6533b86dfe1ef96bd12c9376

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Clinical applications of ‘waking’ hypnosis from a cognitive-behavioural perspective: from efficacy to efficiency

subject

description

This article reviews several essential components for use in the practice of hypnosis from a cognitive-behavioural perspective. These include a cognitive-behavioural introduction, which presents hypnosis to the client as a voluntary, self-controlled process. Then, a set of practical tasks is presented for assessing suggestibility as well as collaboration and attitudes toward hypnosis. The author provides a description of rapid self-hypnosis and instruction as to its implementation, and advocates the use of metaphors designed to facilitate a client's understanding of hypnosis. The article then introduces ‘waking’ hypnosis as an efficient, adaptable, and pleasurable alternative to other forms of hypnosis, and discusses its implications in terms of the socio-cognitive perspective of hypnosis. Copyright © 2004 British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis