ABSTRACT

Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care presents a model for effective single-session therapy.

Chapters include more than a dozen case studies with transcripts and commentary. Readers will learn how to use an adapted model of Remen’s healing circle for preparing patients for surgery, and guided imagery and other approaches are presented for enhancing palliative care. Extensive appendixes provide a wide variety of valuable tools that psychotherapists can use with clients concerned with end-of-life issues.

 

chapter 1|20 pages

Introduction

Expectation, the Placebo Effect, and Chatting

chapter 3|13 pages

Preparation for Surgery

Two Approaches

chapter 4|3 pages

Case Study 1

Mary and Anxiety and Insomnia and Shit and Einstein and …

chapter 5|3 pages

Case Study 2

Bobbi and Her Needy Knees

chapter 7|6 pages

Case Study 3

Marvin, Weight Control, and the Mighty M&Ms

chapter 8|7 pages

Case Study 4

Carol and the Curious Cough

chapter 9|7 pages

Rapport and the Therapeutic Alliance

chapter 10|7 pages

Case Studies 5 and 6

Sammy and Self-Regard and Normalizing Norman

chapter 11|3 pages

Case Study 6

Normalizing Norman

chapter 12|21 pages

Healing Language

chapter 13|9 pages

Case Study 7

Jennifer, Anxiety, Manzanita Beach, and Jesus 1

chapter 14|2 pages

Case Study 8

Barbara and Stress and Hearing and a Husband

chapter 15|17 pages

Practical Matters

chapter 16|3 pages

Case Study 9

Laura and Breaking Away

chapter 17|3 pages

Case Study 10

George and Smoking

chapter 18|5 pages

Case Study 11

Peter and His PA

chapter 19|2 pages

Case Study 12

Gloria and the Oboe and Being Adequate

chapter 20|2 pages

Case Study 13

Nonagenarian Charlie with Anxiety about Eye Problem

chapter 21|6 pages

Chatting Revisited

chapter 22|3 pages

Case Study 14

Joe and the NLP Fast Allergy Cure

chapter 23|4 pages

Case Study 15

Joan and the NLP VK Dissociation Fast Phobia Cure

chapter 24|5 pages

Healing Factors

chapter 26|5 pages

Extraordinary Sessions 1

chapter 27|2 pages

Some Ending Thoughts and Comments