THE HYPNOSIS AND THE POSTTRAUMATIC DISORDERS

Authors

  • Etzel Cardeña
  • José Maldonado
  • María José Galdón
  • David Spiegel
Keywords: posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, trauma, hypnosis

Abstract

The statistics show that the majority of us will experience at least one traumatic event during our lifetime, although only a minority will develop posttraumatic conditions (e.g., acute stress disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder). Hypnosis for the treatment of posttraumatic conditions has a long and venerable history. Its techniques should be particularly useful for these conditions because they seem to augment the efficacy of general therapeutic approaches, and because posttraumatic patients tend to be highly hypnotizable and suffer from dissociative and other symptoms amenable to hypnotic interventions. Hypnosis is well suited to a three phase approach for the treatment of posttraumatic conditions, with such techniques as relaxation, ego strengthening, and memory processing. Trauma therapists and theorists should consider serious training in hypnosis.

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Author Biographies

Etzel Cardeña

University of the Health Sciences

José Maldonado

University of the Health Sciences

María José Galdón

University of the Health Sciences

David Spiegel

University of the Health Sciences
How to Cite
Cardeña, E., Maldonado, J., Galdón, M. J., & Spiegel, D. (1999). THE HYPNOSIS AND THE POSTTRAUMATIC DISORDERS. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 15(1), 147–155. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/31261
Issue
Vol. 15 No. 1 (1999)
Section
Monographic volume: Psychology and hypnosis

 

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