Table of Contents

Part I Understanding Pain
Chapter 1 The Biological Basis of Pain
Chapter 2 How Thoughts and Coping Responses Influence Pain
Part II Understanding Hypnosis
Chapter 3 What is Hypnosis?
Chapter 4 What Hypnosis can do for Pain
Part III Using Self-Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Management
Chapter 5 Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Management: The Basics
Chapter 6 Practicing Self-Hypnosis: Entering the Hypnotic "State"
Chapter 7 Using Self-Hypnosis for Pain and Fatigue Management
Chapter 8 Using Self-Hypnosis for Thought and Mood Management
Chapter 9 Using Self-Hypnosis for Activity and Sleep Management
Chapter 10 Summary and Conclusions

About the Author

Mark P. Jensen is Professor and Vice Chair for Research of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center. He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters on pain assessment and management, and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pain.

Reviews

Readers will come away with an overview of how to approach using hypnosis with those experiencing chronic pain and a good sense of both the issues involved in working with chronic pain and in using hypnosis. The workbook is likely to be useful for patients wishing to consider whether hypnosis may be useful for them as well as those who are actually engaged with the approach.
*Dr Angela Busuttil, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy*

This is a very important book, because of the great need for chronic pain treatment and because hypnosis is a very successful approach to this. It has a clear structure, is scientifically sound and up-to-date, and explains how hypnosis can work particularly well when combined with other treatment methods such as cognitive behavioural therapy.
*Hypnose*