This important work discusses the therapeutic properties of hypnosis in the treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Also includes a brief history of hypnosis and an invaluable series of case studies. This work examines the science and history and myths of hypnosis, as well as examples of successful integration of hypnosis into the cancer treatment program. It presents compelling arguments for offering hypnosis to cancer sufferers, and provides crucial insight into the body's healing abilities an insight of immense importance to medical professionals and everyone interested in the treatment and approach to chronic diseases. This book has all you need to boost the confidence you already have in the skills of the therapy you practice. The body and mind are remarkable, complex elements of our whole being. I am encouraged by the fact that the authors, through this work, are actually presenting us with vivid and crucial insight into the bodys own healing powers and how we can best help people focus them for their own benefit. I find this a compelling book in every way and am pleased to recommend it to you. --David Slater, The HypnotherapistThis is a very informative, interesting and very readable publication and should be on the bookshelves of anyone involved in treating those with chronic illness, those people who have a chronic illness or in fact anybody who is interested in protecting themselves from contracting such illness. --Mark Storey, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Positive Solution Training Development''Hypnosis is an effective and powerful but under-rated and under-utilized tool in the psychological treatment of cancer and other conditions. This book seeks to explain the underlying theory and practice of hypnosis and the counselling process in the treatment of cancer and healing in general, in a clear, eminently readable fashion, illustrated with numerous case studies. It should have general appeal not only to students of psychology and health professionals but also those in the wider community.''- Dr Carol Burton Clinical Neuropsychologist''Hypnosis and Counselling in the Treatment of Chronic Illness is significant to all those who have an interest in the ways we treat disease, arguing compellingly for the use of hypnosis with cancer patients as well as other areas of disease such as asthma, ME or chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis) and general pain relief It also looks at the benefits of using hypnosis for such things as childbirth, stammering and many emotional health issues. This work pro¬vides crucial insight into the body's healing abilities, an insight that we cannot afford to ignore. It gives the practitioner the well-researched statistics derived from medical trials in regards to hypnosis versus such things as drug therapy, the placebo effect, psychotherapy and basic counselling.''- Lyndall Briggs, Vice President, Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists
