Clinical Hypnosis and Self-Regulation: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives (Dissociation, Trauma, Memory, and Hypnosis Book Series)

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Summary: Nothing Exceptional
Review: There is a variety of information included from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, but it still seems quite lacking. After reading the book, I found myself still irritated at the constant semantic arguments. Constantly being told what hypnosis isn't, without real strength of what it is, just left me irritated. While my leanings are not in the cognitive-behavioral direction, I usually read it all anyways, as I am open to information which might be of value, regardless of how it affects my present understandings. But just give me the facts! Too many of the articles spent more time on these semantic arguments than they did giving facts. Also, proving something can be replicated in another way doesn't mean that it is the same, merely showing more than one way to skin a cat. Kirsch's Casebook of Clinical Hypnosis is a fairly good option instead of this, and Kirsch is a person I respect and admire, but most will probably be better served with another choice, unless specific articles in the book appeal to them