This is the first major treatment manual to describe a fully integrated cognitive-behavioural approach to hypnotherapy, based on current evidence andbest practice in the fields of hypnotism and CBT.

Foreword , Note on Terminology and Citations , The Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Hypnosis , Introduction to cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy , James Braid and the original hypnotherapy , Cognitive-behavioural theories of hypnosis , Assessment, Conceptualisation, and Hypnotic Skills , Assessment in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy , Case formulation in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy , Socialisation and hypnotic skills training , Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy , Applied self-hypnosis and coping skills , Affect: hypnotic exposure therapy , Behaviour: Problem-Solving Hypnotherapy (PSH) , Cognition: cognitive hypnotherapy , Conclusion and summary