Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions

Download or read book Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions written by Joseph Tramontana and published by Crown House Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new strategies, techniques, and scripts as well as reviewing traditional methods of treating addictions. The five key addictions addressed are: alcohol abuse and dependency; drug abuse and addiction; gambling compulsions/obsessions and addiction; tobacco addiction (including cigars, pipes and chew); food addiction/compulsions. Many of the techniques and strategies incorporate a variety of therapeutic modalities, including: cognitive behavioral techniques, reframing and other NLP techniques, systematic desensitization, covert sensitization, 12-step-programs, guided imagery and meditation, and more. The techniques described can be employed both in and out of trance.