Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Gambling, Weight Control and Smoking Cessation [Paperback] Tramontana, Joseph

A clinical manual for therapists using hypnosis to treat addiction. Joseph Tramontana lays out evidence-based protocols for tackling alcohol dependency, drug abuse, compulsive gambling, overeating, and nicotine addiction — conditions where willpower alone tends to fail. The approach combines hypnotherapy with cognitive-behavioral techniques, targeting the subconscious patterns that keep people locked in destructive cycles. Each chapter walks through assessment, induction methods, therapeutic suggestions, and relapse prevention strategies. It's practical rather than theoretical: scripts, case examples, contraindications. Written for practicing clinicians — psychologists, counselors, hypnotherapists — who want structured frameworks rather than feel-good platitudes. If you work in addiction treatment or study behavioral psychology, this gives you tools you can use Monday morning.