Meet the editor

Cengiz Mordeniz, is an associate professor at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and Pain Medicine at Namık Kemal University, Turkey. He is the founder of the Traditional and Complementary Medical Center at The University Hospital where he also works. He obtained specialization in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Istanbul University and a master's degree in Forensic Medicine and Clinical Deontology at Acibadem

University, Turkey. He pursued research and clinical practice at Rigs Hospitalet, Denmark; Heidelberg and Giessen Universities, Germany; and Plovdiv University, Bulgaria. He was trained at Moscow Quantum Medicine Academy, Russia, and School of Advanced International Studies on Applied Theoretical and Non-Linear Methodologies of Physics, Italy. He completed the Clinical Research Program at Harvard University. He is a member of HeartMath Institute

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Hypnotherapy *by Rashit Tukaev*

**Section 3**

Cognitive Hypnotherapy *by Elizabeth Brooker*

and Therapeutic Goals

*by Cengiz Mordeniz*

Alternative Approach

**Preface XI**

The Role of Hypnosis in Modern Medical Practice **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 21**

New Scientific Approaches to Hypnosis **39**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 73**

Novalties in Hypnotherapeutic Applications **101**

**Chapter 5 103**

**Chapter 6 119**

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: Emerging of Science-Based Hypnosis

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: The Role of Traditional Versus

The Integrative Theory of Hypnosis in the Light of Clinical

Active-Alert Hypnosis to Achieve Personal, Professional,

*by Arnoldo Téllez, Arturo Valdez and Teresa Sánchez-Jáuregui*

Inner Navigation and Theta Activity: From Movement to Cognition and Hypnosis According to the Sphere Model of Consciousness *by Patrizio Paoletti, Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan and Joseph Glicksohn*

*by Mikail Hudu Garba and Mohammed Mamman*
