Healing Yourself With Self-Hypnosis

Now that the popularity of alternative medicine has made just about everyone aware of the health connection between mind and body, it seems like a fine time to bring back this book, originally written by the late psychiatrist Caprio and newly revised by Caroline Miller, dean of academic studies at the American Institute of Hypnotherapy. To the authors, self-hypnosis is an ideal way to reach a state of relaxation and concentration that will allow you to send healing messages to your body and really get it to listen. The easy-to-follow text includes several methods of hypnotic induction, and instructs readers on using the process to lose weight, sleep better, overcome depression, improve their sex lives, slow the aging process, and conquer other health difficulties that are now widely acknowledged to depend quite a bit on subconscious mental states. The authors acknowledge that hypnosis is often misunderstood, and they devote quite a bit of effort to overcoming misconceptions and getting readers to take it seriously as a healing force. --Ben Kallen, Personal Growth editor