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Clinical hypnosis as a nondeceptive placebo: empirically derived techniques
1Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-1020.
The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
|October 1, 1994
Summary
Changing response expectancies is key to treating psychological issues. Hypnosis enhances psychotherapy by altering these expectations, acting as a therapeutic placebo.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy
- Hypnotherapy
Background:
- Dysfunctional response expectancies often maintain psychological problems.
- Altering these expectancies is a crucial therapeutic goal.
- Hypnotic inductions are known to modify response expectancies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the role of expectancy in hypnotic inductions and their therapeutic effects.
- To investigate how hypnosis can be utilized as a nondeceptive placebo in treatment.
- To examine clinical procedures informed by the relationship between expectancy and hypnosis.
Main Methods:
- Review of empirical evidence on hypnotic inductions and psychotherapy.
- Analysis of the role of expectancy in psychological treatment.
- Exploration of clinical applications of hypnosis as a placebo.
Main Results:
- Hypnotic inductions demonstrably alter response expectancies.
- Hypnosis empirically enhances the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
- Expectancy is a significant factor in hypnotic phenomena and outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Hypnosis can serve as a nondeceptive placebo in therapeutic contexts.
- Understanding expectancy is vital for optimizing hypnotic interventions.
- Clinical strategies can be developed based on these findings to improve psychological treatments.