Managing Desperate Emotional Behaviour with Hypnosis

Abstract

When no other psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy could prevent debilitation or institutionalization consequent to longstanding frequent repeated maladaptive behaviour, hypnosis has been observed to be effective in suitable patients. As documentation, three cases of such chronic severe behaviour which have been encountered by the author are described; each had been regarded as hopelessly unmanageable by the primary physicians at the time of referral for hypnotherapy. Relevant to their suitability for hypnosis, all three patients were able to understand normal speech without difficulty, were able to concentrate well, and were agreeable to using hypnosis.