Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Gambling, Weight Control and Smoking Cessation
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0982357362 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He received Certification in Clinical Hypnosis from the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, and has been using these techniques in his practice for the past 30 years. Joseph Tramontana, PhD has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist for 38 years and is a long-standing member of the American, Mississippi, and Louisiana Psychological Associations
Tramontana has distilled his years of experience as a psychologist and hypnotherapist to create a concise guide that every therapist will want to use to enhance his or her practice and help addictive patients get well. It is a must read for every conscientious therapist. Dr. --Bruce N. Dr. Ewin, MD, past president of ASCH, author of Ideomotor Signals for Rapid Hypnoanalysis. A truly practitioner oriented book written in first person, the author takes you through a personal journey of treating addictions using hypnosis, integrating cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and neuro-linguistic programming approaches. --Bruce N. Eimer, PhD, ABBP, author of Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now!It is surprising that so little has been written about hypnosis for treating addictions, since it has been so successful in treating other refractory medical and mental disorders. --Dabney M. --V. Tramontana uses it skillfully, and his strategy and
Chapters V and VI deal with smoking cessation and weight loss. This book offers new strategies, techniques, and scripts for use with problem drinkers, alcoholism, drug addiction, and gambling addiction in an outpatient population. Chapter I is an overview of how the author does hypnosis and how he orients new patients to his approaches. Chapter II deals with alcohol abuse and problem drinking using two different models: abstinence and moderation management. Many of the techniques and strategies incorporate a variety of therapeutic modalities, including: cognitive-behavioral techniques, reframing and other NLP techniques, systematic desensitization, covert sensitization, 12-step-programs, guided imagery and meditation, and more. In summary, all of the strategies, techniques, and scripts herein have to do with helping clients take more effective control of their lives.. There is a dearth of literature and training experiences on the use of hypnosis in the treatment of alcohol abuse/problem drinking, drug abuse, and gambling. The techniques described can be employed both in and out of trance. Chapters III and IV focus on drug abuse and pathological gambling. It also reviews old and new techniques or combinations of tech
A Useful Starting Point Joseph Tramontana's Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions is good as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. For example, on p. 60 he alludes to the role of personality "parts" (or subpersonalities) in problem behavior (specifically gambling), but he does not otherwise deve