Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Ericksonian Hypnotherapy of Intractable Shoulder Pain

“…The method outlined in the case reported above differs in several important ways from methods reported elsewhere in the literature of hypnotic pain relief (Crasilneck, 1979;Hilgard & Hilgard, 1975;Kroger, 1977;Kroger & Fezler, 1976;Meare. 1968).…”

Dissociation, dieting disorders and hypnosis: A review

“…The suggestions aim to alter symptomatology, enhance self-control and decrease some of the psychological by-products of the disorder. Other psychological techniques together with hetero-hypnosis have also been included in the treatment of anorexia nervosa such as self-hypnosis and hypnoanalytic techniques (Crasilneck and Hall, 1975;Baker and Nash, 1987) and behaviour therapy and hypnosis (Kroger, 1977;Kroger and Fezler, 1976;Yapko, 1986). Spiegel and Spiegel (1978) stressed that hypnosis is useful both for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes in anorexia nervosa.…”

Varieties of Hypnotic Interventions in the Treatment of Multiple Personality

“…They acknowledge that in handling emergencies, in urging toward integration, and by the use of unspecified specialized techniques, hypnosis can be helpful. Davis (1950), Ellenberger (1970), Howland (1957), Kroger (1977), and Morton and Thoma (1964), who cite Milton Erickson, also comment on both therapeutic potentials and possible complications.…”