"Michael Yapko has long been a clear and compelling advocate for the merits of hypnosis in enhancing psychotherapeutic treatments for depression. In this new and innovative volume, Dr. Yapko has added the voices of other well known hypnosis and depression experts to the call for more creative and empowering treatments. The collective wisdom contained herein is impressive by any standards, and will certainly be regarded as a significant contribution to the field." - Reid Wilson, Ph.D., Director, Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center; author, Don't Panic! "In his previous volumes, Michael Yapko has provided us with the science and methods to help change our thinking about treating depression with hypnosis. In this highly readable new text, Yapko brings together a group of like-minded expert therapists who generously share their clinical artistry and collectively encourage the reader's as well. Reading this book can bring a new excitement to the prospect of working hypnotically with people suffering from many kinds of depression." - Marc I. Oster, Psy.D., ABPH, Past President, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis; Associate Professor, Argosy University "This is an excellent book that culls together a variety of clinical, theoretical, and research perspectives on the uses of hypnosis in treating depression. Michael Yapko deserves a great deal of praise for drawing together a group of authors from the Ericksonian, socio-cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, ego state, and other hypnotic traditions to write this highly informative and stimulating book. Readers at all levels of expertise will enjoy the diversity of its rich clinical and theoretical insights. I also highly commend the authors for providing chapters with detailed therapy transcripts that demonstrate their therapeutic artistry as well as their conceptual rigor." - Ian Wickramasekera II, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center & University of Illinois Medical School Chicago, IL, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis