Valuable reading for experienced clinicians... It is de rigueur. - - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
I. INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.
1. Review of the Literature.
2. The University of Chicago Research on Self-Hypnosis.
3. The Pilot Studies on Self-Hypnosis: Results and Speculations.
II. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH.
4. Self-Hypnosis versus Heterohypnosis, and Self-Hypnosis over Time: Comparative and Longitudinal Research.
5. Aspects of Self-Hypnosis Proper.
6. Structural and Content Characteristics of Self-Hypnosis.
7. The Analysis of the Self-Hypnosis Journals: Introduction.
8. Representations of Self-Hypnosis in Personal Narratives.
9. The Modes of the Ego in Self-Hypnosis.
10. The Role of Imagery in Self-Hypnosis: Its Relationship to Personality Characteristics and Gender.
11. The Relation of Self-Reports of Hypnotic Depth in Self-Hypnosis to Hypnotizability and Imagery Production.
12. Self-Hypnotic Absorption and Personality.
13. Overview: The Relationship of Structural, Content, and Personality Variables in Self-Hypnosis.
III. CLINICAL APPLICATION.
14. Self-Hypnosis as a Therapeutic Aid in the Mourning Process.
15. The Clinical Use of Self-Hypnosis in Hypnotherapy: Tapping the Functions of Imagery and Adaptive Regression.
IV. CONCLUSIONS.
16. Implications for Treatment.
17. Summary and Thoughts for Future Research.