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Why all child clinicians should be hypnosis-informed. Advantages, benefits, creativity, & amp; development: ABC's & amp; D
This article defines hypnosis as a set of skills and principles. It defines trance as psychoneurobiological plasticity. Eight variables, shared across therapeutic interventions, are explored in the context of working hypnotically with children and adolescents. These are 1) Relationships, rapport, attachment; 2) Attention, absorption, focus; 3) Use of language and therapeutic suggestions; 4) Expectations; 5) Resources; 6) Dissociation and Unconscious; 7) Trauma parallels with trance; 8) Development. Becoming hypnosis-informed is the ABC's, & D, for child clinicians. A case illustrates the application of skills, principl...
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis - October 11, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Julie H Linden Source Type: research

Age regression in the treatment of needle phobia: a case report
Am J Clin Hypn. 2023 Oct 11:1-6. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2023.2261517. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTrypanophobia (needle phobia) frequently occurs because of negative encounters with medical procedures and/or needles. Trypanophobia ranges in severity from causing mild anxiety, including apprehension about medical procedures, to severe anxiety and complete avoidance of medical care. In this case report, we describe a 29-year-old who underwent hypnosis-facilitated age regression therapy to improve his trypanophobia. Through the guidance of his subconscious, he realized his reaction to needles may not have been directly relat...
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis - October 11, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Ran D Anbar Rosslyn Farnan Mac E Lancaster Source Type: research

The use of hypnotic communication in PICC placement: randomized controlled trial study
Am J Clin Hypn. 2023 Oct 3:1-13. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2023.2258946. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEvery time a patient undergoes a medical procedure, unpredicted personal stress occurs. According to the available literature, the hypnotic communication technique has been used to reduce stress and pain during several major invasive procedures. The primary goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of hypnotic communication combined with buffered Lidocaine, versus buffered Lidocaine alone, on patients' negative emotions while undergoing Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter (PICC) placement. Secondary aims w...
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis - October 3, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Davide Monolo Michela Barisone Giuseppe Cordio Marco Della Sanit à Chiara Airoldi Danilo Radrizzani Erika Bassi Alberto Dal Molin Chiara Gallione Source Type: research

Humor, hypnosis and kids
Am J Clin Hypn. 2023 Sep 14:1-9. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2023.2249533. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBertrand Russell, philosopher and Nobel prize winner said "Laughter is the most inexpensive and most effective wonder drug. Laughter is a universal medicine." Humor as medicine may be just what the doctor ordered to keep us emotionally, mentally and physically fit. Children are not only wonderful hypnotic subjects, they love laughter and silliness. The therapeutic effectiveness of hypnotherapy with children and adolescents can be enhanced when humor is incorporated into the session. Laughter is fun and free and can be used to...
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Linda Thomson Source Type: research

Immediate hypnosis effects and outcome predictors in chronic nociplastic pain
This study used data from a randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of hypnosis with analgesic suggestions relative to hypnosis with nonspecific suggestions to explore two areas. The first was the immediate effects of each hypnosis session and their relevance to the treatment induced change in pain intensity. The second was the identification of variables associated with the beneficial effects of hypnosis treatment in the form of reducing pain intensity and pain quality. The predictive value of the initial treatment response, hypnotizability, and the dichotomous variable of pain medication use were examined. Both inter...
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Anna Dominika Kaczmarska Krzysztof Rutkowski Micha ł Mielimąka Source Type: research