Hypnosis in the Treatment of Phobias: A Review of the Literature

McGuinness, Thomas P.

doi:10.1080/00029157.1984.10402574

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“…The reason for decreasing phobia symptoms is because of the effects of hypnotherapy intervention, which are mood swings such as being happy, comfortable, and more relaxed. The results of this study are in line with studies by McGuinness (1984) stated that a person will feel happy, happy, relaxed, and peaceful after being hypnotized. The reason someone feels happy, happy is when the hypnosis condition decreases brain waves to theta will produce a stimulus that is sent from the axons of ascending fibers to the neuros from the reticular activating system (RAS).…”

Section: Decreasing Phobia Symptoms Before and After Hypnotherapysupporting

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Effect of Hypnotherapy in Reducing Phobia Symptoms

Auna

2020

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A phobia from the perspective of psychoanalysis is a traumatic experience of the past which is repressed into the unconscious. Hypnotherapy is used to help someone easily, quickly, effectively, efficiently in reaching the subconscious mind, re-educating, reducing physiological and psychological symptoms caused by phobias and giving them more control in everyday situations. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in reducing phobia symptoms. This research is aresearch pre-experimental using one-group pre-post test design. Participants numbered 20 people. The sampling technique used sampling incidental. The questionnaire in this study used the Fear Questionnaire (FQ). The results showed a characteristic age of 22 years, the majority of phobias were found in 80% women and 20% men. Based on the paired sample t-test results obtained data indicate that thevalue Asymp. Sig. 0,000 <0.05, which means that there is a significant change in the decrease in phobia symptoms by 51.87% after hypnotherapy. This study concluded that hypnotherapy was effective in reducing phobia symptoms with 2 therapy sessions in 4 meetings.

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Effect of Hypnotherapy in Reducing Phobia Symptoms

Auna

2020

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“…It has applications in anxiety-related illnesses like tension headache, migraines21 and in stress-related illnesses like psoariaris,22 asthma 23. It is of use in the management of chronic pain associated with chronic illness like cancer24 and in primary care for the management of phobias25 and habits like smoking 26. NICE recommends it for treatment of refractory Irritable Bowel syndrome 27…”

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Challenges in management of complex panic disorder in a palliative care setting

Udo

Gash

2012

BMJ Case Reports

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SummaryThis is a complex case of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with comorbid panic disorder occurring in a woman in her mid-60s, with a family history of neurotic illness. PTSD arose in the context of treatment for terminal lung cancer. This patient who had been close to her father watched him die of cancer, when he was about her age. Her diagnosis and treatment prompted traumatic recollections of her father's illness and death that resulted in her voluntary withdrawal from cancer treatment. The goals of treatment were to promptly reduce anxiety, minimise use of sedating pharmacotherapy, promote lucidity and prolong anxiety-free state thereby allowing time for important family interactions. Prompt, sustained relief of severe anxiety was necessary to achieve comfort at the end of life. Skilled additions of psychological therapies (eye movement desensitisation reprocessing, clinical hypnosis and breathing exercises) with combined pharmacotherapy (mirtazepine and quetiapine) led to control of anxiety and reduction of post-traumatic stress. BACKGROUND

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Maldonado

Spiegel

2015

Psychiatry

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Hypnosis in the Treatment of Phobias: A Review of the Literature

Cited by 19 publications

References 41 publications

Effect of Hypnotherapy in Reducing Phobia Symptoms

Effect of Hypnotherapy in Reducing Phobia Symptoms

Challenges in management of complex panic disorder in a palliative care setting

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