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The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid the Father of Hypnotherapy (Paperback)

by Michael Heap (Foreword), James Braid (Author), Donald Robertson (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: National Council for Hypnotherapy Ltd.; 1st edition (23 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0956057004
  • ISBN-13: 978-0956057006
  • Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 21 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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James Braid introduced hypnotism in 1841 as a scientific and rational alternative to Franz Mesmer's animal magnetism. This major textbook brings together all of Braid's writings on hypnotism for the first time. Braid's writings have been carefully edited and annotated to make them more accessible to the modern reader. This is absolutely essential reading for any hypnotherapist, hypnotist, researcher, or those with an interest in the history of Mesmerism and hypnotism.


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An important book for all hypnotherapists, 21 Oct 2009
By Mr. P. Howard "Paul Howard" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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This should be essential reading for all hypnotherapists, and for anyone with an interest in the history of psychology or psychotherapy. Most of Braid's writings have been pretty much unavailable until now. 150 years on many of Braid's ideas are still relevant. Braid's writings show that hypnotism began as a thoroughly scientific therapy, based on criticisms of Victorian quack remedies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars As important for hypnotherapist's to read Braid as it is for Psychoanalysts to read Freud., 27 Oct 2009
By Mr. Md Cohen "michael" (London U.K.) - See all my reviews
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James Braid a Scottish physician and surgeon coined the term hypnotism and was responsible for the founding of hypnotherapy. He investigated and challenged Mesmer's "animal magnetism" as practiced by the mesmerists of the time. In a clear and very readable style Donald Robinson charts the history of Braids original hypnosis and clearly shows the differences between the occult like pseudo science of mesmerism and the practice of hypnosis as we know it today.
This book gives the reader Braid's complete wrightings with helpful and enlivening commentary by Robinson.
As some of the other reviews have pointed out this book should be essential reading not only for hypnotherapists but anyone with a keen interest in the subject of hypnosis.
Thank you Donald Robinson.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, 19 Aug 2009
By Thomas Butler-bowdon "MScholar" (Oxford UK) - See all my reviews
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Braid was the first to put hypnotherapy on a scientific, rational footing, so today's hypnotherapists have a lot to thank him for.

A Manchester surgeon, Braid discovered hypnotism reasonably late and like most doctors of his time considered stage hypnotists charlatans. It was only his physical examination of a hypnotised subject that convinced him an actual bodily change had taken place with non-mystical causes.

The Discovery of Hypnosis puts together Braid's key writings and provides succinct commentary and historical context. This is an exhaustive survey and the editor has obviously mastered the material, revealing an underrated figure in the history of psychology and psychotherapy.

One of Robertson's fascinating ideas is that Braid should not be considered simply the father of hypnotherapy, but the father of psychotherapy, given his early work into what is now called cognitive behavioural therapy.

Robertson's clear writing style and to-the-point comments enliven the historical material, and the book itself is large and well laid out. Any hypnotherapist serious about their subject should have this book in their library. It is also a intriguing read for the layman.

Tom Butler-Bowdon, author of 50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do
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