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Clinical Hypnosis with Children and Adolescents-What? Why? How?: Origins, Applications, and Efficacy
Daniel P Kohen1, Pamela Kaiser2
1National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI), Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Partners-in-Healing of Minneapolis, 10505 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite #200, Minnetonka, MN 55305, USA. dpkohen@umn.edu.
Abstract:
This review article addresses the process, intention, and therapeutic value of clinical hypnosis with children and adolescents. A brief historical perspective is followed by a digest of the published laboratory and clinical research that has accelerated substantially over the past two decades. This review lends appropriate credence to the benefits and integration to clinical practice of this powerful tool for teaching young people self-regulation skills. The breadth of application is described, and several clinical vignettes are provided as examples of what is possible. In addition to the provision of the most relevant citations in the pediatric, psychological, and neuroscience literature, this synopsis concludes with information regarding availability of skill development training in pediatric clinical hypnosis.
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