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Douglas Flemons, PhD, LMFT, is Co-Director of Context Consultants, Professor Emeritus of Family Therapy and Former Co-Director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University. and a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). For more than thirty years, he has devoted himself to developing—through his practice, research, teaching, supervision, and writing—a relational approach to hypnotherapy and brief therapy. Currently in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina, he regularly offers hypnotherapy workshops and international trainings. Michael D. Yapko, PhD, is a clinical psychologist residing in southern California. The author of fifteen books, including Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis winners Process-Oriented Hypnosis and Mindfulness and Hypnosis, as well as leading hypnosis textbook Trancework (now in its 5th edition), Dr. Yapko has taught in more than thirty countries and received numerous awards for his contributions. He has also received lifetime achievement awards from the International Society of Hypnosis and The Milton H. Erickson Foundation.
"[A] beautifully written book that weaves the art and science of hypnotherapy into a finely-woven tapestry. The book is suitable for practitioners of all levels of clinical experience. It is a must-read for MFTs or for anyone seeking to practice hypnotherapy through a relationally-informed lens or with a systemic sensibility.--International Journal of Systemic Therapy [A] percipient, delightfully evocative, and extremely well-written book that offers an entirely new approach to hypnosis.... [P]rovides a wealth of direct, experiential how-to suggestions for applying a relational approach to hypnosis. A superb writer, Flemons speaks with the voice of a master hypnotist, therapist, and storyteller.... [A] must read for relationally trained students and seasoned hypnotherapeutic practitioners alike.--Journal of Marital and Family Therapy [M]ost readers...will find Flemons' guidance and demonstrations refreshing, inspiring, and leave them wanting more of his naturalistic, inviting, and engaging collaborative hypnotic experience. Along with Douglas Flemons, I invite you to add this informative and engaging book to your collection of ""go-to""hypnosis/hypnotherapy books.--American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Douglas Flemons invites the reader to join him in a fascinating journey to explore the vast potential of the collaborative and synergistic hypnotist-participant relationship to create personal transformation. Along the way, he provides valuable instruction and insights regarding not only the nitty-gritty about how to conduct hypnotherapy, but also key facets of consciousness itself. I hope this engaging book, written with flair and verve, and chock-full of examples and case illustrations, scripts, and nuggets of clinical wisdom, finds the wide audience that it deserves.--Steven Jay Lynn, Ph.D., ABPP, Distinguished Professor, Binghamton University (SUNY), Director, Laboratory of Consciousness, Cognition, and Psychopathology Flemons's wonderful book invites clients to 'think, feel, and act in poems that dissolve boundaries...'. Flemons's casework is interesting and effective. He is patient, modest, and inventive with people, or, as he would say, 'metaphorical and experimental.' The book includes clear concepts, apt and literate citations, and a keen knowledge of music, movement, and meditation. Essential reading for everyone utilizing hypnotic relatedness in therapy.--Eric Greenleaf, Ph.D., Director, The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area, author of The Problem of Evil: Ancient Dilemmas and Modern Therapy Reading this book has been an invaluable opportunity to learn from Douglas Flemons. That opportunity is now yours.--Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D., Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation"
