This new edition of a text for both the professional and lay person focuses on self-hypnosis includes two new chapters on coping with depression and coping with surgery - alongside using hypnosis to lose weight, stop smoking, cure phobias, anxiety or panic, to assist in natural childbirth, ease pain, improve motivation, esteem and performance, to conquer sleep problems, and to heal the pain of abuse, loss and separation. It covers aspects of hypnosis, and includes comprehensive introductory chapters on history, uses and how-to methods.