Trauma-related disorders and dissociation

Possible Mechanisms of Hypnosis from an Interactional Perspective

“…It is through the experience of seeing and hearing into the patient—of creating an experience of resonance inside oneself, of listening from within where the patient is—that one can begin to realize attunement, to the nuances, rhythms, language and emotional movements of the person who sits in the room with us. And it is through this attunement that we can help create the new neurological pathways, between frontal lobes and limbic system, for emotional regulation” [ 23 ] (p. 675).…”

“…When speaking occurs, with/to another, who is truly listening and absorbing and reflecting what she is hearing, then what is inside us achieves even fuller dimensionality through crystallizing, in concrete, visible form, the actuality of thought itself. What was once unheard, unfelt thought now reaches visible, sensorially experienced impact and response from the other” [ 23 ] (pp. 663–664).…”

Memory Focused Interventions (MFI) as a Therapeutic Strategy in Hypnotic Psychotherapy

“…They suggested that childhood traumas are pathogenic and restoration by means abreactions of painful memories and past emotions are therapeutic (Peebles, 2008). They used hypnosis to access old memories in order to enable their patients to relive their full emotional impact.…”

“…Janet (1925) used hypnosis to retrieve and to change traumatic memories into recollections that were more acceptable by the patients and helped them to adapt and assimilate traumatic events. Contemporary studies of uses of hypnosis with post-traumatic patients no longer consider abreaction sufficient for recovery, and at times, considers it as risky (Peebles, 2008). Modern paradigms of trauma treatment have been greatly inspired by Janet's tradition (Nijenhuis, Van der Hart, & Steele, 2004;Van der Hart & Friedman, 1989) subscribing to the view that stabilization, controlled reprocessing and integration are important elements of healing (Peebles, 2008;Phillips & Frederick, 1995).…”

“…Contemporary studies of uses of hypnosis with post-traumatic patients no longer consider abreaction sufficient for recovery, and at times, considers it as risky (Peebles, 2008). Modern paradigms of trauma treatment have been greatly inspired by Janet's tradition (Nijenhuis, Van der Hart, & Steele, 2004;Van der Hart & Friedman, 1989) subscribing to the view that stabilization, controlled reprocessing and integration are important elements of healing (Peebles, 2008;Phillips & Frederick, 1995). According to this contemporary view, hypnotic psychotherapy of trauma related disorders, also derive from different theoretical orientations (i.e.…”