A Concert for Four Hemispheres in Psychotherapy

by Teresa Robles, Ph.D.

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"For years the technique of hypnosis, once commonly referred to as mesmerism after the German physician who made its use popular, has been shrouded in mystery. Issues of power and manipulation have currently caused some to doubt its efficacy as a therapeutic technique. But in A Concert for Four Hemispheres in Psychotherapy, Teresa Robles, Ph.D., demonstrates how Ericsonian hypnosis patient problems and, equally impostant, to control pain.

Beginning with an examination of how th two brain hemispheres work in harmony to create an individual's sense of reality, the author, using both text and case studies, goes on to show how hypnosis can be used to reconstruct that reality. A work oriented toward relieving the patient of the mental restrictions that have hampered his or her growth in the past, Robles's treatise offers new hope that solutions can be found within the patient's own mental makeup that will enable him or her to enjoy life to the fullest."