Affect Regulation Toolbox: Practical and Effective Hypnotic Interventions for the Over-Reactive Client

by Carolyn Daitch

Winner of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis Rational judgment, soothing behavior, and calm observation often go out the window when responding to stress. This book presents hypnotherapeutic skills (including breathing exercises) and other easy-to-learn techniques that help people maintain healthy responses to stress and facilitate effective clinical work and a happier life.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2007

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most useful books in my professional library. I keep it on my desk for handy reference. The author has developed over 30 tools to help people who are "overreactive." That terms describes most people who come for therapy. I have used most of the tools and they are extremely helpful. The author provides scripts for each tool and does an excellent job of explaining what issues they are useful for. Her clinical examples are creative and inspiring. I am taking a workshop with her in February and I am really looking forward to it. Although the tools utilize hypnosis, I think her ideas would be useful to all therapists.

[Gebo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great introduction to hypnotic tool usage with clinical therapy clients; however, the author is not a hypnotherapist and often dallies and tiptoes around problems most hypnotherapists would destroy much more quickly. Though, maybe that's to the detriment of their pocketbooks!

Nonetheless, this is a great text and a nice way to look at hypnosis as a therapeutic methodology. Plus, it's nice when people try to make hypnosis more tolerable to the mainstream.