Foundations of Clinical Hypnosis, From Theory to Practice By
Edwin K Yager, PhD
ISBN 978 184590122 6
Published by Crown
House Publishing Ltd
Edwin Yager is an academic as well as maintaining a private
practice in San Diego, California, so this book is an
academic tome yet is flavoured fully with concrete
experience at the chalk face.
The
book is a remarkably slim tome for a work that is so
comprehensive in its breadth and scope of content. It is an
ideal reference book which gives you, the practitioner, a
breadth and depth of knowledge in different areas to equip
you with the confidence and ability to translate what you
read in to what you do as a matter of practice.
The
book is written clearly and succinctly. There is jargon,
unlike the book reviewed above, but there is an excellent
glossary of all terms used so that one can fully understand
what one is reading.
I
like its brevity. Nothing is lost through it not being a=2
0thick book. In fact much is gained as it makes it
immediately readable.
I
would have found this book immensely useful when I was doing
my initial training. I find it immensely useful now that I
am approaching my 20th year in the profession. This work is
ideal for both those setting out on the hypnotherapy road
and for those who may feel they have arrived. There is
always something new to learn. Always new ideas and
strategies to consider. As William C Wester ( USA) says “ It
is a blend of theory and practice covering most clinical
problems and providing a complete bibliography for further
investigation. This volume will become a valuable resource
in a hypnosis library as well as a basic text in the field”.
I couldn’t have put it better myself.
Dr
Yager’s extensive clinical experience has made him an ideal
author for such a book. Here we are in safe hands and we
know that we can come away from reading the book with new
ideas, new enthusiasm and wider understanding. I feel it has
the potential to help us be more creative in our approach to
our work and at the same time, more effective.
As
is so often the case the excellent format of the book and
the care that Crown House has put into its design and
production helps to make this book even more impressive,
attractive and useable. Another triumph for them, I feel
Reviewed by:
David Slater
Reviewer for 'The
Hypnotherapist'
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