Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis
Psychotherapy Mental Health Medical Reference Professional Development Clinical Psychology Hypnotherapy Behavioral Sciences
Michael D. Yapko’s Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, 3rd edition (Brunner-Routledge, 2003), is the gold-standard hardcover that working clinicians, graduate students, and serious self-improvers actively search for on the used-book market. At 578 pages, this is not a skim-level overview—it is the most comprehensive single-volume roadmap to evidence-based hypnotic techniques, written by one of the field’s most cited authorities. Because the 3rd edition updates every chapter with outcome research from the late-1990s hypnosis renaissance, it remains current enough to use in today’s therapy rooms while still carrying the heft and durability of a quality hardback from Routledge’s pre-Kindle era.
Buyers prize this copy for three practical reasons. First, the sewn, tight-binding hardcover survives constant desk reference and transport to workshops far better than the later paperback reprints. Second, Yapko’s teaching style—layered explanations, session transcripts, step-by-step induction scripts, and competency checklists—lets readers move from theory to practice without hunting for supplemental material. Third, the book integrates hypnosis into mainstream cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, and brief-therapy models, so mental-health professionals can add hypnotic skills to their existing orientation instead of abandoning what already works.
Collectors and students also value the “extras” that don’t appear in digital versions: dozens of reproducible client handouts, an annotated filmography showing how Hollywood gets hypnosis wrong, and a quick-reference appendix comparing DSM-IV diagnoses with appropriate trance interventions. This particular copy is in good, clean condition—no dog-eared corners, binding still snug—making it an affordable alternative to the $120+ new price. A previous owner’s name is inscribed on the front endpaper, but interior pages are unmarked, so your own highlighting and margin notes can begin fresh.
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