Why all child clinicians should be hypnosis-informed. Advantages, benefits, creativity, & development: ABC's & D.

Area of Science:

• Pediatric Psychology
• Clinical Hypnosis

Background:

• Child clinicians benefit from understanding child development for effective treatment.
• Clinical hypnosis offers a unique framework for addressing children's issues by aligning with their developmental expressions.
• Hypnosis is defined as a skill set, and trance as psychoneurobiological plasticity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To advocate for child clinicians to acquire hypnosis skills.
• To examine the intersection of child development and hypnosis in clinical practice.
• To explore key variables in applying hypnosis with children and adolescents.

Main Methods:

• The paper examines the principles and skills of clinical hypnosis in pediatric care.
• It analyzes eight variables common to therapeutic interventions when working with children hypnotically.
• A case study illustrates the practical application of these hypnosis skills and principles.

Main Results:

• Clinical hypnosis must be adapted to the child's developmental stage and self-expression.
• Treatment goals, pace, and therapeutic suggestions should be tailored to the child's presentation.
• Eight core variables (Relationships, Attention, Language, Expectations, Resources, Dissociation, Trauma, Development) are crucial for hypnotic work with youth.

Conclusions:

• Integrating hypnosis skills equips child clinicians with enhanced tools for understanding and treating children.
• A hypnosis-informed approach, focusing on developmental alignment and key variables, is beneficial for pediatric clinical practice.
• Becoming 'hypnosis-informed' is presented as a foundational element (A, B, C's & D) for child clinicians.