Chapter 1. Freedom Begins in the Mind
1. Some states do not allow the term hypnotherapist unless the practitioner is also a board-certified clinical therapist, which often means that professionals trained as hypnotherapists use the terms hypnotist or “HypnoCoach” for legal purposes.
Chapter 2. How Our Habits Were Formed
1. For another real-life example of how one of my clients used hypnosis to overcoming nail-picking, take a look at this article by Glamour magazine: https://www.glamour.com/story/how-to-stop-biting-nails-hypnosis.
2. http://thoughtmedicine.com/2011/06/brain-wave-basics-what-you-need-to-know-about-states-of-consciousness/.
3. Ibid.
4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sold/201406/subliminal-ads-unconscious-influence-and-consumption.
5. Stephanie Castillo, “How Habits Are Formed, and Why They’re So Hard to Change,” Medical Daily, August 17, 2014, accessed August 30, 2016, http://www.medicaldaily.com/how-habits-are-formed-and-why-theyre-so-hard-change-298372.
Chapter 3. The History of Hypnosis
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2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhFG3pZyu50.
3. http://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/general-oncology/uses-of-hypnosis-to-treat-cancer-patients/article/631055/.
4. Les Brann and Jacky Owens, The Handbook of Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis (West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015), 33–34.
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6. David Simons, Cath Potter, and Graham Temple, Hypnosis and Communication in Dental Practice (Surrey, UK: Quintessence, 2007).
7. Ibid., 9.
8. Freud 1889; cited in A. Gauld, A History of Hypnotism (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
9. Ibid., 11.
Chapter 4. The Science of Hypnosis
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5. Alfred A. Barrios, “Hypnotherapy: A Reappraisal,” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 7, no. 1 (1970): 5.
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8. Carol Ginandes and Patricia Brooks, “Hypnosis Helps Healing,” Harvard Gazette, published May 8, 2003, accessed August 30, 2016, http://news .harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html.
9. V. Miller, H. R. Carruthers, J. Morris, S. S. Hasan, S. Archbold, and P. J. Whorwell, “Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Audit of One Thousand Adult Patients,” Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 41, no. 9 (May 2015): 844–855, accessed August 30, 2016, http://www.ibs hypnosis.com/IBSresearch.html.
Chapter 9. The Root, Trunk, and Limb: Overcoming Procrastination, Overeating, and Other Common Issues
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-staggering-cost-of-procrastination/.
2. https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/31899/uncategorized/a-brief-history-of-smoking/.
3. Nikki Tucker, October 1, 2012, http://www.medicaldaily.com/nail-biting-may-be-sign-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-242845.
4. “Stress,” Anxiety and Depression Association of America, accessed September 4, 2016, https://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/related-illnesses/stress.
Chapter 10. Serendipity
1. Alex Matsuo, June 20, 2014, http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/10-most-shocking-cases-of-past-life-memories/.
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