Scientific hypnotism and suggestion

Suggestive Therapeutics: A Treatise on the Nature and Uses of Hypnotism

Name: Suggestive Therapeutics: A Treatise on the Nature and Uses of Hypnotism
Author: Hippolyte Bernheim

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A foundational work in the history of clinical hypnosis and psychotherapy. Bernheim, the leader of the 'Nancy School', argues against Charcot's view that hypnosis is a symptom of hysteria. Instead, he proposes that hypnosis is a normal psychological state based entirely on 'suggestion'. He details over 100 clinical cases where he used suggestibility to treat organic and functional disorders, providing a scientific basis for what would later become psychotherapy.

Also known asDe la Suggestion et de ses applications à la thérapeutique

This edition1888

EditionG. P. Putnam's Sons, New York / London (First English Translation)

Clinical observation of suggestibilityPsychological DeterminismNancy School vs. SalpêtrièreSuggestibilityFunctionalismPost-hypnotic SuggestionHypnotic AmnesiaHypnotic Sleep vs. Natural SleepHypnotism (as medical science)Verbal suggestionClinical HypnosisNancy School of Hypnosis / Modern PsychologyModern Psychology / Psychical ResearchTherapeutic SuggestionHypnotic induction techniques