Adjunctive Hypnotherapy with an Autistic Boy

The Role of Clinical Hypnosis & VR in Special Education

“…Gardner et al [10] described the use of an adjunctive hypnotherapy in a 16-year-old boy with autism possessing an amazing music memory. Anticipating that the boy's musical skills might boost his involvement in hypnotherapy, the patient was suggested to compose two short musical themes representing frustration in C minor scale and happiness in C major scale.…”

“…In the case of the Autism Spectrum Disorder, the findings suggest improvements in joint attention, emotional receptivity and comprehension, motor control and social engagement [9]. There are also indications that hypnosis enhances observation and recognition skills and benefits overall self-control processes in real situations [10].…”

Integrating Pediatric Hypnosis with Complementary Modalities: Clinical Perspectives on Personalized Treatment

“…Groundbreaking publications addressed its efficacy in combination with or in lieu of conventional medical approaches for a remarkable range of pediatric health issues. These have included hypnosis for pediatric learning problems [ 11 , 12 , 13 ], anesthesia [ 14 ], asthma [ 15 ], drug abuse [ 16 ], burns [ 17 ], enuresis [ 18 , 19 , 20 ], functional megacolon [ 21 ], warts [ 22 ], sleep disorders [ 23 , 24 ], habit disorders [ 1 ], autism [ 25 ], pelvic exams [ 26 ], cancer [ 2 ], pain and procedure-related anxiety [ 27 ], psychoneuroimmunology [ 28 , 29 ], healing [ 30 ], refractory irritable bowel syndrome [ 31 ], hemophilia [ 32 ], chronic illness [ 33 ], hospitalization [ 34 ], emergencies [ 35 ], aphasia [ 36 ], Tourette’s syndrome [ 37 , 38 , 39 ], migraine [ 40 , 41 ], sickle cell disease [ 42 ], chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting [ 43 ], and behavioral issues [ 44 ].…”