David L Calof

The Couple Who Became Each Other David L Calof

Jacket Description/Flap: Intuition, gut feelings, hunches... Call it what you like, we all possess unconscious wisdom. And as the stories in this book make clear, that wisdom has the power to heal. A married couple trade identities in trance--and end the battles that have pushed them to the brink of divorce. A patient in deep trance endures a five-hour surgery without anesthesia, even stopping her bleeding on cue. A woman who is going blind regains her sight when she confronts the knowledge she has been trying not to "see." These are just a few of the fascinating true stories told by family therapist David L. Calof, one of the leaders of modern hypnotherapy. In a practice spanning more than twenty years, Calof has helped clients use the power of their own unconscious minds to gain insights, solve problems, and heal physical and psychological wounds--sometimes in dramatic ways even he could not foresee. His revealing book offers remarkable insights into the inner wisdom we all possess. Review Quotes: "Gripping tales...[Calof] emerges as a healer of unusual perspicacity and insight.""--Publishers Weekly "David Calof weaves spellbinding tales of hope and resurrection. Enter a world of imaginative treatment and gain new insight into the healing powers that reside within." --Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph. D., director, the Milton H. Erickson Foundation "David Calof is one of the most creative hypnotists I have met."--John Grinder, co-developer of NLP "Fascinating reading for anyone interested in the process of therapy, hypnosis, and the mind-body connection." --Barry M. Cohen, founder and chairman, Eastern Regional Conference on Abuse, Trauma and Dissociation "David Calof weaves spellbinding tales of hope and resurrection. Enter a world of imaginative treatment and gain new insight into the healing powers that reside within." --Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph. D., director, the Milton H. Erickson Foundation "Filled with courageous journeys from debilitating physical and psychic pain to liberating health... If you are a therapist, you'll read this book and want to give it to your clients. If you are in therapy, you'll read this book and want to give it to your therapist." --Evan Imber-Black, Ph. D., past-president, American Family Therapy Academy; professor of psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of MedicinePublisher Marketing: Intuition, gut feelings, hunches. . . Call it what you like, we all possess unconscious wisdom. And, as the stories in this book make clear, that wisdom has the power to heal. A couple use their unconscious knowledge of each other to trade identities in trance-and, as a result, resolve their marital problems. A woman progressively loses her sight rather than "see" painful aspects of her past, then recovers her vision as she confronts and resolves the history she has long denied. A woman in deep trance endures a five hour surgery without anesthesia, even stopping her own bleeding on cue. These extraordinary true stories are typical of the solutions possible when a patient's unconscious mind is brought to the task of healing. Drawn from the practice of internationally noted family therapist and hypnotherapist David L. Calof, these ten tales give us remarkable insight into the powers of the human mind. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 09/01/1996 pg. 1287 (EAN 9780553096682, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 09/30/1996 pg. 73 (EAN 9780553096682, Hardcover)

Library Journal 11/15/1996 pg. 76 (EAN 9780553096682, Hardcover)