Using Hypnosis with Children

[A]bundant examples throughout the text will be valuable reading for anyone working with children. . . . Lyons' text is particularly well-suited to child psychiatry and child psychology clinical trainees, as well as to clinicians engaged in social work and other interventions with children and their families. Pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and pediatric nurses also will find many applications for this tool in their work with children and teens. . . . Trainees delving into the world of children and families for the very first time will return to this text again and again for practical help in negotiating this new and exciting territory.-- (02/01/2016) This book is an amazing resource and learning tool for anyone working hypnotically with children--both seasoned clinicians and those just developing their skills in hypnosis. It blends Lyons' wisdom, creativity, knowledge, and skill gleaned from her years as a gifted psychotherapist to create an interventional framework to use when working with children. The result is a toolbox full of clever strategies, useful techniques, and magical metaphors to stimulate our own creativity when working hypnotically to help children help themselves.-- (02/01/2016) Lynn Lyons has authored a thorough and artful guide to the clinical practice of using hypnosis to help children change their minds. More than that, she has done it with integrity. While thoughtfully conducting the reader through myriad frameworks and vignettes that inform her practice, she writes with a voice that cares about our learning as we learn about her caring. Lyons shows us how 'being hypnotic' can enrich therapy for children of any age.-- (02/01/2016) Emphasizing the identification, nurturance, and cultivation of children's internal resources, Lyons provides a wealth of interesting case examples, replete with careful language designed in a developmentally appropriate, sensitive context. Drawing on an extensive, rich, and up-to-date resource bibliography, Lyons presents an inviting blend of the value of careful language in clinical conversation while making the case for individualizing one's approach to the personal and developmental maturational trajectory of the child.-- (02/01/2016) This book is quite special. It contains practical suggestions for both the novice and the experienced clinician who is already using hypnosis. Sensible approaches for children of all developmental levels, as well as their parents, are described. With this book, Lynn Lyons has made a valuable contribution to the field of pediatric hypnosis.-- (02/01/2016) Children are our future. Lynn Lyons, a renowned expert on pediatric hypnosis, offers sound, practical advice directed to therapists who want to help children and adolescents realize an adaptive life path. For both the beginning therapist and the expert, this book should be required reading.-- (02/01/2016)