They Call It Hypnosis by Robert A Baker

They Call It Hypnosis by Robert A Baker

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Offers a picture of what hypnosis is and is not, what it can and cannot accomplish, and how it can be misused and abused. This book describes its potential for preventing or arresting pain and outlines directions for the role of suggestion in the clinic and the laboratory. It illuminates this aspect of creative human behaviour.

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They Call It Hypnosis by Robert A Baker

This engrossing, factual bookpaints a clear picture of what hypnosis is and is not, what it can and cannot accomplish, and how it can be misused and abused. Baker describes its potential for preventing or arresting pain and outlines future directions for the role of suggestion in the clinic and the laboratory. This is the definitive study of hypnosis that illuminates this very unique aspect of creative human behavior.
The late Robert A. Baker, Ph.D. was the author of the acclaimed They Call It Hypnosis. He taught psychology at MIT, Standford University, and the University of Kentucky, where he was chairman of the Psychology Department until his retirement. He was also the author of Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions from Within, and Mind Games: Are We Obsessed with Therapy? and was editor of Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome.
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ISBN 13 9780879755768
ISBN 10 0879755768
Title They Call It Hypnosis
Author Robert A Baker
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Prometheus Books
Year published 1990-08-01
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.