I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Early Theories of Hypnosis: A Clinical Perspective, Melvin A.
Gravitz.
2. History and Historigraphy of Hypnosis, Nicholas P. Spanos & John
F. Chaves.
II. SINGLE-FACTOR THEMES
The Neodissociation Perspective
3. A Neodissociation Interpretation of Hypnosis, Ernest R.
Hilgard.
4. A Neodissociative Critique of Spanos's Social-Psychological
Model of Hypnosis, Kenneth S. Bowers & Thomas M. Davidson.
5. Hypnotizability: Individual Differences in Dissociation and
the Flexible Control of Psychological Processes, Frederick J.
Evans.
Hypnosis as Psychological Regression
6. Hypnosis as a Special Case of Psychological Regression, Michael
R. Nash.
Hypnosis as Relaxation
7. Anesis, William E. Edmonston, Jr.
III. CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES
8. The Locksmith Model: Accessing Hypnotic Responsiveness, Joseph
Barber.
9. Ericksonian Hypnotherapy: A Communications Approach to Hypnosis,
Jeffrey K. Zeig & Peter J. Rennick.
IV. THE SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
10. Role Theory: Hypnosis from a Dramaturgical and Narrational
Perspective, William C. Coe & Theodore R. Sarbin.
11. A Social-Cognitive Approach to Hypnosis, Nicholas P.
Spanos.
12. Compliance, Belief, and Semantics in Hypnosis: A Nonstate,
Social-Cognitive Perspective, Graham F. Wagstaff.
13. An Integrative Model of Hypnosis, Steven Jay Lynn & Judith W.
Rhue.
14. The Social Learning Theory of Hypnosis, Irving Kirsch.
15. The Ecosystemic Approach to Hypnosis, David P. Fourie.
V. INTERACTIVE-PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS
16. Two Disciplines of Scientific Hypnosis: A Synergistic Model,
Robert Nadon, Jean-Roch Laurence, and Campbell W. Perry.
17. Hypnosis, Context, and Commitment, Peter W. Sheehan.
18. The Construction and Resolution of Experience and Behavior in
Hypnosis, Kevin M. McConkey.
19. Toward a Social-Psychobiological Model of Hypnosis, Eva I.
Banyai.
VI. CONCLUSIONS
20. Hypnosis Theories: Themes, Variations, and Research Directions,
Steven Jay Lynn & Judith W. Rhue.
Steven Jay Lynn, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Ohio University and has a private practice. He is a former president of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychological Hypnosis; a fellow in the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Association for Applied and Preventative Psychology, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis; and a diplomate and member of the executive committee of the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis. In 1991, the Society for Clinical Hypnosis honored Theories of Hypnosis (co-edited with Judith W. Rhue) as best hypnosis book of the year. Dr. Lynn is an advisory editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, and a North American editor of Contemporary Hypnosis. He has written or edited textbooks on abnormal psychology, hypnosis, and psychotherapy and has published more than 120 articles
"This valuable book superbly covers the recent explosion of
theories and models of hypnosis. All students and researchers
interested in this fascinating topic must read it because,
henceforth, serious discussion of the nature of hypnosis will begin
here.'' --T. X. Barber, Ph.D.
"A first-rate collection of the modern theories of how hypnosis is
currently understood. Outstanding chapters from many of the best
scientific and clinical theoreticians from around the world attempt
to describe a phenomenon that has no universal common
understanding. The reader who strives for his or her own
understanding of how the mind works in the context of subtle yet
powerful human interactions will find this book an indispensable
resource for study and reflection. The scientist and clinician will
find this book so up to date that the future of the field will seem
to tumble from its pages. I thoroughly recommend it.'' --Peter B.
Bloom, M.D.
"A thoughtful, vigorous, well-written, and serious examination of
the intellectual state of hypnosis....It is a compilation of the
recent thinking of many leading investigators and clinicians in the
field. While we do not yet have an underlying theory of hypnosis,
Theories of Hypnosis, in its very scope and scholarly tone, shows
us why the field is mobilizing increasing amounts of intelligent
attention.'' --David Speigel, M.D.
"This book is a remarkable achievement. For much too long our
understanding of hypnosis has been limited by sectarian
disagreement over the very nature of hypnosis. Theoreticians and
researchers have banded together in armed camps which have often
seemed more intent on disparaging the other fellow's theory than in
advancing our conceptual framework. Theories of Hypnosis represents
what is perhaps the beginning of a rapprochement....The list of
authors reads like a veritable who's who of hypnosis theory and
practice....The net effect is both comprehensive and stimulating.
While the various theories are well represented, the juxtaposition
of the various viewpoints makes for a lively and thought-provoking
book which [is] a pleasure to read....Overall, the feeling is not
so much that this book is timely as much as it is long overdue. One
wonders how we have gotten along without it." --Peter Brown, M.D.,
FRCP (C)
"This book is a state-of-the-art review and discussion of the
historical and current status of theory in hypnosis. There is
available no other single volume which is so authoritative and
thorough in its scope. The list of contributing authors resembles a
roster of the most eminent modern workers in the field, thus
insuring that the large number of presentations have been prepared
by well regarded experts who are themselves actively engaged in
hypnosis research and practice, even though the majority of the
contributors are more identifiable as the former. The editors have
achieved a noteworthy accomplishment by melding this multiplicity
of views into a meaningful and well organized whole...Every serious
practitioner and student of hypnosis should read this book. It will
surely be a standard for years to come." --Melvin A. Gravitz, PhD,
ABPP, ABPH, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, George Washington University, review in Psychotherapy and
Private Practice
- The most comprehensive discussion of theories of hypnosis
available....A significant contribution. --Journal of Clinical
Psychiatry, 10/6/1991ƒƒ This book is an important landmark in the
history of hypnosis in that it brings together virtually all the
leading theorists to present their views on the nature of this most
fascinating phenomenon....it undoubtably provides a comprehensive
picture of the present 'state of the art'...and is likely to become
an important reference text on hypnosis theory for the next 20
years, at least. --Contemporary Hypnosis, 10/6/1991ƒƒ Only,
perhaps, once in a decade is there published a work on hypnosis so
comprehensive and so useful to the students of hypnosis and his or
her instructor. For all students, instructors, and others seriously
interested in the theoretical problems of hypnosis, it will be
essential reading and a highly desirable addition to the bookshelf.
--International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis,
10/6/1991ƒƒ It should be on the book shelf of every member of APA's
Division 30, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the
Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. --Contemporary
Psychology, 10/6/1991
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