by John G. Watkins, Ph.D. Norton Creek Press, 398 pages. ISBN 978-0-9819284-5-6.
Hypnotherapy: The Original Brief Trauma Therapy
A review by Robert Plamondon
John G. Watkins’ groundbreaking Hypnotherapy of War Neuroses gives a detailed account of the context, methods, and results of his techniques at Welch Convalescent Hospital during World War II. These techniques showed considerable success, more than enough to be worth studying even today.
After World War II, Watkins continued his career as a clinical and research psychologist, especially as Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at the University of Montana. He developed several important clinical techniques, including affect-bridge age regression, still considered by many to be the gold standard of hypnotherapeutic techniques. He also developed ego-state therapy, which applies family therapy techniques to a single individual to resolve inner conflicts.
Hypnotherapy of War Neuroses is an important book, still both readable and relevant in spite of the passage of time. Watkins starts with a section on military neuroses, then a section on hypnotherapy in general, then a series of individual case studies.
Watkins uses a straightforward approach to his material. This makes it far more than a “history of hypnosis” work, but a treasure trove of techniques presented in context to solve a range of problems that are sadly still very much with us today.… Read more ...
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Most of the best books ever written are out of print and forgotten. A few old books are considered classics and stay in print, but many equally good books vanish without a trace. At Norton Creek Press, we are bringing a relative handful of the very best books back into print. We read mountains of old books so you don’t have to.
Norton Creek Press is a family business run by Karen L. Black and Robert Plamondon (both writer/farmer/editor/engineers). We started out with a line of poultry books because, when we moved to our Oregon farm, we discovered that the more recent poultry books were not in tune with the needs of small farmers, while older books were. We read several hundred poultry publications, eventually choosing three to bring back into print (and writing a fourth). We’re branching out in directions that match our interests and experience, starting with back-to-the-land books. And there’s more to come!
Of the Dynamic Duo who make up Norton Creek Press, the publishing side and this Website are maintained by me, Robert Plamondon. My wife, Karen Black, serves as our steely-eyed editor and has a secret identity as a seller of fine used books.
She sells both our Norton Creek Press books and other quality books she comes across, mostly on eBay, where she has a 100% positive feedback rating. She ships instantly, and her books are always well-packaged (which is more unusual than it should be).
Most of her Norton Creek Press inventory is new. She also sells a wide variety of quality used books. (FYI, her store name is “Bibliofinds” and her eBay username is “klblack.”
To keep the number of links down to one per title, I’m using BookFinder.com to show you the same title from multiple online bookstores, including Amazon.
By default, the search is set assuming you’re in the US and want to buy a new copy, but you can change these and other parameters with the “Revise Search” button.… Read more ...
Norton Creek Press is a small publishing house in Blodgett Oregon. We (Robert Plamondon and Karen Black) started Norton Creek Press because most of the books we wanted to recommend to people were out of print. This was frustrating! Also, after trying it both ways, Robert prefers self-publishing the books he writes himself, rather than finding a conventional publisher.
We started with poultry books and added some back-to-the-land titles, which go nicely together, but the rest of the catalog is more eclectic. No matter! We publish what we thing ought to be published, and let the categories take care of themselves.
Our books are available at Amazon.com and other online resellers, and you can order them at your favorite bookstore. (As a small publisher, our books are unlikely to be on the shelf at a brick-and-mortar bookstore, but you never know.)
Resellers can get our books from Ingram or directly from us. We offer a 40% reseller discount on cash orders with a $100 minimum purchase.
