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Clinical Hypnosis
Caroyl Gilbert, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC
Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition
Acknowledgements
This presentation was adapted with
permission from:
Melanie A. Gold, D.O.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Student Health Service
Objectives
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Define clinical hypnosis
Define typical hypnotic phenomena
Identify the appropriate application of
hypnosis in the clinical setting
Know how to introduce hypnosis to
patients and their families
Know how to obtain training and
certification in clinical hypnosis
Have participated in/observed clinical
hypnosis
Definition
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Derived from the term "neurohypnotism" (nervous sleep)
coined by Dr. James Braid, 1841.
(Wikipedia)
Hypnosis
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An altered state of consciousness
Usually, but not always, involving
relaxation (which may or may not
be evident)
A heightened concentration on a
particular idea or image
Purpose of altering a symptom
Misconceptions About Hypnosis
Misconceptions
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Patient is under control of
hypnotherapist
Patient is asleep
Only a few people can be hypnotized
Only the weak-willed or minded can
be hypnotized
Hypnosis masks symptoms
All the patient’s psychiatric defense
mechanisms are abolished in trance
All hypnosis is self
hypnosis
3 Laws of Hypnosis
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Subject must have a clear image of
what the result would feel and be like
When will and imagination (or belief)
are in conflict, imagination wins out
A suggestion is more likely to be
accepted when tied to a positive
emotion or affect with which the
subject can identify
Hypnotic Phenomena
Cognitive Characteristics
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Relaxation
Concentration
Increased suggestibility
Hypermnesia/Amnesia
Increased control of
physiologic responses
Perception of different
states
Concrete thinking
Physical Characteristics
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Muscle relaxation
Twitching
Lacrimation
Fluttering eyelids
Eye closure
Eye movements beneath lids
Changes in respiratory
rate/depth
Changes in pulse
Jaw relaxation (drooling)
Catalepsy (suspended
animation)
Decreased postural tone
Hypnotic phenomena
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Rapport
Catalepsy
Ideo-motor
activity (not
reflex)
Ideo-sensory
activity
Memory
modification
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Ambulation in
trance
Time distortion
Hypnotic
dreaming
Age regression
Post-hypnotic
suggestion
Associated and Adverse
Effects
Associated Effects
 Relaxation
 Headache
 Dizziness
 Nausea
 Anxiety
 Tearing or crying
Adverse Effects
 Precipitate
psychotic or
panic reaction
 Precipitate
suicidal behavior
 Symptom
substitution
Problems that Respond to
Hypnosis
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Acute and chronic pain
Anxiety associated with
procedures or illness
Asthma
Attention deficit disorder
Cerebral palsy
Conditioned nausea and vomiting
Problems that Respond to
Hypnosis
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Diabetes mellitus
Dysfluency
Encopresis
Enuresis
Facial tics
Habit coughs
Insomnia
Problems that Respond to
Hypnosis
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Migraine syndromes
Nail biting
Nightmares
Performance anxiety
Pruritis
Psychogenic seizures
Problems that Respond to
Hypnosis
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Thumb sucking
Tongue thrusting
Tourette syndrome
Trichotillomania
Warts
Changes in pain intensity scores
during and after treatment
Vlieger, A.M., Menko-Frankenhuis, C., Solfkamp, S.C.S., Tromp, E. & Benninga, M.A. (2007). Hypnotherapy for
children with functional abdominal pain or irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.
Gastroenterology, 133, 1430-1436.
Hypnosis Reduces Distress and Duration of an Invasive Medical
Procedure for Children
Lisa D. Butler, PhD; Barbara K. Symons, BA; Shelly L. Henderson, MA; Linda D. Shortliffe, MD;
and David Spiegel, MD
PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 1 January 2005
TABLE 1. Number, Means, and SDs by Study Condition of Additional Variables Assessed or
Used to Create Summary Scores
n
Hypnosis
n
Routine Care
Child report
Fear before procedure
21
1.81 (1.40)
19
2.42 (1.50)
Fear during the procedure
21
2.48 (1.21)
21
2.95 (1.12)
Pain during the procedure
21
2.71 (0.96)
21
2.90 (0.94)
Crying during the procedure
21
4.24 (1.30)
22
4.68 (1.09)
Parent report
Fear before procedure
21
3.43 (0.93)
23
3.52 (1.08)
Fear during the procedure
21
3.67 (1.11)
23
3.96 (0.82)
Pain during the procedure
21
3.05 (0.92)
23
3.13 (0.81)
Crying during the procedure
21
2.62 (1.28)
23
3.26 (1.25)
How traumatic was VCUG overall?
21
3.10 (1.09)
23
3.39 (0.94)
Observational rating
Lowest distress level
15
1.83 (0.64)
22
2.39 (0.75)
Highest distress level
13
3.68 (1.30)
17
4.53 (1.07)
Medical staff rating
Difficulty of overall procedure: radiologist 19
3.00 (1.92)
23
4.04 (1.60)
Difficulty of overall procedure: technician 19
2.58 (1.78)
23
3.43 (1.62)
Difficulty of catheterization: radiologist
12
2.83 (1.64)
14
4.36 (1.98)
Difficulty of catheterization: technician
12
2.08 (0.79)
14
3.86 (1.70)
A randomized clinical trial of a brief hypnosis intervention to control
venepuncture-related pain of paediatric cancer patients
Christina Liossi, Paul White, Popi Hatira
PAIN 142 (2009) 255–263
Table 2 Pain and anxiety outcomes for children across time.
T1
Anticipated anxiety
EMLA
EMLA + Hypnosis
EMLA + Attention
Observed distress
EMLA
EMLA + Hypnosis
EMLA + Attention
Self-reported pain
EMLA
EMLA + Hypnosis
EMLA + Attention
Self-reported anxiety
EMLA
EMLA + Hypnosis
EMLA + Attention
Mean
T2
5.28 5.31
2.43 2.36
4.36 4.38
T3
Standard deviation
T1
T2
T3
5.31
2.37
4.39
0.79
0.45
0.33
0.74 0.75
0.45 0.44
0.33 0.32
7.26
5.07
6.30
7.03 7.35
4.67 4.80
6.14 6.22
0.83
0.59
0.91
0.79 0.84
0.72 1.01
1.12 1.06
4.79
2.74
4.17
5.09
2.89
4.91
5.09
2.89
4.89
0.69
0.83
0.44
0.84 0.84
0.79 0.77
0.51 0.50
5.12
2.35
4.17
5.16
2.42
4.33
5.17
2.38
4.39
0.72
0.52
0.38
0.72 0.73
0.48 0.53
0.38 0.39
Note. EMLA, eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics; T1, T2, and T3, Times 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
Appropriate Use of
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is indicated when:
 One is responsive to hypnotic
suggestion
 A problem is treatable with hypnosis
 Good rapport exists between the
patient and the therapist
 Patient is motivated to remedy the
problem
 No iatrogenic harm is anticipated by
use
Inappropriate Use of
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is contraindicated when:
 It would lead to physical
endangerment
 It may aggravate existing problems or
create new ones
 It is used for “fun” or entertainment
 The problem is more effectively and
appropriately treated with a different
treatment modality (e.g. medication or
family therapy)
Rules for Using Hypnosis
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Never treat a condition you are
not qualified to treat without
hypnosis
Never use authoritarian symptom
removal
Do not use for entertainment
Factors Affecting Efficacy
Patient
 Age
 Intellectual ability
 Context of symptom
 Acceptability of
hypnosis
 Hypnotizability (?)
Provider
 Attitude towards
hypnosis
 Belief in hypnosis
 Skill in developing
rapport
 Skill in encouraging
trance capacity
Factors Affecting Efficacy
Milieu
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Attitude of family towards
symptoms and hypnosis
Societal or cultural attitudes
toward symptom and hypnosis
Attitude of staff towards symptom
and hypnosis
Introducing Hypnosis
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Learn about the patient
Learn about the problem
Explain “hypnosis”.. Or not
Elicit patient and family beliefs
Demystify
Use resources
Consider the context
Introducing Hypnosis
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Using your mind, Pretending about, Imagery,
Imagining, Imaging, Using Imagery,
Biofeedback, Personal biofeedback, Mindbody interactions, Inside thinking, Inside
talking with your [stomach, head, breathing
tubes, muscles, bladder..], Relaxing and
imagining, Daydreaming, Daydreaming on
purpose, Thinking to help yourself,
Meditation on your…, Learning how you
work the controls in your mind, Learning
about what you didn’t know that you knew,
Finding out what breathing can do
Goals of Clinical Hypnosis
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Develop skills in
psychophysiological selfregulation
Balance allopathic therapy
(medical treatment) with selfefficacy
Develop integrity in therapeutic
relationships
Steps in Clinical Hypnosis
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Induction
Intensification
Therapy in Trance
Usual Awareness
Ratification/Reflection
Follow-up
Clinical Hypnosis
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Useful therapeutic tool – not a cure all
An adjunct to medical or psychiatric therapy,
usually not the primary treatment
Requires self-motivation
Not effective when there is a significant
secondary gain maintaining symptom
Essentially no adverse effects
Gives patient a sense of mastery and control
of symptoms
Training
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American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
(www.asch.net)
Society for Developmental and Behavioral
Pediatrics (www.sdbp.org)
American College of
Hypnotherapy(www.aihcp.org)
Society for Clinical and Experimental
Hypnosis (www.sceh.us)
The Tad James Company
(www.nlpcoaching.com) “neuro-linguistic
programming”
Certification
Available through the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis
(see website)
Certification indicates that the practitioner:
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Has undergone advanced training in his/her profession to
obtain a legitimate advanced degree from an accredited
institution of higher education;
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Is licensed or certified to practice in his/her state/province;
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Has had his/her education and training in clinical hypnosis
reviewed by qualified peers and approved consultants and
such training has met the minimum requirements
established by a Standards of Training Committee of
qualified peers;
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Has been determined to have received at least the minimum
educational training that ASCH, the largest such
interdisciplinary organization in North America, considers as
necessary for utilizing hypnosis.
Referral Resources
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Institute for Family Psychology
(www.mhehouston.com)
American Society for Clinical
Hypnosis (www.asch.net)
Society for Developmental and
Behavioral Pediatrics
(www.sdbp.org)
Demonstration
Questions & Answers
Contact Information
Caroyl Gilbert, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC
Phone:
832-822-1096
Fax:
832-825-3633
[email protected]