"Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center is a wonderful new addition to the literature on clinical hypnosis with children. Dr. Anbar is a top expert in this field. His clinical experience in pediatric medicine and children''s mental health enables him to bring this valuable information and hypnotic approaches with children to other professionals in the field. Highly recommended!" --William C. Wester, II, EdD, retired psychologist, past president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis "In Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center, Dr. Ran Anbar has taken the medical/clinical topic of hypnosis that has long been looked upon with confusion and skepticism, and woven it into relatable, readable, gripping, heart-warming--and occasionally heart-wrenching--stories that shine light on this underutilized field of medicine. Dr.
Anbar was my first professor of clinical hypnosis fifteen years ago, transforming my pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine practice (and my life) completely through his extensive expertise and indefatigable mentorship. Learning from Dr. Anbar has always been awe-inspiring. Readers of Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis will soon know why." --Lewis J. Kass, MD, FAAP, director of pediatric sleep medicine, Norwalk Hospital Westchester Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Westchester Center for Clinical Hypnosis "Dr. Anbar is a renowned leader in the field of mind-body medicine and medical hypnosis. This book will help open people''s eyes to the power we each possess for self-regulation.
Readers, especially parents, will appreciate learning how suggestions and mental imagery may be used to influence conditions as diverse as anxiety, pain, asthma, insomnia, low self-esteem, and bedwetting." --D. Corydon Hammond, PhD, author of "Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestion and Metaphors," professor emeritus at University of Utah School of Medicine, past president of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis "Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center offers an entirely new perspective on what hypnosis is and what it has the potential to be. Dr. Ran Anbar is a champion for children''s healthcare. With the guidance provided by this eminently qualified physician, hypnosis therapy becomes a powerful tool for healing. Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis is an innovative and outstanding resource for parents and professionals involved in children''s healthcare." --Gary Elkins, PhD, ABPP, ABPH, past president of Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, editor-in-chief for "International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis," professor at department of psychology and neuroscience, Baylor University "From the first words of Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center, I was on the edge of my seat about Paul, a severely allergic teen.
Paul and thousands of others have transformed their lives using self-hypnosis for healing and empowerment under Dr. Anbar''s kind and innovative care. I have admired Dr. Anbar''s professional research with hypnosis for years, and now in Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis he is sharing his brilliant gifts with parents as well as all of us who work with children and teens. Dr. Ran Anbar is a champion for children''s healthcare!" --Charlotte Reznick, PhD, author of "The Power of Your Child''s Imagination" "Plato said that the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately. The compelling stories in this book are in that tradition and illustrate how self-hypnosis can be a tool to help children take control over disruptive symptoms." --Drucy Borowitz, MD, emeritus clinical professor of pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY "Dr.
Anbar''s commitment to helping his pediatric patients is evident throughout his new book, Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center. You don''t need to be a doctor to appreciate his winning ways; he explains his methods in an easy-to-understand format and the reader gets to observe the entire, fascinating process. Please read this book if you know a child who is suffering--you may be able to steer the family toward relief." --Roberta Temes, PhD, author of "The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Hypnosis", faculty (ret.) Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY "Over the past 20 years Dr. Anbar has embarked on an intense study of hypnosis through countless workshops, persistent inquiries, writing, and careful listening to colleagues, mentors, and most of all his young patients. Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis,with its stories that variably astound, challenge, and inspire, is an important and courageous undertaking. Through his clear commitment to the power of language and the human mind to create change, Dr.
Anbar teaches young people, their families, and their clinicians to believe that positive change is both possible and doable." --Daniel P. Kohen, MD, FAAP, ABMH Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Kohen Therapy Associates; director of developmental-behavioral pediatrics program and professor, departments of pediatrics & family medicine and community health, University of Minne "In Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis, Dr. Ran Anbar dares to go where few other physicians would. His hypnotic approaches to his young patients, generously detailed in compelling successful case narratives, are at times surprising. They are also innovative and respectful in empowering the patient. If you like the idea of helping young people better manage and even transcend their health problems, then read this book!" --Michael D. Yapko, PhD, clinical psychologist, author of "Process-Oriented Hypnosis and Trancework, Fifth Edition" "Whether you''re a parent or someone who works with children, set aside everything you think you know about pediatric care and delve into this game-changing book.
Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis offers an original perspective and an entirely new set of tools to use in dealing with kids'' physical and psychological challenges. "Hypnosis" holds so many connotations in society, but Dr. Anbar shows us in case after case how it''s often the compassionate, innovative, empowering path to healing our children in need." --Steven Eisenberg, MD, bestselling author of "Love is the Strongest Medicine" and cofounder of cCare: California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence "Mainstream medicine too often focuses on drugs and gadgets at the expense of health fundamentals. Dr. Anbar makes a compelling case for using hypnosis to leverage the mind-body connection and, in many cases, empower patients to heal themselves. Everyone should read this book to understand how hypnosis can be a powerfully effective instrument for diagnosis, treatment, and more, and why it should become as common a tool in health care as a stethoscope or prescription pad." --Hy Bender, New York Times-bestselling author of over 20 books, including "Take Charge of Your Thyroid Disorder" "I was always a cynic when "hypnosis" was suggested as a medical alternative.
But then, thirty years ago, I became the father of a profoundly physically challenged young boy--a quadriplegic child, dependent on a ventilator. He was "locked in" by his condition, and nothing was available to open the window to his heart and soul. Then along came Dr. Ran Anbar, a highly respected pediatric pulmonologist, who told me, "I think I can help!" There were no hollow pronouncements, just, "I think, through good medicine and the introduction of hypnosis, we can improve the quality of your son''s life." And he did. This book is not an esoteric medical manuscript, but a book about life and for life. Dr. Anbar and his story exemplify wisdom, determination, passion, creativity, and willingness to "go the extra mile" for the children in his care.
" --Rabbi Charles S. Sherman, MBIEE-Melrose B''nai Israel Emanu-El, author of "The Broken and the Whole" "I believe that hypnosis is one of the more powerful tools available to medicine. Dr. Anbar''s book is a great way to learn about this powerful tool. In formal hypnosis, we engage the patient to help him or her learn to utilize self-hypnosis. But words have incredible power, and our choice of words, augmented by tone of voice, body language, etc., can often have the same effect as they might in a formal session of "hypnosis." I highly recommend Dr.
Anbar''s book. The concepts he discusses are useful to medical practitioners and also to parents (and even grandparents.). Suggestion is powerful. It can be positive or negative, deliberate or inadvertent. This book will help the reader become more aware of the power of our words and lower the chances of our using inadvertent negative suggestion, with undesired consequences." --Robert E. Wood, PhD, MD, emeritus professor, pediatrics and otolaryngology, division of pulmonary medicine, Cincinnati Children''s Hospital "Dr.
Ran Anbar is a gifted teacher, compassionate healer, and consummate pediatric clinician. In Changing Children''s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center, he has used his years of experience incorporating hypnosis in the care of his patients to tell their stories. This compelling book will help parents and the clinicians who work with children to discover the healing power of hypnosis. This is a masterful addition to the pediatric health care literature and a must read for anyone who cares for and about children." --Linda Thomson, PhD, APRN, ABMH, ABHN, past-president of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, moderator of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Board of Governors, author of "Harry Hypno-potamus, Metaphorical Tales for Children, Volumes I and II", and c "I have known Dr. Ran Anbar for over 25-years through his affil.