by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Following trauma there is a tendency to more dissociation and vulnerability. We completed 3 recent studies. In 1991 Spiegel and Cardena presented review that found: 1. Early childhood abuse is associated with profound dissociation. 2. Repeated abuse is more important...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Kihlstrom, John F.; Barnhardt, Terrence M.; Tataryn, Douglas J. (1992). The psychological unconscious. American Psychologist, 47, 788-791. In response to Greenwald’s article on contemporary research on unconscious mental processes, the authors address three...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Attentional and emotional shifts are examined following a hypnotically suggested out-of-body experience (OBE). Two hypotheses were testes: 1) that the OBE is maintained by blocking the perception of body-relevant stimulation at a sensory level; 2) that a hypnotically...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
1993 Kraft, Tom (1993). Using hypnosis with cancer patients: Six case studies. Contemporary Hypnosis, 10, 43-48. Hypnosis can be used in a number of different ways for helping patients suffering from cancer. As well as pain relief, hypnosis may be used to correct...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
In 1962 11%; in 1975 27%; and in 1983 55% of psychology internship sites offered training in hypnosis. Methods of training in these sites included: lectures, supervised peer hypnosis, supervised patient hypnosis, and workshop or program attendance. Standardized...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
From the book review by Stanley Abrams, AJCH: [The book] “is more philosophical and mystical than scientific. … [and describes] the four states of consciousness: sleep, waking, awakeness, and objective consciousness. … For man to attain completeness...
