My instincts told me that what was happening was normal, if unusual, and ought to be understandable in simple, rational terms. Dr. Morgan's book shows how simple those principles are and how easily they clarify much of what we do. The basis of these principles is systems theory - a phrase which may put many people off reading further. Yet we all live in and amongst inter-related systems influencing and being influenced by other people and things. Stimulating This stimulating book shows how thinking in terms of systems can explain hypnotic phenomena, hypnotherapy and a good deal else.
Chapters are short with a preface and a summary.
There are no recipes, processes, inductions or lists of symptoms. Just explanations, examples, case histories and thought-provoking views. The Introduction sets the clear and concise tone of the book by setting out what the book is and what it is not. Hypnotic phenomena are discussed in such a way that thinking of them as systems follows quite naturally and easily. The usefulness of Dr. Morgan's thinking is shown by a clever adaptation of these tests for use with clients.