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Short-term psychotherapy and hypnosis

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

|January 1, 1981

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Phobic patients are more hypnotizable, experiencing phobias as trance-like dissociative states. Hypnosis and self-hypnosis help patients understand and control this defense mechanism against anxiety.

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Psychology
Psychiatry

Background:

Phobic patients exhibit higher hypnotizability compared to the general population.
Phobic experiences share similarities with the hypnotic state, potentially representing spontaneous trance-like or dissociative episodes.

Observation:

Dissociation is identified as a maladaptive defense mechanism against intense emotions like anxiety, sadness, or rage.
The phobic experience can be conceptualized as a dissociative state triggered by underlying emotional distress.

Findings:

Hypnosis and self-hypnosis are therapeutic tools for phobic patients.
These techniques facilitate psychodynamic understanding of phobic symptoms and the underlying dissociative processes.

Implications:

Therapeutic use of hypnosis and self-hypnosis empowers patients to recognize and manage their dissociative capacity.

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This approach offers a pathway for patients to gain control over dissociative functioning and master their phobic responses.