The historical evolution of hypnosis reveals a common link with many other psychotherapies - a gradual transformation involving a reduction of suggestive intervention in favour of a more natural process that respects the individual's human qualities and restores the strength of their resources. The hypnosis of the past, which for countless centuries was based primarily upon mystical concepts and the power of suggestion, authority and charisma, was artificially constructed and essentially supernatural. Thanks largely to the work of Milton Erickson, today's "New Hypnosis" tends to manifest itself as a widespread natural condition. Simple observation is not always capable of distinguishing this condition from the waking state, which can arise spontaneously and repeatedly. This innovative and naturalistic 'Ericksonian' concept has been reinforced by the recent development of neuro-imaging methods which allow for detailed investigation of the role of hypnosis in the working brain and in neuro-science in general. The scientific journal Ipnosi aims to provide an ideal forum for psychotherapists, researchers, doctors, psychiatrists, scholars in general, and anyone interested in hypnosis and its various applications in an international setting characterised by deep and continuous change.

Direttore responsabile: Camillo Loriedo (Sapienza, Università di Roma)

Direttore scientifico: Giuseppe De Benedittis (Università degli Studi di Milano)

Direttore editoriale: Mario Marazzi (M.D, Scuola Italiana di Ipnosi e Psicoterapia Ericksoniana, Roma)

Capo redattore: Claudio Mammini (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma)

Section editors:Renzo Balugani (M.D., ASL 2 Savonese, Savona), Antonella Ciaramella (Università di Pisa), Matteo Paganelli (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Anna Guerrera (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Antonio Piro (M.D. ASL Roma C, Roma), Flavio Di Leone (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Claudio Mammini (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma).

Comitato di redazione:Camillo Valerio (M.D, Scuola Italiana di Ipnosi e Psicoterapia Ericksoniana, Roma), Consuelo Casula (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Luca Carcassi (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Emanuele Mazzone (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Gabriela Rivellino(MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Federica Tagliati (M.D, Scuola Italiana di Ipnosi e Psicoterapia Ericksoniana, Roma), Flavio Di Leone (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Maria Riccio (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma)..

Comitato scientifico nazionale: Giuseppe De Benedittis (Università degli Studi di Milano), Antonella Bianchi (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Giuseppe Ducci (ASL Roma 1, Roma), Michele Modenese (M.D., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Fabio Carnevale (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Consuelo Casula (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Vilfredo De Pascalis (Sapienza Università di Roma), Brigitte Stubner (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Wilma Trasarti Sponti (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma), Rolando Weilbacher (MD., Società Italiana di Ipnosi, Roma).

Comitato scientifico internazionale:Eva I. Bànyai (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary); Danie Beaulieu (Academie Impact, Lac-Beauport, Canada); Peter P. Bloom (Philadelphia, USA); Susanna Carolusson (M.D., Stockolm, Sweden); Guillem Feixas (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain); Jeffrey E. Lazarus (M.D., Menlo Park, USA); John D. Lentz (M.D., Sheperdsville, USA); Julie Linden (M.D., Philadelphia, USA); Matthias Mende (M. D., Salzburg, Austria); Ali Esref Muezzinoglu (M.D., Istanbul, Turkey); Teresa Robles (M.D., Mexico City, Mexico); Susy Signer-Fischer (M.D., Universität Basel Basel, Switzerland); Bernhard Trenkle (M.D., Milton Erickson Institute Rottweil, Germany); Katalin Varga (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary); Claude Virot (M.D., Rennes, France); Michael Yapko (M.D., San Diego, USA); Jeffrey K. Zeig (M.D., Phoenix, USA).

To contact the editorial office:Editorial Staff: Gabriela Sandra Rivellino - Via Tagliamento, 25 - 00198 Roma - Telefono e Fax: 06.8548205 -
e-mail: ipnosii@libero.it

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