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Subconscious guided therapy with hypnosis.

¹Department of Pediatrics State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse 13210, USA. anbarr@upstate.edu

The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

|June 6, 2008

Summary

Adolescents with unexplained physical symptoms improved rapidly with self-hypnosis and guided therapy. This approach, utilizing automatic word processing (AWP), helped uncover psychological causes and facilitated symptom resolution.

Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Psychology
Adolescent Medicine

Background:

Two adolescents presented with severe, incapacitating physical symptoms.
Standard medical evaluations failed to identify an organic cause for their conditions.

Observation:

Child psychiatry consultation suggested counseling for both patients.
Both adolescents experienced immediate symptom relief after learning self-hypnosis relaxation techniques, including favorite place imagery and progressive relaxation.

Findings:

Patients were introduced to automatic word processing (AWP) during hypnosis to explore underlying psychological issues.
Information gathered via AWP provided valuable insights that guided subsequent therapeutic interventions.
The combination of self-hypnosis and AWP contributed to rapid symptom improvement.

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This case highlights the potential of integrating hypnosis and AWP in adolescent psychiatric care.