Full Description
Updated and revised in response to developments in the field, this fifth edition of Hypnosis with Children describes the research and clinical historical underpinnings of hypnosis with children and adolescents, and presents an up-to-date compendium of the pertinent world literature regarding this arena.
The authors focus on the wide variety and scope of applications for therapeutic hypnosis; including an integrated description of both clinical and evidence-based research as it relates to understanding approaches to various clinical situations, case studies of practical aspects, and how-to elements of teaching therapeutic hypnosis skills to clients. This new edition includes new chapters on helping children in disasters and pandemics with hypnosis, and helping parents.
This book is essential for therapists and students who wish to gain a complete overview of hypnosis with children and adolescents.
Contents
Part I: Introduction 1. Scenes of Childhood 2. Early Uses of Hypnosis with Children 3. Norms of Hypnotic Responsivity with Children 4. Correlates of Childhood Hypnotic Responsiveness 5. Hypnotic Invitations for Children: Techniques, Strategies and Approaches Part II: Therapeutic Applications of Hypnosis with Children 6. General Principles of Therapeutic Applications of Child Hypnosis 7. Facilitating Effective Interpersonal Relationships with Hypnosis: Language for Clinicians and Parents 8. Hypnosis for Psychological Disorders 9. Hypnosis for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders 10. Therapeutic Hypnosis for Habit Disorders 11. Hypnosis for Problems in Learning, Performance, and Attentional Disorders 12. Hypnotic Approaches and Strategies in the Management of Pain 13. Therapeutic Hypnosis for Pediatric Medical Problems 14. Hypnotic Approaches for Pediatric Surgery, Anesthesia, and Emergencies 15. Value of Hypnosis in Pediatric Palliative Care, Grief, and Bereavement 16. Biofeedback, Other Mind-Body Interventions, and Hypnosis with Children 17. Self-Hypnosis 18. Psychoneuroimmunology 19. Applications of Hypnosis with Children Globally 20. Ethics: Legal Considerations, Children, and Hypnosis 21. Helping Children in Disasters and Pandemics with Hypnosis 22. Teaching Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis to Child Health Clinicians 23. Helping Parents Help Their Children Help Themselves with Self-Hypnosis 24. Looking to the Future
