By: Joseph Tramontana, Ph.D.

2009, Crown House Publishing, Ltd., Wales

Reviewed by Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D.

For mental health practitioners trained in hypnotherapeutic approaches to addictions, compulsions, and habit control, Joseph Tramontana's new book will make an excellent library addition. Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions provides strategies and scripts for alcohol abuse, drug addiction, gambling addiction, smoking cessation, and weight loss. The methods in this book can be extended to other compulsions and impulse control disorders as well.

This book packs a wealth of practical information into just 144 pages. Readers get advice on client interviews, assessment questionnaires, tests of hypnotizability, and explaining hypnotherapy to clients. The author trains readers in hypnotic processes such as trance induction, trance ratification, deepening, affect-bridge, ego-strengthening, reframing, ideomotor signaling, and reorientation---specifically for addictions. He includes therapeutic metaphors, tips on assessing motivation, and methods for preventing relapse.

He recommends "packaged programs" which I, too, have found useful in working with these client populations. Such programs consist of a specific number of sessions, contracted between the therapist and the client, with each session focusing on a unique aspect of the presenting issue.

This highly readable book is thorough and straightforward with excellent examples and case studies. Solid gold instruction for hypnotherapists!

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Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D. is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Master NLP Practitioner/Trainer. She is Executive Director of the National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and has a private practice in Springfield, VA, under the name Motivational Strategies. She has published The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual and has recently released a hypnosis CD entitled Discover Your Learning Genius. Her website is www.engagethepower.com.

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December 5 and 6, 2009

Presenter: Ron Klein, M.C.S., NBCCH

Fee: $199.00 including lunch both days.

To read the online brochure for this EMI Workshop, and to register on line, by mail or by phone, click the following link: CLICK HERE

EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION (TM), EMI, is a brief, very effective approach which produces lasting therapeutic outcomes. Learn to treat PTSD, phobia, the anxiety associated with addictions, and to deal successfully with fear resulting from recent crises--- often in a single session.

EMI, is an uncomplicated, yet highly effective eye movement desensitization technique. Unlike other methods, EMI is considerate of the client’s integrity and does not require regression. Therefore, it is designed to avoid the concerns of false memory and/or the possibility of re-traumatizing the client.

COMMENTS:

"I was troubled by PTSD that was causing me increasing distress despite years of psychotherapy. I volunteered to be a demonstration subject and after the EMI intervention, the response is gone. It has been two months since the seminar and I have had no recurrence. It is wonderful!"

L. Merl, LICSW

"I have training in both EMDR and EMI. What I discovered when I attended the EMI seminar, is that EMI is easier on the client and preferable in my opinion. I, myself was paired with another student during the work shop. During that practice session, I went from having a dread of public speaking to a feeling of pleasant anticipation. I am now comfortable when speaking to groups and respond to the audience and the situation appropriately."

Nancy Montagna, Ph.D.

To read the online brochure for this EMI Workshop, and to register on line, by mail or by phone, click the following link: CLICK HERE

To print a hard copy of the brochure on 81/2 X 14 paper, CLICK HERE

To read an article about Eye Movement Integration, CLICK HERE

Register early as the last time this workshop was offered it sold out.

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