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AUTHORED BOOKS
H.B. Gibson & M. Heap (1991)
Hypnosis in Therapy. Chichester: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
M. Heap & K.K. Aravind (2002)
Hartland’s Medical and Dental Hypnosis 4th Edition.
London: Churchill Livingston/ Harcourt Health Sciences.
EDITED BOOKS
M. Heap (Ed) (1988) Hypnosis:
Current Clinical, Experimental and Forensic Practices. London: Croom
Helm.
M. Heap & W. Dryden (Eds.)
(1991) Hypnotherapy: A Handbook. Milton Keynes: Open University
Press.
P. Hawkins & M. Heap (Eds.) (1998) Hypnosis in
Europe. London: Whurr Publishers.
M. Heap, R.J. Brown & D.A.
Oakley (Eds.). (2004) The Highly Hypnotisable Person. London:
Brunner-Routledge.
M. Heap & I.
Kirsch (Eds.) (2006) Hypnosis: Theory, Research and Application.
Aldershot: Ashgate.
EDITED DESK-TOP PUBLICATION
M. Heap (Ed.) (1991) Hypnotic Contributions:
Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the British Society of
Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis. Sheffield: BSECH Publication.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Heap. M. (1988) The nature of
hypnosis. In M.Heap (Ed.) Hypnosis: Current Clinical, Experimental and
Forensic Practices. London: Croom Helm, pp 3-11.
Heap. M. (1988) Neurolinguistic
programming: An interim verdict. In M. Heap (Ed.) Hypnosis: Current
Clinical, Experimental and Forensic Practices. London: Croom Helm, pp
268-280. Heap, M. (1989) Neurolinguistic
programming: What is the evidence? In D. Waxman, D. Pedersen, I. Wilkie
& P. Mellett (Eds.) Hypnosis: The Fourth European Congress at
Oxford. London: Whurr Publishers, pp 118-124. Heap, M.(1991) Introduction
to hypnosis. In M. Heap & W. Dryden (Eds.) Hypnotherapy: A
Handbook. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp 1-14. Heap, M. (1991) Role and use of
hypnosis in psychotherapy. In M. Heap & W. Dryden (Eds.)
Hypnotherapy: A Handbook. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp
15-30. Heap, M. (1992) Science in
everyday life. In J.W. Nienhuys (Ed.) Science or Pseudo? The Mars
Effect and Other Claims: Proceedings of the Third EuroSkeptics
Congress. Utrecht: Skepsis, pp 49-58. Heap, M. (1997) Hypnosis. In A.
Baum, S. Newman, J. Weinman, R. West & C. McManus (Eds.) Cambridge
Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, pp 224-227. Turpin, G.M. & Heap, M.
(1998) Arousal reduction methods: relaxation, biofeedback, meditation, and
hypnosis. In A.S. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.) Comprehensive Clinical
Psychology. New York: Elsevier Science. Heap, M. (1998) Hypnosis in
Britain and Ireland. In P. Hawkins & M. Heap (Eds.) Hypnosis in
Europe. London: Whurr Publishers, pp 17-36. Heap, M. (2002) The ideomotor
effect. In M. Shermer (Ed.) The Skeptic Encyclopedia of
Pseudoscience. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp 127-129. Heap, M., Brown, R.J. &
Oakley, D.A. (2004) High hypnotisability: Key issues. In M. Heap, R.J.
Brown & D.A. Oakley (Eds.) The Highly Hypnotisable
Person. London: Brunner-Routledge, pp 3-29. Heap, M. (2008) Hypnosis in the courts. In M.R.
Nash & A.J. Barnier (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp 745-766.
REFEREED PAPERS Heap, M. & Wyke, M.A. (1972) Learning of a
unimanual motor skill by patients with brain lesions: an experimental
study. Cortex, 8, 1-18. Heap, M. & Wyke, M.A. (1977)
The effect of auditory signals on the control of the rapidity of arm
movements. Cortex, 13, 273-280. Campbell, R. & Heap, M.
(1979) The divided self and the divided brain: Schizophrenia and the two
hemispheres. New Scientist, 82, 191-193. Heap, M. (1988) Born-again
Mesmerism? The Psychologist, 1, 262-263. Heap, M. (1993) Hypnotic and
placebo analgesia: Doubts about the placebo concept. Contemporary
Hypnosis, 10, 127-129. Heap, M. (1995) Another case of
indecent assault by a lay hypnotherapist. Contemporary Hypnosis,
12, 92-98. Heap, M. (1995) A case of death
following stage hypnosis: Analysis and implications. Contemporary
Hypnosis, 12, 99-110. Heap, M. (1996) The nature of
hypnosis. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
8, 515-519. Heap, M. (1996) The case of a
woman claiming damages from a therapist trained in hypnosis by a
correspondence course. Contemporary Hypnosis, 13, 89-93.
Pitts, M. & Heap, M. (1996)
Memory and depth of processing in ‘hypnotized and ‘non-hypnotized’
subjects. Contemporary Hypnosis, 13, 129-136. Heap, M. (1996) The nature of
hypnosis. The Psychologist, 9 (11), 498-501. Alden, P. & Heap, M. (1998)
Hypnotic pain control: Some theoretical and practical issues.
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis,
46, 62-76. Serfaty, M., Turkington D., Heap,
M., Ledsham, L. & Jolley, E. (1999) A trial of cognitive therapy for
anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review.
7, 334-350. Heap, M. (2000) The alleged
dangers of stage hypnosis. Contemporary Hypnosis, 17,
117-126. Heap, M. (2000) A legal case of a
man complaining of an extraordinary sexual disorder following stage
hypnosis. Contemporary Hypnosis, 17, 143-149.
Heap, M. (2003) Differences in
the progress of discharged and undischarged patients in a medium secure
unit: A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health
Nursing, 10, 534-542.
Heap, M. (2005/2006) Defining hypnosis: The UK
experience. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 48, 117-121.
Heap, M. (2006) Assessing allegations of sexual
assault during hypnosis and related procedures. Australian Journal of Clinical and
Experimental Hypnosis, 34, 41-54.
NON-REFEREED PAPERS Heap, M. (1981) Hypnosis and
simulation techniques in the treatment of a monosymptomatic thunderstorm
phobia. Bulletin of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical
Hypnosis, 4, 20-21. Heap, M. (1982) Summary of recent
papers on clinical hypnosis (1979-1981). Bulletin of the British
Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 5, 46-52.
Heap, M. (1983) Summary of recent
papers on clinical hypnosis (1981-1982). Bulletin of the British
Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 6, 29-38.
Heap, M. (1984) Comments on
Wright and Humphrey's ‘The use of hypnosis to enhance covert
sensitization: Two case studies’. British Journal of Experimental and
Clinical Hypnosis, 1, 15-18. Heap, M. (1984) A comment on
Fewtrell's ‘Psychological approaches to panic attacks’. British Journal
of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 1, 27-30. Heap, M. (1984) A comment on
Kraft's ‘Injection phobia: A case study’. British Journal of
Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 1, 35-38. Heap, M. (1984) Four victims.
British Journal of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 2,
60-62. Heap, M. (1988) What's the use of
hypnosis? British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 40, 343.
Heap,
M. (1988) Neurolinguistic programming- a British perspective. Hypnos:
Swedish Journal of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic
Medicine, 15, 4-13.
Heap, M. (1989) Antecedent
imagery in a case of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. British Journal of
Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 6, 55-56.
Heap, M., Aravind, K.K.
& Power-Smith, P. (1994) A psychosomatic research clinic. Hypnos:
Swedish Journal of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic
Medicine, 21, 171-175.
Heap, M. (1995) Hypnosis: applications in general
medicine. British Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation ,
2, 649-654.
OTHER ARTICLES
Heap, M. (1988) In search of the 'Alternative' in
Alternative Medicine. British and Irish Skeptic, 2, 30-31.
Heap, M. (1988) Assuming Randi's mantle. British
and Irish Skeptic, 3, 20-21.
Heap, M. (1990) Memory, fantasy and past lives.
The Skeptic, 4, 30-31.
Heap, M. (1991) Neurolinguistic Programming: A
personal view. Counselling News, No. 4, December, 8-10.
Heap, M. (1992) Taking it all to far. A look at the
'synchro-energiser': A pseudo-scientific panacea? The Skeptic,
6, 13-14.
Heap, M. (1995) Surely there's something in
it? The social psychology of healing. The Skeptic, 9,
9-14.
Heap, M. (2001) Non-conscious movements and the
paranormal. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 3, 2-6.
Heap, M. (2001) Some stories about hypnosis. The
Skeptical Intelligencer, 3, 29-35.
Heap, M. (2001) Psychopathology and beliefs in
anomalous phenomena. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 4, 5-16.
Heap, M. (2001) Tony Gibson. The
Skeptical Intelligencer, 4, 24. Heap, M. (2002) Healing and therapy in the
age of mass affluence. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 5, 3-23.
Heap, M. (2002) The medicalisation of
misfortune (with comments by T. Jordan, G. Kent and D. Tombs). The
Skeptical Intelligencer, 5, 50-56. Heap, M. (2002) The ‘compensation culture’
and ‘nimbyism’. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 5, 59-60.
Heap, M. (2003) Reported
sightings of unusual creatures. The Skeptical Intelligencer,
6, 3-7. Heap, M. & B. Spittle (2003)
Sightings of the moa. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 6,
27-29. Heap, M. (2005)
Placebo therapy: How to develop and ethical and effective quack treatment. The
Skeptical Intelligencer, 8,
18-25. Heap, M. (2005)
Of hoaxers and healers. The Skeptical Times, 3(2),
7-9. (also in The Skeptical Intelligencer, 9,
5-9). Heap, M. (2007) Reflections on 'recovered
memories'. The Skeptical Intelligencer, 10,
2-10. Hypnotic
Realities: The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis and Forms of Indirect
Suggestion, M.H. Erickson, E.L. Rossi & S.I. Rossi, New York:
Irvington Publishers, 1976. Hypnosis: The Bulletin of the
British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, Number 3,
April 1980, 25-27.
Hypnotherapy: An Exploratory
Casebook, M.H.
Erickson & E.L. Rossi, New York: Irvington Publishers, 1979.
British Journal of Psychology, 1981, 72, 273-274.
Applied Hypnosis and Hyperempiria, D.E.
Gibbons, New York: Plenum Press. 1979. British Journal of
Psychology, 1981, 72, 392-393.
A Path with Heart: Ericksonian Utilization with
Resistant and Chronic Clients. Y.M. Dolan, New York: Brunner/Mazel,
1985. British Journal of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 1987,
4, 41-44.
Divided Consciousness: Multiple Controls in Human
Action. E.R. Higard, New York: Wiley, 1986. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 1987, 150, 572.
Ericksonian Monographs, Number 7: The Broader
Implications of Ericksonian Therapy. S.R. Lankton (Ed.), New York:
Brunner/Mazel, 1990. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1991,
159, 306-307.
Trancework: An Introduction to the Practice of
Clinical Hypnosis, M.D. Yapko (2nd edition), New York: Brunner/Mazel,
1990. British Journal of Psychology, 1991, 82, 551-552.
Clinical Hypnosis and Therapeutic Suggestion in
Patient Care. P.R. Zahourek (Ed.), New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1990.
British Journal of Psychology, 1992, 83, 296-297.
Hypnosis in the Relief of Pain. E.H. Hilgard
& J.R. Hilgard, New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1994. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 1994.
Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming:
Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People. J.
O'Connor & J. Seymour, Aquarian/Thorsons, 1993. Counselling
News, 1994.
No Doubt about it: a documentary video about Phobias, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Noel Ross-Russell, Eastbourne: Command Performance.
Counselling, February, 1994
Jay Haley on Milton Erickson. J. Haley, New
York: Brunner/Mazel, 1993; Ericksonian Monographs Number 9: The Essence
of a Single-Session Success. S.R. Lankton & K.K. Erickson (Eds),
New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1994; Conversations on Therapy: Popular
Problems and Uncommon Solutions. D.R. Grove & J. Haley, New York:
Norton, 1993. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental
Hypnosis, 1996, 44, 85-89.
Essentials of Hypnosis. M.D. Yapko, New York:
Brunner Mazel, 1995. Health Psychology Update, Issue 23,
March, 1996, 28-29.
Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis. J.R.
Rhue, S.J. Lynn & I. Kirsch (Eds.) Washington DC: American Psychiatric
Association, 1993. Contemporary Hypnosis, 1996, 13,
51-56.
Recovered Memories and False
Memories. M.A. Conway (Ed.) Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1997. The Skeptical Intelligencer,
3, 36-38.
UNPUBLISHED THESES Clinical Applications of Dichotic Listening Tests:
Some Preliminary Investigations.
Research dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment of the requirements of
the MSc in Clinical Psychology, North East London Polytechnic, 1978.
Ear Differences in Discriminating Consonants.
PhD Thesis, University of London, 1981
Predicting the Progress of Patients in a Medium
Secure Unit: A Retrospective Study Research dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment of
the requirements of the MSc in Forensic Psychology, Manchester
Metropolitan University, 2001.
WORKING PARTY REPORT
Heap, M., Alden, P., Brown, R.J., Naish P.L.N.,
Oakley, D.A., Wagstaff, G.F. and Walker, L.J. (2001) The nature of
hypnosis: Report prepared by a working party at the request of the
Professional Affairs Board of the British Psychological Society.
Leicester: British Psychological Society.
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