by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Contemporary theorists struggle less than Freud did with the problem of suggestion and suggestibility (and Freud did not have available the research on those areas!) Emotional upheaval that accompanies “insight” is readily taken to be validating. It may be...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Heide, Frederick J.; Wadlington, W. L.; Lundy, Richard M. (1980). Hypnotic responsivity as a predictor of outcome in meditation. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 28 (4), 358-385. Hypnosis, 28 (4), 358-385. This study tested the hypothesis...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Subtle images may be formless (as in pure light, pure sound). The person may pay attention to more and more subtle sounds. Or the images may have form (as in shamanic power animals). At the casual stage, the person may be aware of consciousness itself, only...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Locus of control 1988 Spinhoven, Philip; Baak, Diana; Van Dyck, Richard; Vermeulen, Peter (1988). The effectiveness of an authoritative versus permissive style of hypnotic communication. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 36, 182-191. The...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
For the chronic low back pain Ss there were reductions in reported low back pain during the experimental sessions, and significant improvements in psychological well-being and sleep quality across the three sessions. “The importance of developing self-efficacy...
