Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis back issues from October 2006:
Editorial
Oct 01, 2006; ... With recent publicity about depression within the ranks of high profile Australian politicians and sporting heroes, Australia has moved to a new level of awareness of mental health needs. Suicides and attempted suicides amongst these more famous personalities has generated an openness by others ...
Hypnotically-facilitated Eclectic Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Depression: A Case Study
Oct 01, 2006; ... Depression is a common and costly mental health problem in most Western countries. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2020 depression will be the second highest cause of illness after heart disease in the Western World. Treatment varies considerably between the ...
Hypnosis and Ideomotor Compliance in the Treatment of Smoking Tobacco and Cannabis
Oct 01, 2006; ... In private practice, it is not uncommon for clients to present with the expectation that a hypnotherapy session will cure them of a smoking habit of many years. Working with this expectation led to the evolution of a process incorporating information gathering, enabling the hypnotherapy to be ...
Hypnosis and Diabetes: Applications for Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Oct 01, 2006; ... This article describes applications of hypnosis in the treatment of diabetes for children, adolescents, and adults. Research is increasingly showing a connection between hypnosis and the brain. For children, adolescents, and adults with diabetes, hypnosis can be used to reduce stress which ...
Correction of Type III Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
Oct 01, 2006; ... The client's presenting issue was severe pain in her stomach and lower back. Her medical diagnosis was sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, type III. The sphincter of Oddi is a valve that controls bile flow. The dysfunction was that the sphincter would not open to release bile, and type III ...
A Comparative Evaluation of Hypnotherapy and the Process of Creating Art
Oct 01, 2006; ... Right brain activity is well documented in creative processes such as drawing and in the process of hypnosis. This article hypothesises that the interaction between an artist and his artwork is a similar dialogue to that between a hypnotherapist and his client, as both involve the release of ...
Advanced Skills and Interventions in Therapeutic Counseling
Oct 01, 2006; ... Advanced Skills and Interventions in Therapeutic Counseling Gordon Emmerson, PhD Crown House Publishing 2006 ISBN 1845900170 It is refreshing to come across a book that competently covers various aspects of therapy, and successfully marrying them together. Dr Gordon Emmerson's ...
Editorial
Oct 01, 2006; ... The restriction on smoking in public places in Australia and other countries has cast smokers in a new role as social outcasts. For those who initially found acceptance amongst peers by becoming teenage smokers there is a new challenge to now find acceptance by becoming non-smokers. The habit ...
Nicotine Addiction
Oct 01, 2006; ... Abstract This article is taken from a presentation made to the Smoke Signals workshop run by the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists in February 2006. The purpose of the presentation was to open dialogue between hypnotherapists and 'evidence-based' practitioners of smoking ...
Two Treatment Groups Hypnosis Smoking Cessation Program
Oct 01, 2006; ... Abstract In this article the author discusses an approach to utilising hypnosis for smoking cessation in which clients are screened and placed into one of two treatment groups. The screener asks a series of questions in order to determine whether or not the client is using cigarette ...
Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation: A No Pain, No Gain Approach
Oct 01, 2006; ... Abstract Many hypnotherapists in private practice deal with clients trying to overcome their addiction to smoking tobacco products. In the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists' Smoke Signals workshop conducted in Sydney in February 2006 there were presentations on various ...
Smoking Cessation: Getting the Ego States to Work Together
Oct 01, 2006; ... Abstract Helping a client to stop smoking is one of the most difficult challenges for a hypnotherapist. This paper offers an ego state therapeutic structured method to assist in smoking cessation. Every time a client comes to a hypnotherapist to stop smoking there is at least one ego ...
Smoking Cessation
Oct 01, 2006; ... Abstract Smoking cessation is probably the most frequent reason for consulting a hypnotherapist Many approaches exist and research has identified some of the factors pertinent to success. This paper discusses the author's techniques evolved over a period of more than 45 years and the ...
SMOKING: Addiction or Habit?
Oct 01, 2006; ... Abstract This paper examines smoking from the viewpoint that it is a learned behaviour which typically develops over time to an ingrained habitual behaviour. The position is taken that behaviour, especially a complex behaviour, is first learned in the conscious mind and when learned very ...
Easy Way to STOP Smoking
Oct 01, 2006; ... Easy Way to STOP Smoking by Allen Carr Arcturus Publishing Ltd, London 2004 ISBN 0-572-02851-2 The book by Allen Carr, that contains two spoken CDs by the author, is filled with commonsense, humour, and a plethora of inspiration. The author has been there. He was a confirmed ...
SMOKE-FREE & No Buts!
Oct 01, 2006; ... SMOKE-FREE & No Buts! Dr Geoff Ibbotson & Dr Ann Willlamson Crown House Publishing 1998 ISBN 1899836209 There is an injunction at the end of this book that resonates well. "Remember, you have all the resources within you to become the person you wish to be! Reach for the stars - ...