Hypnosis And Related States: Psychoanalytic Studies In Regression Merton M. Gill And Margaret Brenman Medicine,Psychology

8vo., 405 pp. Index. Comprehensive look at the process of hypnotic age-regression, applying psychoanalytic ego psychology to the interpretation of empirical data collected during an extensive research project at the Menninger Clinic, 1940s-1950s. Discussion extends into trance states, somnambulism [sleep-walking], trauma, defense mechanisms, sleep, dreams and the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.