Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.

Part 1. Developing your perspective about hypnosis -- 1. Discovering hypnosis and the reasons why its value keeps growing -- 2. Hypnosis can be used in many different contexts -- 3. The myths about hypnosis and why common sense matters -- 4. Models of hypnosis: how you think about hypnosis determines how you'll use it -- 5. The brain, the mind, and the body in hypnosis -- 6. The gift of being responsive to hypnosis -- 7. The changes in your experience during hypnosis -- 8. Conditions for conducting hypnosis sessions -- Part 2. Putting hypnosis to work -- 9. Structuring suggestions -- 10. Helpful hints for constructing hypnosis sessions -- 11. Strategies of hypnotic induction and deepening -- 12. Hypnotic phenomena: eliciting and utilizing hypnotic resources -- 13. Designing and delivering goal-oriented hypnotic interventions -- 14. Hypnotic patterns commonly employed in treating common problems -- 15. Sample hypnosis session transcripts for common problems -- 16. Clinical hypnosis and managing pain -- 17. Utilizing hypnosis with children and adolescents -- 18. Rethinking "resistance" to hypnosis, potential hypnotic hazards, and ethical guidelines.