The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing: New Concepts of Therapeutic Hypnosis - Ernest Lawrence Rossi

Ernest Lawrence Rossi examines the relationship between psychological processes and physical health, exploring how therapeutic hypnosis may influence the body’s responses to stress, pain and illness. Drawing on psychobiology and emerging research into the connections between mind and body, Rossi discusses hypnosis, the placebo response, psychosomatic symptoms and the role of unconscious processes in healing. The book presents a theoretical and practical approach to understanding how psychological experiences can affect physiological functioning. Published by W. W. Norton in 1986, this first edition contains 231 pages, including references and an index.