Mindfulness and Hypnosis The Power of Suggestion to Transform Experience

by Yapko, Michael D.

• ISBN13: 9780393706970
• ISBN10: 0393706974
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780393707700
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-26
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

Guided mindfulness meditations, when a therapist makes suggestions to the client, are examined in this book. Discussing the role of suggestion in experience and offering the author's concrete suggestions for integrating this work into psychotherapy, the book is a practical guide to hypnosis, focusing, and mindfulness for the clinician.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Foreword	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
The Power of Focus	p. 12
Suggestion: The Catalyst of Experiential Methods	p. 35
Deconstructing Experiential Processes	p. 62
The Forces Behind the Power of Focus	p. 92
Guided Mindfulness Meditation and Clinical Hypnosis: Shared Structures and Functions	p. 119
Paradoxes (or Are They?) Evident in Practice	p. 137
The Art of Discrimination: Strive to Accept, Strive to Changeùor Do Both?	p. 160
Moving Forward Mindfully and Hypnotically	p. 177
Hypnosis Organizations and Journals for Professionals	p. 197
Mindfulness Resources	p. 201
References	p. 203
Index	p. 219
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