Bruce Eimer, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area with over twenty-six years of experience using hypnosis as a tool in treating people with a variety of emotional and medical conditions. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and Board Certified in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Eimer is the author or co-author of a number of professional textbooks on hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and self-help books on the applications of self-hypnosis for managing chronic pain, anxiety and depression.
Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now is described as a apowerful,
user-friendly program for anyone searching for immediate pain
reliefa, and it is all of this. It is also the most comprehensive
and effective program for lasting pain relief that I have ever
found. Bruce Eimer combines over 20 years of knowledge, skills and
experience, with the empathy and understanding of someone who has
developed these effective methods through learning to manage his
own chronic pain. Those who suffer chronic pain have often spent a
long time trying medical and alternative approaches without finding
relief, and under such circumstances, it is understandable to lose
hope and motivation to keep trying new methods. If this describes
you, take heart - reading this book will really make a difference
for you and will help you regain control of your mind and body. If
you are a professional working with those in pain, this book offers
ways and means to help each individual using the combination of
methods that will suit them best. Bruce Eimer offers
straightforward, honest, caring support alongside all the
information, practical methods and different approaches you might
need to reduce any kind of pain to manageable levels.Susanna
Bellini, NLP trainer, counsellor, hypnotherapist and also a chronic
pain survivor
A great self help book for anyone who wants to learn how to master
pain relief. It is a well constructed, easy to apply book that
comes with a CD full of practical exercises. Free of jargon and
techno-babble, this book puts the control into the hands of the
reader to tap into the power of the mind and shows, step-by-step,
how to use hypnosis to help to relieve pain. It is a valuable and
useful manual for pain relief techniques.Terri Bodell FNACHP
Absolutely an excellent resource for both therapists and for those
who experience chronic pain. The suggestions and exercises provide
a great variety of ideas for the novice and the experienced
practitioner alike. This is an excellent book.Dr Susi Strang and
Craig N Wood Dr Susi Strang Wood MBChB, MRCGP, UKCP Psychotherapist
Craig N Wood MSc, MH(Acc), UKCP Psychotherapist
Although written as a self-help manual, Hypnotize Yourself Out of
Pain Now is a fantastic resource for practising therapists as well
as for anyone suffering from chronic pain themselves. With so many
self-hypnosis books currently on the market, this excellent account
distinguishes itself by being clearly focused on a particular
problem and written by someone who is not only a clinical
psychologist, but who has himself suffered from chronic pain. Bruce
Eimer was injured in a major road accident in 1993, giving him
first-hand experience of what his patients had been going through.
As a result he pledged that he awould do anything within his power
to help other chronic pain sufferers cope'. This experience gives
the book a degree of commitment, focus and personal investment that
should serve in itself to inspire and encourage fellow sufferers,
as well as convince them of the benefits of hypnosis. Because pain
has both a sensory and an emotional content, Dr Eimer believes it
is ideally suited to the kinds of relaxation, cognitive and
imaginative techniques employed in the therapeutic use of hypnosis.
The book is absolutely bursting with practical self-help exercises
which avoid overwhelming the reader by being contained within the
framework of a clearly structured programme of self-treatment.
Having first offered information to assist in understanding athe
puzzle of pain', Dr Eimor provides comprehensive questionnaires
which allow the reader to evaluate their own experience of pain. A
clear explanation is given of the basics of hypnosis followed by an
account of the benefits of self-hypnosis and how this in itself can
help to alleviate discomfort. The reader is then able to select
from the huge range of coping strategies that form the core of the
book. These are brought together in a step-by-step approach
combining self-hypnosis, coping exercises and the use of
self-suggestion. The book culminates by offering detailed scripts
that can be used to probe more deeply into the underlying causes of
pain. This is both an accessible and exceptionally thorough guide
which is not just a very good aid to pain-relief, but also one of
the most lucid introductions around to the therapeutic uses of
hypnosis in the treatment of everyday problems.Julian Gill,
Hypnotherapist, www.aspiretherapyonline.com
Excellent an encouraging self hypnosis book inspired by the
author's personal pain recovery techniques. The book is really
reassuring. A valuable self hypnosis tool. It gives real practical
self hypnosis tools for the reader who needs cheer, encouragements,
and guidance, it has sound, detailed advice for an all-important
issue. How to handle pain, using the 6 D's. Deep relaxation,
decatastrophsing, direction, distraction, distortion and
dissociation. Each is handled as a part of self hypnosis. The
author covers of the basic knowledge of how the conscious and
subconscious work together. He makes even more reassuring noises
when he talks about new ways that the conscious and subconsiocus co
operate with each other; find that in chapter 8. Vital in teaching
how the conscious and subconscious mind operates together for
healing. Eimer has made available a book that provides all you need
to know about relaxation and the importance of making comfort in
the body. I enjoyed all the chapters, since they cover all the
fundamentals around hypnotherapy. E.g. Not all Tools are for
Everyone and the Issues of Conflict between the parts. Importantly,
the author reassures his readers particularly people with a heavy
reliance on medical drugs that the book does not compete with their
doctor. The chapters on how to hypnotise yourself are basically
teaching the reader how to consider pain from an attitudinal point
of view. He asks you to decide what attitude you will practise
towards your own pain. He also asks you to consider what personal
skills and internal resources you can bring forward to use to
either distract or dissociate yourself, using your imagination for
healing purposes. An inspirational book for use by anyone who wants
to use hypnotherapy to hypnotise themselves out of pain now. It has
all the material is there, it just seems that the presentation of
the text, its layout etc, sizing, spacing and size of font could be
altered to provide lots of breathing space for a reader with
chronic pain to imagine themselves deeply receiving the positive
effects of their practical response to the exercises. This
wonderful book could be improved greatly by having much more white
space throughout the text. Issues of desirability for those who
have not been exposed to hypnotherapy could also be to be
addressed. The more I read the text, the more I found that the CD
helped a lot to access the written material in the book. It was
considerable contrast to the text in that it provided the gentle
walk way into the healing process, was extremely user friendly and
showed the reassuring heart of the author. It went to the heart of
the matter and allowed the reader time to become acquainted with
the text base elements of the book. Again, in the gentlest way, my
question is who is the book for. The book is encouraging, and opens
up the possibility for pain sufferers, that pain no more may be
their experience. And that they deserve that. If it is someone with
pain, then for him or her, I wish the size of font was a little
bigger for people with eyesight issues. I wish the density of text
was a little less for people with eyesight issues or who might be
intimidated with lots of words on a page. I wish a section, which
actually visually shows how pain may be created. Lots more visual
guidance may be needed so it moves the visual reader who also is
feeling pain in the body. I offer you some guidance later about how
to get the most out of the book. I am so glad that the CD is
provided so that the person with pain can begin to explore the
exercises he writes about so well. Tips for Getting The Most Out Of
This Book: A section on how to get the most out of this book. E.g.
with suggestions how to read the book one a day, three times a day,
am, noon, pm before bedtime. /that you may want to set yourself a
simple goal of taking one or two ideas at a time and practise them.
Asking the reader to read the sections out loud instead of reading
them silently to make the book more effective. More reassuring
Signposting Tips in boxes like: allow yourself time to work on one
or two tools or approaches at a time. They already exist in the
body of the text. Create obvious toolboxes, and advanced toolboxes
to draw reader's attention towards. Visual illustrations throughout
the text, to help people practise the visual elements of the work.
Maybe boxed sections for research and researchers to assist
hypnotherapy practitioners record their experiences with the
techniques. A aJust Do It' section with its activities. I sense an
authentic kindness from the author which holds the readers
interests, while showing that self healing, self assessment and
healing planning need no be dull, arduous, or an awesome task.
Written with authentic, humane, authority. A highly recommended
text when the tips are taken on board. I thank the writer for
writing this work!Deborah Rose Therapeutic Hynotherapist for Stress
Free Caring In the City, a WellBeing and Training Membership
organisation for Social workers and Social care workers
For anyone suffering from chronic pain, this book provides a
thorough understanding of what pain is and how it presents itself
and then what the reader can do to help themselves through the
application of self-hypnosis. It is well structured, starting with
an in depth explanation of the nature of pain that is dealt with in
a manner that is accessible and clearly written. The second section
leads the reader through various exercises that build skills in
self-hypnosis and pain management. There are a number of methods
for inducing hypnosis provided so that it should be possible for
anyone to find something they can feel comfortable with and achieve
positive results. This is also true of the strategies and
suggestions available to the reader. The different questionnaires
in the book allow the reader to measure their experience of pain
and how that changes as they make progress. This makes it almost a
workbook rather than simply a theoretical text on the subject. The
research for this book has obviously been extensive and Eimer
evidences a comprehensive understanding of the field by providing
copious references and a recommended further reading list. This is
an impressive work that will also provide a valuable reference for
any professional working with clients with chronic pain.Stuart
Harragan, Clinical Hypnotherapist www.harragan.org.uk
Once in a while, I read a book on hypnosis that is to eloquent, so
well-organized, so understandable, and written with such clarity
and sensitivity that I wish I'd written it myself. That's how I
felt about reading Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now (Second
Edition) by Bruce Eimer, Ph.D. This is the quintessential book on
self-hypnosis for pain management. Eimer first covers topics such
as types of pain, the physiology of pain, pain and neurology, and
the pain gate control theory, explaining how hypnosis can reduce
chronic pain by closing off the neurological transmission of
sensation to the brain from the site of previous injuries. He also
discusses how to evaluate pain and how to evaluate one's coping
strategies. The book then moves into the topics of hypnosis and
self-hypnosis. Eimer acquaints the reader with basic information
about hypnosis and then teaches eight methods of inducing
self-hypnosis, such as eye fixation, arm drop, pencil drop, and the
eye-roll method. Each induction comes with a script which the
reader can record. Next, the author provides a primer on pain
management, covering the asix D'sa of pain management: Deep
Relaxation, Decatastrophizing, Direction, Distraction, Distortion,
and Dissociation. He tells the reader how to match the pain
management method to the type of pain, and gives self-hypnosis
processes and self-suggestions in each aDa category. For example,
with Decatastrophizing, Eimer discusses how to dispute self-talk,
reframe the meaning of pain, conduct cognitive analysis of thought
processes, and use self-suggestions such as aI can still enjoy
things.a The pain management skills in this book include behavioral
coping strategies, cognitive interventions, and relaxation methods.
This book also covers ways to refine self-hypnosis, as well as
advanced self-hypnosis processes such as instant relaxation, a
self-healing ritual, mindfulness meditation, ideo-motor signaling,
and ego state therapy. I counted over 50 exercises for pain
management in this book, so there is surely at least one that will
help any reader who is willing to invest the time to learn and
practice self-hypnosis. The book comes with a companion CD covers
what hypnosis is, pain perception and hypnosis, relaxation with
hypnosis, rating and lowering discomfort, pain relief and imagery,
healing imagery, therapeutic touch and energy healing, comfort
transfer, and stress control. Bruce Eimer is a clinical
psychologist practicing in Philadelphia, with over 20 years of
experience in treating chronic pain. He writes from personal
experience as a chronic pain survivor. While this book is written
for anyone with chronic pain, it is also an excellent reference for
hypnotherapists who work with pain reduction. As a chronic pain
survivor myself, I believe this book holds great promise for
improving the lives of many.Judith E. Pearson PhD.
This book is a great text. Having read it, I have started
recommending it students I teach on the BSc (Hons) in Clinical
Hypnosis. Eimer''s ease in explaining the context regarding types
of pain, the physiology of pain, pain and neurology, the pain gate
control theory, before then explaining the neurology of how
hypnosis can reduce chronic pain is of real value. His writing is
underpinned by sound ethics and he also discusses how to evaluate
pain and how to evaluate coping strategies. From a practical
perspective the basic information about hypnosis, self-hypnosis and
the development of pain management skills include behavioral coping
strategies, cognitive interventions, and relaxation methods.
Accompanied by a companion CD it is an excellent reference for
hypnotherapists and psychologists who work with pain
management.Andy McCann, Elite Sport Mental Skills Coach
This exceptional book and CD comprehensively describe ways that
self-hypnosis can aid pain management. Readers are encouraged to
identify hypnotic pain management strategies that will best meet
their needs, and use them skilfully. This helps reduce the
powerlessness reported by many people with ongoing pain. There is
basic information about pain, hypnosis and exercises to help
readers assess their pain and levels of coping. Part two includes
learning self-hypnosis, self-hypnotic coping strategies and ways to
change the pain experience. The material is ordered in a way that
readers can build on their knowledge and develop coping strategies.
The book offers a range of hypnotic and pain management approaches.
Management of inner conflicts and ongoing pain are particularly
well covered. The CD offers additional pointers and exercises.
Regrettably, the information on selecting practitioners almost
exclusively cites American sources.Reviewed by Brigid Breckman,
freelance workshop leader, writer and counsellor, Nursing Standard,
Vol 25 - No 47, July 27
With all the recent press and television coverage of people having
operations without anaesthetic but choosing the route of Hypnosis
instead, I decided to try it for myself. Not to the level of having
an operation mind, as I think I would prefer to be totally out for
that one, but when Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now! appeared on
the potential book of the month review list I thought why not? What
have I got to lose? Reasonably priced, this one is packed full of
useful information and exercises for self hypnosis and deep
relaxation and comes with a CD too. Both the book and the recording
can be used together, however, the CD has also been designed to
stand alone. Bruce Eimer also knows how to write a guide on a
relatively complicated subject that is reader friendly and
understandable. An interesting section on Pain Description is
recommended as a starting point to progress onto the exercises to
relieve the symptoms. Another aspect of this powerful book is the
self suggestions that appear throughout and some useful pointers on
how to use them effectively. Using similar aspects in my practice
of complimentary therapies, self suggestions or affirmations are a
powerful tool for mind and body wellbeing and the proposed
suggestions Bruce Eimer highlights in this book are just as
important in the practice of self hypnosis. One of those books you
can dip in and out of when you feel the need, I would suggest that
readers take some time out to familiarise themselves with the first
part of the book as it provides the reader with an excellent
baseline of pain theory, one's own ability to cope with pain and a
comprehensive introduction to explaining what Hypnosis actually is.
As a result, the guidance provided in the following parts and
chapters will make more sense and become simpler to follow at those
times of need. Taking my own advice into consideration I decided to
try a couple of the exercises when I woke up with a stonker of a
headache as a result of starting medication for high blood
pressure. I was amazed and after a few failed attempts to get
myself in a relaxed state of mind to progress with a couple of the
exercises proposed and allowing myself to actually relax with the
aid of the fantastic CD that came with it the pain actually did
subside and I felt invigorated to face the day ahead pain free. So
Bruce, you aptly named the book Hypnotise Yourself Out of Pain Now!
and I am sure readers will not be disappointed. He is not
advocating this as an alternative to traditional medical practices
with pain management; however, this one should be kept by the
medicine tin as a compliment to anyone wishing to relieve
themselves of pain following such a programme written by someone
who I think knows their craft inside and out. This could be the
best A12.99 you would spend if the results are as a positive as I
experienced following Bruce's advice.David Feakes, Whatas Happening
Magazine
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