Healing from Within: The Use of Hypnosis in Women's Health Care

by Hornyak, Lynne M.; Green, Joseph P.

• ISBN13: 9781557986474
• ISBN10: 1557986479
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

A comprehensive discussion of how hypnosis and imagery can be used to promote women's health. Contributors review the relevant scientific literature and describe numerous practical techniques, using vignettes and case studies.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Contributions of Hypnosis to an Integrative Approach to Women's Health	3	(18)
Lynne M. Hornyak
Joseph P. Green
Addressing Body Image Concerns in Physical Illness Using Hypnosis	21	(24)
Lynne M. Hornyak
Hypnosis in the Treatment of Women With Anxiety Disorders	45	(20)
Nancy E. Schoenberger
The Use of Hypnosis and Imagery Methods in the Treatment of Cardiac Disorders in Women	65	(26)
Valerie Perdue
Treating Women Who Smoke: The Benefits of Using Hypnosis	91	(28)
Joseph P. Green
Chronic Pelvic Pain and Hypnosis	119	(20)
Mark B. Weisberg
Hypnotic Treatment of Women With Breast or Gynecological Cancer	139	(22)
Michael Hall
Steven Jay Lynn
Hypnotic Methods for Preparing for Childbirth	161	(30)
Marc I. Oster
Carolyn P. Sauer
Infertility and Pregnancy Loss: Hypnotic Interventions for Reproductive Challenges	191	(22)
Susan G. Mikesell
Hypnosis for the Many Faces of Menopause: Enhancing Normal Development and Treating Trauma-Related Disruptions	213	(20)
Mary A. Halas
Hypnosis in the Treatment of Eating Disorders	233	(22)
Marianne Barabasz
Hypnosis and Women's Health: Clinical Themes and Research Directions	255	(12)
Lynne M. Hornyak
Joseph P. Green
Author Index	267	(12)
Subject Index	279	(6)
About the Editors	285