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Core Clinical Hypnosis Texts

Foundational references for clinicians using hypnosis in medicine, psychology, dentistry, and mental health.

• Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis in Medicine, Dentistry, and Psychology
  William S. Kroger / Hardcover / 1977. Classic comprehensive text on clinical and experimental applications of hypnosis.
• Clinical Practice of Hypnotherapy
  M. Erik Wright, Beatrice A. Wright / Hardcover / 1987 (Guilford Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis Series).
• Hypnosis and Behavioral Medicine
  Daniel P. Brown, Erika Fromm / Hardcover / 1987.
• Hypnosis and Suggestion in the Treatment of Pain: A Clinical Guide
  Joseph Barber (Ed.) / Hardcover / 1996.
• Contemporary Hypnosis Research
  Erika Fromm (Ed.), et al. / Hardcover / 1999.
• Mind-Body Therapy: Methods of Ideodynamic Healing in Hypnosis
  Ernest L. Rossi, David B. Cheek / Paperback / 1994.
• Medical Hypnosis: An Introduction and Clinical Guide
  Roberta Temes (Ed.) / Paperback / 1999 (Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine).
• Trance and Treatment: Clinical Uses of Hypnosis
  David Spiegel, MD & Herbert Spiegel, MD / Paperback (Reprint edition).

Hypnosis with Children & Families

Key texts on hypnosis and hypnotherapy with children, adolescents, and families.

• Harry the Hypno-potamus: Metaphorical Tales for the Treatment of Children
  Linda Thomson, PhD / Hardcover / 2005.
• Clinical Hypnosis with Children
  William C. Wester, Donald J. O'Grady (Ed.) / Hardcover / 1991.
• Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy with Children (Fourth Edition)
  Daniel P. Kohen, Karen Olness / Hardcover / 2011. Often considered the definitive reference for pediatric hypnotherapy.

Pain, Medical & Mind–Body Applications

• Placebo Effects: Understanding the Mechanisms in Health and Disease
  Fabrizio Benedetti / Paperback / 2008.
• The Patient's Brain: The Neuroscience Behind the Doctor–Patient Relationship
  Fabrizio Benedetti / Paperback / 2011.
• Patient Sedation Without Medication
  Elvira Lang, MD & Eleanor Laser, PhD / Paperback / 2011.
• Making Peace with Chronic Pain: A Whole-Life Strategy
  Marlene E. Hunter / Paperback / 1996.
• Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now!: A Powerful, User-Friendly Program for Anyone Searching for Immediate Pain Relief
  Bruce N. Eimer & Dabney M. Ewin, MD / Paperback / 2008.

Ego States, Parts Work & Inner Experience

• Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors
  D. Corydon Hammond (Ed.) / Hardcover / 1990. An extensive collection of hypnotic suggestions and metaphors for clinical use.
• Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Self
  Thomas Holmes, PhD / Paperback / 2011.
• Inner Strengths: Contemporary Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Ego-Strengthening
  Claire Frederick, Shirley McNeal / Textbook Binding / 1999.
• Ego States: Theory and Therapy
  John G. Watkins, Helen H. Watkins / Hardcover / 1997.
• Clinical Hypnosis and Memory: Guidelines for Clinicians and for Forensic Hypnosis
  D. Corydon Hammond / Hardcover / 1995.
• Clinical Hypnosis and Self-Regulation: Cognitive–Behavioral Perspectives
  Irving Kirsch (Ed.), et al. / Hardcover / 1998.
• Dreams, Consciousness, Spirit: The Quantum Experience of Self-Reflection and Co-Creation
  Ernest L. Rossi / Paperback / 2000.
• Transpersonal Hypnosis
  Eric D. Leskowitz (Ed.) / Hardcover / 1999.

Ericksonian Approaches, Scripts & Techniques

• Creative Choice in Hypnosis (Book and Cassette)
  Milton H. Erickson, Ernest L. Rossi, Margaret O. Ryan (Ed.) / Hardcover / 1991.
• Experiencing Hypnosis: Therapeutic Approaches to Altered States (Book and Cassettes)
  Milton H. Erickson / Hardcover / 1981.
• Solution-Oriented Hypnosis: An Ericksonian Approach
  William Hudson O’Hanlon, Michael Martin (Contributor) / Hardcover / 1992.
• Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis
  William Hudson O’Hanlon / Hardcover / 1987.
• The Broader Implications of Ericksonian Therapy (Ericksonian Monographs, No. 7)
  Stephen R. Lankton (Ed.) / Hardcover / 1990.
• Creative Scripts for Hypnotherapy
  Marlene E. Hunter / Paperback / 1994.
• Hypnotherapy for Health, Harmony, and Peak Performance
  Catherine Walters, Ronald A. Havens / Hardcover / 1993.
• Hypnotherapy Scripts: A Neo-Ericksonian Approach to Persuasive Healing
  Ronald A. Havens, Catherine R. Walters / Hardcover / 1989.
• Ideomotor Signals for Rapid Hypnoanalysis: A How-To Manual
  Dabney M. Ewin & Bruce N. Eimer / Paperback / 2006.
• 101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis
  Dabney M. Ewin, MD / Hardcover / 2009.

Self-Hypnosis & Client-Friendly Resources

• Clinical Self-Hypnosis: The Power of Words and Images
  Shirley Sanders, PhD / Hardcover / 1991.
• Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now!
  Bruce N. Eimer & Dabney M. Ewin, MD / Paperback / 2008.

Theory, Research & Academic Perspectives

• Theories of Hypnosis: Current Models and Perspectives
  Steven Jay Lynn (Ed.), et al. / Hardcover / 1991.
• Hypnotherapeutic Techniques (The Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, Volume 1)
  John G. Watkins / Hardcover / 1987.
• Contemporary Hypnosis Research
  Erika Fromm (Ed.), et al. / Hardcover / 1999.