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Clinical Hypnosis Resources



A sampling of publications, community, and training opportunities





PUBLICATIONS

About Hypnosis (FAQs by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis)

What Are Ego States, Anyway? (2025 article by Cynthia Good that takes readers on a tour of how the "ego state" concept has evolved over time and references Clinical Hypnosis as an approach for working with unconscious, preverbal, and non-verbal ego states)


Protocol- vs. Principle-Based Therapy (2025 article by Cynthia Good that posits that Clinical Hypnosis is a primarily a principle-based therapy even though many hypnotic protocols have been developed)


American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis (published by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and accessible as an ASCH member benefit)


Integrating EMDR and Clinical Hypnosis (PubMed search results listing peer-reviewed articles)


Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis: The Basics and Beyond (2022 book edited by Gary Elkins)


Ideomotor Signals for Rapid Hypnoanalysis: A How-to Manual (2006 book by Dabney Ewin and Bruce Eimer)


101 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Using Hypnosis (2009 book by Dabney Ewin)


Affect Regulation Toolbox: Practical and Effective Hypnotic Interventions for the Over-Reactive Client (2007 book by Carolyn Daitch)


Healing the Divided Self: Clinical and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy for Dissociative Conditions (1995 Claire Frederick and Maggie Phillips)


Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors (1990 book by Corydon Hammond which is best used as samplings of hypnotic approaches and language that should be updated and customized to individual clients)


Somatic Ego State Therapy for Trauma Healing: Whole Again (2024 book by Silvia Zanotta offering a rich exploration of EST including the experience and use of trance)


Empowering the Self Through Ego‐State Therapy (a 2010 open-access e-book by Maggie Phillips and Claire Frederick. EST has continued to develop since 2010, of course, but this book serves as an introduction to EST and includes approaches related to clinical hypnosis, for those who are properly trained.)


Inner Strengths: Contemporary Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Ego-Strengthening (a classic text by Claire Frederick and Shirley McNeal, republished in 2024)



COMMUNITY


American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (a constituent society of the International Society for Hypnosis that supports the highest level of clinical hypnosis training and research in the US)


International Society for Hypnosis (organization supporting the highest level of clinical hypnosis training and research in the world)


American Society of Clinical Hypnosis on Facebook (foundational and advanced Clinical Hypnosis trainings are announced here)



TRAINING


Wendy Lemke (United States, offering ASCH-approved foundational and advanced Clinical Hypnosis trainings)


American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (United States, offering ASCH-approved foundational and advanced Clinical Hypnosis trainings)


International Society for Hypnosis (offers a Hypnosis Research Summit/Education and Training Summit as well as monthly master classes)



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Cynthia Good provides consultation that supports mental health care providers who are utilizing and integrating EMDR, Ego State Therapy (EST), and/or Clinical Hypnosis. She holds certifications in all three modalities, as well as in perinatal mental health. She is an EMDR Consultant-in-Training and a Clinical Consultant.


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