Hypnosis Psycho-Philosophical Perspectives and Therapeutic Relevance

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1 History and Psychological Perspectives 1. Hypnosis, Yoga and Psychic Phenomena 3 K. Ramakrishna Rao 2. States of Consciousness : From the Perspective of Meditation and Hypnosis Bhaskar Vyas 3. Culture and Mental Health : Not A Minor Matter 47 Aruna Thakur 4. Pain, Placebo and Hypnosis : How Words and Suggestions Affect Patients liana Eli 5. Clinical Hypnosis and Yoga : An Integrative Perspective for Spiritual Development Renu Sharma 6. Evolving Paradigm in Hypnotherapy 88 Anil Lalwani 7. Transpersonal Hypnosis : Discovering the Wellspring Within Reena Biswas 8. Hypnosis and Christianity 120 Sanil Mathew 9 Mind and Body : A System Approach Keyur Vyas Part II Therapeutic Perspectives : Some Case Studies 10. Psychodynamics of Unexplained Reproductive Failure 147 Rajni Vyas, Geeta Adwanikar, Leena Hathi,Bhaskar Vyas and Ratubhai Parikh 11. Punch-Kasha Concept for the Application of Beck`s Cognitive Approach B M. Palan 12. Hypnotherapy as an Effective Management Tool to Improve Perinatal Outcome in Cases of Pregnancy with Oligohydramnios of Idiopathic Origin Maitri Shah and Rajni Vyas 13. Approach to Skin Patients through Hypnotherapy :A Ray of Hope for the Real Sufferers Sejal Thakkar and Rajni Vyas 14. Mind-Programming as a Tool to enhance Socio-Cognitive Abilities : A Study of School-Going Adolescents Urmi Nanda Biswas, Priyanka Kacker and B. M. Palan 15. Role of Hypnotherapy in Management ofGeneralized Anxiety Disorder Ritu Nanda and Bhupinder Singh 16. Hypnotherapy for Hypertension in Retired Life :A Case Study Bhavana Jadav 17. Use of Hypnosis in Coping with Basic Needs of Terminally Patients Suresh L. Sadhwani and Ruta Vyas 18. Use of Empty-Chair Technique with Hypnosis on Survivor of Child Molestation : A Case Study Aarohi Parimu Khar 19. Clinical Hypnotherapy in People Living with HIV/AIDS : A Study of Disease Progression and Coping Strategies Urmi Nanda Biswas 20. Experiences in Hypnosis : Stress Management and Psychosomatic Disease Situations Mukesh Trivedi 21. Use of Hypnotherapy for the Treatment of Paraphilia among Bisexual Men Veena Gupta Part III Philosophical Perspectives on Consciousness 22. Transcending the Normal Limit: The Nyaya-VaUesika Reflections V. N. Jha 23. The Varieties of Religious Experiences of William James and Unification of Ennobling Experiences in Turya Rupa Vyas 24. The Freudian Unconscious : A Philosophical Exploration 293 Ranjan K. Panda 25. Nature of Consciousness and Turiya in Different Schools of Thought Geeta M. Adwanikar 26 The Nature of Transcendental Consciousness in Mandukya Upanisada Shilendra S. Sharma 27. Nature of Consciousness in Single and Double Reflection Theory in Tattva Vaisharadi and Yogavartika C. B. Vadher