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Lindsey C McKernan1,2,3, Elizabeth G Walsh2,3
1Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Abstract:
Findings from the Task Force for Efficacy Standards in Hypnosis Research hypnosis clinician survey provide new insight into current practice trends in clinical hypnosis internationally. The clinician-focused survey highlighted several interesting imbalances between hypnosis research evidence and its practice applications. Inconsistencies arose in clinician experiences of adverse events in treatment, reported conditions treated using hypnosis, and for what conditions hypnosis is considered most effective. This commentary aims to better elucidate the differences noted and offers recommendations for training and teaching hypnosis. Potential areas for improvement involve the monitoring and inquiry of adverse events posthypnosis, approaches for identifying and working with individuals who have trauma-related symptoms in hypnosis, and potential methods for supporting clinician competency development in hypnosis.
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