This paper is a comprehensive review of the historical and conceptual development of
psychotherapy, highlighting its evolution from a predominantly biological approach to a …

Bodily experiences such as the feeling of touch, pain or inner signals of the body are deeply
emotional and activate brain networks that mediate their perception and higher-order …

Over the past twenty years, scientific research on body representations has grown
significantly, with Body Memory (BM) emerging as a prominent area of interest in …

This study was undertaken to develop understandings of the self-empowerment process of a
marginalised community within the hospitality industry. The majority of studies have focused …

Autosuggestion is a cognitive process where the inner repetition of a thought actively
influences one's own perceptual state. In spite of its potential benefits for medical …

Objective Interpersonal sensitivity, characterized by a heightened awareness of others'
behavior and emotions, is linked to mood disorders. However, current literature lacks a …

The relevance of formal hypnotic induction to the experience of trance and its neural
correlates is not clear, in that hypnotizability, beliefs and expectation of hypnosis may play a …

The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis explores and clarifies the
challenge of defining what hypnosis is and how best to integrate it into treatment. It contains …

Interactive systems that enable people to easily access mental health care in their daily lives
are being studied. Self-instruction training, which is a kind of cognitive-behavioral therapy, is …

Our chapter provides an overview of history, clinical interventions, and research pertaining
to self-hypnosis. We conceptualize self-hypnosis as autosuggestions (ie, self-induced …