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Dowd (a cognitive therapist) integrates the theory and practice of cognitive therapy with hypnosis and hypnotherapy. The 12 chapters discuss background (cognitive therapy, models of hypnotherapy, hypnotic induction), as well as treatment of psychological disorders (anxiety and phobias, stress-related and habit disorders, depression, the reconstruction of memory, the enhancement of life, and overcoming resistance).Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Robert L. Leahy, 2000
"...a thoughtful, insightful, creative, and important contribution..."

William J. Matthews, 2000
"...a must read for clinicians interested in further developing their skills."

Book Description
This book integrates cognitive therapy with hypnotherapy and provides principles and illustrations of hypnotic routines that can be used in changing cognitive self—statements, cognitive processing distortions, and tacit cognitive structures. It extends the imagery work previously used in cognitive therapy into a complete and comprehensive hypnotherapeutic approach to help people change negative and self-defeating cognitions into more positive and adaptive ones. Dr. Dowd demonstrates the use of cognitive hypnotherapy in treating various disorders, in reconstructing memories, and in helping normally healthy individuals overcome blocks to more effective performance.

About the Author
E. Thomas Dowd, Ph.D., ABPP, is currently Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. he has previously taught at Florida State University and the University of Nebraska. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications on cognitive behavior therapy, hypnosis psychological reactance, paradoxical interventions, and social influence processes, in addition to other topics. He edited Leisure Counseling (1984), co-edited Case Studies in Hypnotherapy (1986), and co-authored Hypnotherapy: A Modern Approach (1987). Dr. Dowd was founding editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, is currently North American Consulting Editor of the rial boards. A Fellow of the American Psychology and International Affairs, Dr. Dowd was also President of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy and is President of the American Board of Behavioral Psychology, Inc. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the American Board of ! Professional Psychology. Dr. Dowd holds diplomates in Behavioral Psychology and Counseling Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology, Inc.

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"...integrates cognitive therapy with hypnotherapy and provides principles & illustrations of hypnotic routines that can be used in changing cognitive self-statements, processing distortions, & tacit cognitive structures."

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This book integrates cognitive therapy with hypnotherapy and provides principles and illustrations of hypnotic routines that can be used in changing cognitive self-statements, cognitive processing distortions, and tacit cognitive structures. It extends the imagery work previously used in cognitive therapy into a complete and comprehensive hypnotherapeutic approach to help people change negative and self-defeating cognitions into more positive and adaptive ones. Dr. Dowd demonstrates the use of cognitive hypnotherapy in treating various disorders, in reconstructing memories, and in helping normally healthy individuals overcome blocks to more effective performance.

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