For many years the standard textbook for UK hypnotherapy has been Hartland's Medical and Dental Hypnosis. That though may be about the change.

Amid continuing criticism of the recently revised fourth edition, a brand new work appears this summer which may well supplant Hartland's by offering a fresh and more accessible option.

'The Clinical Hypnosis Textbook' is being published by Oxford University Radcliffe Press and is already the set reading at six UK medical schools.

Priced £24.95 it comes with a companion CD and covers a wide range of therapeutic issues including application and contraindications … approaches within hypnosis … phobias and performance anxiety.

To coincide with the publication, Ursula James is presenting one-day workshops in both London and Glasgow entitled 'Diagnostic Protocols – the use of hypnosis in the medical setting' – with the fee including copy of 'The Clinical Hypnosis Textbook'. The workshops will focus on the skill of how to select the most appropriate hypnosis techniques and should prove useful to students as well as fully qualified practitioners. Ms James will demonstrate how the techniques in 'The Clinical Hypnosis Textbook' can be most effectively applied when working with real-life patient scenarios.

Members of the James Braid Society members can order a copy of new textbook in advance of publication by telephoning 020 7262 1659 or going to

http://www.thamesmedicallectures.com/textbook.html

where there are also further details of the London and Glasgow workshops .

Members of the James Braid Society are also invited to take up the website's offer of a free subscription to the UK Medical School Hypnosis Research and Development new ezine (MEDHYP).

To subscribe go to http://www.thamesmedicallectures.com/hypmed_ezine.html