Clinical Applications of Hypnosis

George Gafner

Praise for Clinical Applications of Hypnosis:

“The experience of reading George Gafner's Clinical Applications of Hypnosis feels like a rich and provocative consultation with the skillful Ericksonian hypnotherapist that he is. . . . Gafner lays out the methodology and in such accessible form that one absorbs it almost without effort and his positive words seem to reach deep within the reader to motivate, activate, and encourage. . . . My suggestion to anyone considering reading it is to do so, by all means. . . . [O]ffers rich material to shake up both clinician and client to provoke new thoughts and insights in the service of trauma treatment and recovery.”
—Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Overview – Table of Contents – Excerpt

Gafner turns his attention to the complaints and problems that are most commonly seen in the clinical setting. These "bread and butter" applications are the core of every successful therapeutic practice that employs hypnosis. By means of explanation, anecdote, and case study, readers are instructed in how best to address the basis needs of the clients and how best to put the fundamental concepts of unconscious process and ego-strengthening into action. Clinical Applications of Hypnosis is also a treasure trove of techniques, stories, and suggestions basic to successful hypnosis. Therapists new to the art will appreciate Gafner's clear description and thoughtful introduction to the use of hypnosis in therapeutic practice. Seasoned practitioners will appreciate find a fund of effective and carefully described techniques to be used to help to treat anxiety, depression and related disorders.

About the Author

George Gafner, M.S.W., L.I.S.W., is co director of the hypnosis training program and director of the family therapy training program at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Tucson.

ISBN: 0-393-70444-0
Winter 2005
Cloth; 288 pages