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Product reviews for Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions
Barry Shirley, Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapist's and the Australian Hypnotherapy Association newsletters.
Therapists dealing with client addictions finally have a book that contains practical advice and guidance on the use of hypnotherapeutic interventions for addictions beyond smoking cessation and weight obesity. Joseph Tramontana's book addresses these addictions plus drug abuse, gambling and alcohol.
There has been very little literature on the topic of treating all five major addictions with hypnotherapy as discovered by Dr Tramontana during his 39 year career as a clinical psychologist and then nine years later adding hypnotherapy to his tool bag of skills. In 1978 he attended an ASCH (American Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists) seminar on hypnosis and began using hypnotherapy to treat smokers and weight loss clients with some success. This encouraged him to extend his use of hypnotherapy to treat alcohol, drug abuse and compulsive gambling addictions.
Dr Tramontana has produced an excellent reference book allowing the reader to share in his knowledge, experiences, strategies and skills over an extensive career. The book has the added advantage of being written in the first person and cites some of the many seminars that the author attended where he obtained first hand knowledge of techniques and ideas that were of benefit in his own practice. The writing style is easy to follow and items are well organised and fully explained. The author has used some of his own case studies to clearly illustrate outcomes and problems encountered over the years and how these helped him evolve his own treatment methods.
The first chapter has the interesting title of “The Lens” with a snapshot of how Dr Tramontana sees hypnosis/hypnotherapy in dealing with addictions. It even provides an overview of how he conducts client meetings to explain hypnotherapy to doubtful clients. There are explanations of induction and deepening procedures, client meetings, techniques such as hypnoprojection, and hypnotherapeutic approaches. The following chapters then concentrate on specific issues concerning addictions.
The addictions addressed in this book are presented in the following order - alcohol, drugs, gambling, smoking and finally weight loss / obesity. Each chapter contains induction scripts and the author's own procedures and explanations of why he chose these to treat the addiction. It is one of the few books available that takes the reader through a step-by-step guide of a treatment plan and will be invaluable to interns and practising professional therapists alike. The book is well referenced and contains a resource list for recommended reading, including a list of websites to visit. There is an example of a Smoking Cessation Inventory and an excellent and detailed comprehensive Eating Questionnaire.
The final chapter titled “The Panorama” entices the reader to continue their own research and broaden their interest in not only the addictions covered in the book but also other addictions and cross addictions.
There has been very little literature on the topic of treating all five major addictions with hypnotherapy as discovered by Dr Tramontana during his 39 year career as a clinical psychologist and then nine years later adding hypnotherapy to his tool bag of skills. In 1978 he attended an ASCH (American Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists) seminar on hypnosis and began using hypnotherapy to treat smokers and weight loss clients with some success. This encouraged him to extend his use of hypnotherapy to treat alcohol, drug abuse and compulsive gambling addictions.
Dr Tramontana has produced an excellent reference book allowing the reader to share in his knowledge, experiences, strategies and skills over an extensive career. The book has the added advantage of being written in the first person and cites some of the many seminars that the author attended where he obtained first hand knowledge of techniques and ideas that were of benefit in his own practice. The writing style is easy to follow and items are well organised and fully explained. The author has used some of his own case studies to clearly illustrate outcomes and problems encountered over the years and how these helped him evolve his own treatment methods.
The first chapter has the interesting title of “The Lens” with a snapshot of how Dr Tramontana sees hypnosis/hypnotherapy in dealing with addictions. It even provides an overview of how he conducts client meetings to explain hypnotherapy to doubtful clients. There are explanations of induction and deepening procedures, client meetings, techniques such as hypnoprojection, and hypnotherapeutic approaches. The following chapters then concentrate on specific issues concerning addictions.
The addictions addressed in this book are presented in the following order - alcohol, drugs, gambling, smoking and finally weight loss / obesity. Each chapter contains induction scripts and the author's own procedures and explanations of why he chose these to treat the addiction. It is one of the few books available that takes the reader through a step-by-step guide of a treatment plan and will be invaluable to interns and practising professional therapists alike. The book is well referenced and contains a resource list for recommended reading, including a list of websites to visit. There is an example of a Smoking Cessation Inventory and an excellent and detailed comprehensive Eating Questionnaire.
The final chapter titled “The Panorama” entices the reader to continue their own research and broaden their interest in not only the addictions covered in the book but also other addictions and cross addictions.
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