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Product reviews for Sports Hypnosis in Practice
Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D. is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Master NLP Practitioner/Trainer. She is the author of `The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner`s Manual`.
Hypnotherapists who enjoy working with athletes or who want to add sports psychology to their practices will cheer for Joseph Tramontana`s Sports Hypnosis in Practice. Unlike other fine books that address hypnosis for a specific sport (like Tom Saunder`s Golf) or a generic approach to hypnosis for all sports (like Edgette and Rowan`s Winning the Mind Game), this book devotes individual chapters to specific sports, from gymnastics to rugby: Fifteen individual and team sports in all.
The book opens with an overview of the literature on sports hypnosis and the emergence of sports psychology. The first chapter gives information on general considerations for the practitioner, such as introducing sports hypnosis to the client, tests of hypnotizability, hypnotic inductions, deepening, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, regression, reframing, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The subsequent chapters, on hypnotic approaches to specific sports, show practitioners that each sport has its own vocabulary and performance standards. The author writes from his own experience as a runner and as a hypnotherapist who has worked with many athletes; amateurs and professionals.
Like Tramontana`s Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions, this book is highly readable with excellent case examples (many of which can be used as metaphors), hypnotic scripts, treatment strategies, and verbatim interviews with coaches and athletes about the psychology behind specific sports. A chapter on helping athletes recover from injury includes pain management, imagery for healing, and a hypnotic question-answer process for pinpointing the origin of psychosomatic illness. The final chapter on addictions and eating disorders in sports is as timely as today`s sports headlines. This book hits a home run!
The book opens with an overview of the literature on sports hypnosis and the emergence of sports psychology. The first chapter gives information on general considerations for the practitioner, such as introducing sports hypnosis to the client, tests of hypnotizability, hypnotic inductions, deepening, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, regression, reframing, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The subsequent chapters, on hypnotic approaches to specific sports, show practitioners that each sport has its own vocabulary and performance standards. The author writes from his own experience as a runner and as a hypnotherapist who has worked with many athletes; amateurs and professionals.
Like Tramontana`s Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions, this book is highly readable with excellent case examples (many of which can be used as metaphors), hypnotic scripts, treatment strategies, and verbatim interviews with coaches and athletes about the psychology behind specific sports. A chapter on helping athletes recover from injury includes pain management, imagery for healing, and a hypnotic question-answer process for pinpointing the origin of psychosomatic illness. The final chapter on addictions and eating disorders in sports is as timely as today`s sports headlines. This book hits a home run!
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