American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis back issues from January 2007:
Editorial
Jan 01, 2007; ... Andre Weitzenhoffer and I discussed the nature of hypnotic suggestion over lunch in Israel (personal communication, July 24, 1992). He, of course, maintained that the key element of a suggestion that made it a hypnotic suggestion was that it elicited an unconscious response in the subject ...
Remembrance of Hypnosis Past
Jan 01, 2007; ... Abstract The history of the most enduring experimental design in hypnosis research is reviewed. More than 75 years of research converge to indicate that: 1) all of the phenomena produced in hypnosis by suggestion also can be produced by suggestion without the induction of hypnosis, 2) ...
Commentary: Remembrance of Hypnosis Past
Jan 01, 2007; ... This is an elaborate critique that uses many old concepts regarding hypnosis as a basis for its premises. It would help move the field forward, and out of the past, if the authors would take into account the newer neurophysiological data which helps to explain the wide range of amplitude and ...
Commentary: Reversing Amnesia About Hypnosis
Jan 01, 2007; ... All that Kirsch and colleagues are harping on is that a formal hypnotic induction is not needed to elicit hypnotic response among hypnotizable people. That is why results are often comparable when hypnotic suggestions are given with and without a formal induction. Furthermore, many of the ...
Commentary
Jan 01, 2007; ... Kirsch, Mazzoni, and Montgomery explore the compelling thesis that all of the phenomena produced by hypnotic suggestion can also be elicited by the use of suggestion without the induction of formal hypnosis. They assert that their review of 75 years of hypnotic research suggests that hypnotic ...
The Future of Professional Hypnosis: Comment on Kirsch, Mazzoni, and Montgomery
Jan 01, 2007; ... Abstract I believe the paper by Kirsch, Mazzoni and Montgomery (this issue) should surprise about 95% of ASCH members (maybe only 93% of SCEH members) because the three facts espoused in their paper speciously seem to be 100% true. To paraphrase from their abstract: 1) nothing that can ...
Hypnosis Reconsidered
Jan 01, 2007; ... Kirsch, Mazzoni, and Montgomery's (in press) article musters an ardent defense of the hypothesis that hypnotic inductions produce relatively small increases in suggestibility, and that subjective changes and hypnotic phenomena can be produced by imaginative suggestions alone, without the ...
Visions of Hypnosis Future
Jan 01, 2007; ... Clark Hull's statement which Kirsch et al (in press) quote that "an increase in suggestibility takes place upon entering the hypnotic trance," is one few of us would dispute. However, they interpret Hull's work and that of Hilgard and Tart quite idiosyncratically. Hull thought of hypnosis as a ...
Commentary: The Ghosts of Research Past
Jan 01, 2007; ... Kirsch at al (in press this issue) argue that phenomena produced by suggestions in hypnosis can be produced almost as well by suggestion without the induction of hypnosis. They base their conclusion in part on a research paradigm using imaginative suggestions (Braffman & Kirsch, 1999; ...
Suggestibility and Hypnotizability: Mind the Gap
Jan 01, 2007; ... Abstract Suggestion, both within and outside of hypnosis, can influence many psychological processes, including cognition and emotion. Moreover, suggestion may account for many individual differences and promote the investigation of such mainstream fields as attention and memory. To be ...
Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Numerous and Large Viral Warts with Adjunctive Hypnosis: A Case Study
Jan 01, 2007; ... Keywords: warts, hypnosis, guided imagery, immune system. Hypnotherapeutic Intervention for numerous and large viral warts Psychotherapy with adjunctive hypnosis is known to be an effective approach for the treatment of viral warts. There is an increasing clinical and scientific ...
Treating Postpartum Depression with Hypnosis: Addressing Specific Symptoms Presented by the Client
Jan 01, 2007; ... Abstract Postpartum Depression is experienced by 10-15% of women who give birth (Bloch, Rolenberg, Koren, & Klein, 2006). This disorder causes maternal distress and has been significantly associated with infant and child developmental problems (Carter, Garrity-Rokous, Chazan-Cohen, ...
Psychic trauma
Jan 01, 2007; ... Brenner, I. (2004). Psychic trauma. Maryland: Jason Aronson Publishers. Reviewed by Sharon B. Spiegel, Ph.D., ABPP, Bethesda, MD. Ira Brenner is a psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania who is well known in the field of trauma. In this book, ...
The rapid reintegration procedure: Effective ego state hypnotherapy without hypnosis
Jan 01, 2007; ... Barnett, E. & Tkach, J. (2005). The rapid reintegration procedure: Effective ego state hypnotherapy without hypnosis. Kingston, Ontario: Junica Publishing Company Ltd. Reviewed by Shirley McNeal, Ph.D., ABPP, San Francisco, CA. The intention of the book is to present the authors' ...
Life coaching: A manual for helping professionals
Jan 01, 2007; ... Ellis, D. (2006). Life coaching: A manual for helping professionals. Carmarthen, Wales: Crown House Publishing Ltd. Reviewed by Lynne Hornyak, Ph.D., Washington, DC. Dave Ellis is a nationally known educator, philanthropist and author of seven books on human effectiveness, including ...
Ideomotor signals for rapid hypnoanalysis: A how-to manual
Jan 01, 2007; ... Ewin, D. M. & Eimer, B. N. (2006). Ideomotor signals for rapid hypnoanalysis: A how-to manual. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Reviewed by Edward A. Schechtman, Ph.D., Commack, NY. The authors, Dabney M. Ewin, MD, FACS, ABMH and Bruce M. Eimer, PhD, ABPP, are each well known and ...
Hypnosis and treating depression
Jan 01, 2007; ... Yapko, M.D. (Ed.). (2006). Hypnosis and treating depression. New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). Reviewed by Rubin Battino, M.S., Yellow Springs, OH. Conventional wisdom with respect to clients who are depressed used to be that hypnosis was not recommended, and even ...
Reassessment of hypnotic symptom removal by Freud and Bernheim
Jan 01, 2007; ... Ball, T. S. (2006). Reassessment of hypnotic symptom removal by Freud and Bernheim. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(4), 480-487. This article examines some of the case reports of Sigmund Freud and Hippolyte Bemheim from the classic literature on hypnosis. The ...
Expect the unexpected: Ability, attitude, and responsiveness to hypnosis
Jan 01, 2007; ... Benham, G, Woody, E. Z., Wilson, K., & Nash, M. R. (2006). Expect the unexpected: Ability, attitude, and responsiveness to hypnosis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(2), 342-350. This is another important recent article which demonstrates how factors related to expectancy and ...
Enhancing thought suppression with hypnosis
Jan 01, 2007; ... Bryant, R. A., & Wimalaweera, S. (2006). Enhancing thought suppression with hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(4), 488-499. This study examines the question of whether hypnosis can be employed to enhance thought suppression. The classic literature of ...
Local and systemic vasodilatation following hypnotic suggestion of warm tub bathing
Jan 01, 2007; ... Casiglia, E., Rossi, A, Tikhonoff, V., Scarpa, R., Tibaldeschi, G, Giacomello, M., Canna, P., Schiavon, L, Rizzato, A., Lapenta, A. (2006). Local and systemic vasodilatation following hypnotic suggestion of warm tub bathing. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 62(1), 60-65. The authors ...
Neurophysiologic and long-term effects of clinical hypnosis in oral and maxillofacial treatment: A comparative interdisciplinary clinical study.
Jan 01, 2007; ... Eitner, S., Wichmann, M., Schultze-Mosgau, S., Schlegel, A., Leher, A., Heckman, S., & Holst, S. (2006). Neurophysiologic and long-term effects of clinical hypnosis in oral and maxillofacial treatment: A comparative interdisciplinary clinical study. International Journal of Clinical and ...
Hypnosis to manage anxiety and pain associated with colonoscopy for colorectal-cancer screening: Case studies and possible benefits
Jan 01, 2007; ... Elkins, G, White, J., Patel, P., Marcus, J., Perfect, M. M., & Montgomery, G. H. (2006). Hypnosis to manage anxiety and pain associated with colonoscopy for colorectal-cancer screening: Case studies and possible benefits. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(4), ...
The timing of brain events: Reply to the 'Special Section'
Jan 01, 2007; ... Libet, B. (2006). The timing of brain events: Reply to the 'Special Section'. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 15(3), 540-547. This is an interesting "reply" paper in which Dr. Libet addresses some of the criticisms of his groundbreaking neurophysiological studies of ...
Sport psychology consultant's experiences of using hypnosis in their practice.: An exploratory investigation
Jan 01, 2007; ... Grindstaff, J. S., & Fisher, L. A. (2006). Sport psychology consultant's experiences of using hypnosis in their practice.: An exploratory investigation. The Sport Psychologist, 20(3), 368-386. This study presents the results of six in depth semi-structured interviews with doctoral level ...
Satisfaction with, and the beneficial side effects of, hypnotic analgesia
Jan 01, 2007; ... Jensen, M. P., McArthur, K. D., Barber, J., Hanley, M. A., Engel, J. M., Romano, J. M., Cardena, D. D., Kraft, G. H., Hoffman, A. J., & Patterson, D. R. (2006). Satisfaction with, and the beneficial side effects of, hypnotic analgesia. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental ...
Hypnosis for non-cardiac chest pain
Jan 01, 2007; ... Palsson, O. S., Whitehead, W. E. (2006). Hypnosis for non-cardiac chest pain. Gut, 55 (10), 1381-1384. This paper examines the potential use of hypnosis to control non-cardiac related chest pain. The authors report that a study determined 80% of patients were able to use hypnosis to reduce ...
Types of suggestibility: Relationships among compliance, indirect, and direct suggestibility
Jan 01, 2007; ... Polczyk, R., & Pasek,T. (2006). Types of suggestibility: Relationships among compliance, indirect, and direct suggestibility. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(4), 392-415. The authors of this study examined the relationship between direct and indirect ...
Examining sympathetic nerve activity with microneurography during hypnosis: Untangling the effects of central command
Jan 01, 2007; ... Robinson, R. C., Crasilneck, H., Garofalo, J. P., & Whitfill, T. (2006). Examining sympathetic nerve activity with microneurography during hypnosis: Untangling the effects of central command. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(4), 448-456. This study presents the ...
Does the more vivid imagery of high hypnotizables depend on greater cognitive effort? A test of dissociation and social-cognitive theories of hypnosis
Jan 01, 2007; ... Sadler, P., & Woody, E. Z. (2006). Does the more vivid imagery of high hypnotizables depend on greater cognitive effort? A test of dissociation and social-cognitive theories of hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(4), 372-392. This article presents an ...
Focused hypnotic analgesia: Local and remote effects
Jan 01, 2007; ... Sharav, Y., & Tal, M. (2006). Focused hypnotic analgesia: Local and remote effects. Pain, 124(3), 280-286. The authors of this study wished to examine the specific effects of hypnotic analgesia in response to painful electrical stimulation. In particular, they were interested to learn if ...
Complementary and alternative medicine approaches to pain management
Jan 01, 2007; ... Tan, G, Alvarez, J. A., & Jensen, M. P. (2006). Complementary and alternative medicine approaches to pain management. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(11), 1419-1431. This article discusses the possible benefits of employing hypnosis with other complementary and alternative medical ...