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Hypnosis for Inner Conflict Resolution: Introducing Parts Therapy | 
| Author: Roy Hunter
Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd
Category: Book
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Pages: 220
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1904424600
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.8512
EAN: 9781904424604
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Publication Date: May 31, 2005
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An Excellent Introductory Textbok of Parts Therapy January 4, 2009
Michael K. Kivinen (Wyoming, MI United States)
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Like ego state therapy, parts therapy "is based on the concept that our personality is composed of a number of various parts. Our personality parts are aspects of the subconscious" (Hunter, p. 1). Roy Hunter views ego state therapy as a variation of parts therapy. Both ego state therapy and parts therapy derive from the work of Paul Federn and John G. Watkins. Admittedly, both address the same phenomena known elsewhere as "subpersonalities" or what C. G. Jung called "complexes" or "fragmentary personalities" and described in 1935 as "autonomous groups of associations that have a tendency to move by themselves, to live their own life apart from our intentions." The differences between parts therapy and ego state therapy seem to be matters of emphasis more than essentials. Both are dealing with the same reality, but the former approach is geared more toward "lay hypnotherapists" (hypnosis professionals who do not necessarily have additional clinical training or credentials) while the latter is more clinically-oriented. In this excellent introductory textbook of parts therapy author Roy Hunter credits his late mentor and "twentieth century hypnosis pioneer" (p. ix) Charles Tebbets with borrowing parts therapy from Federn and evolving it into a client-centered approach. (I was unaware of Tebbets' or Hunter's work when previously I reviewed Gordon Emmerson's Ego State Therapy on amazon.com.)
Hunter requires his students to read Emmerson's Ego State Therapy, and he cites that work several times in Hypnosis for Inner Conflict Resolution. Neither book is necessarily "better" than the other; rather each provides a strong complement to the other, enough so that one would do well to think of these books as forming a two-volume set. Each offers specific techniques not found in the other. Among the many strengths of Hunter's work are its organization; direct, easy-to-read writing style; and practical, judicious use of repetition to reinforce conceptual recall. It includes clear, step-by-step instructions on thoroughly preparing clients for parts therapy and facilitating the sessions. Hunter devotes an entire chapter to "Potential Pitfalls and Other Concerns," and he offers guidance on when to make referrals to (or seek supervision from) mental health professionals (e.g., when a lay hypnotherapist realizes that his or her client has dissociative identity disorder). One area in which Hunter's book surpasses Emmerson's work is in his section on working with what Emmerson calls "Inner Strength" but what others have termed the "Higher Self." Hunter acknowledges having often used "an application of parts therapy to access that part of the inner mind that is most closely connected to God, or the client's perception of Higher Power" (p. 167). His concern here is not with promoting a particular metaphysical viewpoint, however, but rather with empowering clients and promoting their access to untapped internal resources. Elsewhere--with respect to past life regression--I have said that the therapeutic value of such work trumps its literal truth or falsity. Hunter takes a similar perspective on working with "Higher Self": "my opinion does not matter, because the client was empowered" (p. 159) and "Whether or not one believes in God or a Higher Power, the subconscious (or unconscious) contains access to an inner wisdom that sometimes far surpasses that of ordinary consciousness" (p. 167). That Hunter's book includes an index and far fewer typographical errors than were at times a distraction in Emmerson's book also warrants favorable mention. Both books deserve wide professional readership and a place on the shelf of any hypnotherapist, addictions counselor, or trauma therapist.
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