Hypnoanalysis--with particular emphasis on the borderline patient.

Matching hypnotic interventions to pathology types: A working model for expressive psychotherapies

“…Elements of this brief clinical paper are novel, but essentially they represent an extension of clinical hypnosis theory as articulated by others (Baker, 1981(Baker, ,1987(Baker, ,1990Brown & Fromm, 1986,1987Copeland, 1986;Fromm, 1984;and Fromm & Nash, 1992). These clinical theorists posit two fundamental types of pathology encountered in the outpatient psychotherapy context.…”

The borderline patient and the psychotic patient.

“…the literature on clinical case reports continued to grow and was augmented by the development of new hypnotic techniques for working with psychotic and borderline patients and by the integration of these techniques into conceptual models that were based on existing psychological theory (Baker, 1981(Baker, , 1982(Baker, , 1983Brown, 1985;Brown & Fromm, 1986;Copeland, 1986;Fromm, 1984;Murray-Jobsis, 1984, 1988, 1991b, 1992Ratner & Gross, 1991 ;Rostafinski, 1991;Scagnelli, 1980;Scagnelli-Jobsis, 1982;Vas, 1990;Zindel, 1990).…”

“…The seven-step protocol was designed to enhance the positive aspects of the emerging transference and to support the patient's capacity to maintain real connections with the external environment. Baker's work was later elaborated on and extended by Fromm (1984) and Copeland (1986). Baker (1983) also developed specific techniques for managing the transference on the basis of the ego psychological concepts of separation and attachment conflicts.…”