Incorporating Hypnosis into Pediatric Clinical Encounters
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Academic Editor: Hilary McClafferty
Children 2017, 4(3), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/children4030018
Received: 31 December 2016 / Revised: 21 February 2017 / Accepted: 7 March 2017 / Published: 16 March 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mind-Body Medicine in Children and Adolescents)
Increasing numbers of licensed health professionals who care for children have been trained in clinical hypnosis. The evidence base for the safety and efficacy of this therapeutic approach in a wide variety of conditions is also growing. Pediatricians and other health professionals who have received training may wish to apply these skills in appropriate clinical scenarios but still may be unsure of the practical matters of how to incorporate this skill-set into day to day practice. Moreover, the practical application of such skills will take very different forms depending on the practice setting, types of acute or chronic conditions, patient and family preferences, and the developmental stages of the child or teen. This article reviews the application of pediatric clinical hypnosis skills by describing the use of hypnotic language outside of formal trance induction, by describing natural trance states that occur in children and teens in healthcare settings, and by describing the process of planning a clinical hypnosis encounter. It is assumed that this article does not constitute training in hypnosis or qualify its readers for the application of such skills; rather, it may serve as a practical guide for those professionals who have been so trained, and may serve to inform other professionals what to expect when referring a patient for hypnotherapy. The reader is referred to specific training opportunities and organizations.
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Keywords:
hypnosis; pediatric hypnosis; pediatric skills development; self-hypnosis; primary care; therapeutic use of language; hypnosis consult; practice style
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Pendergrast, R.A. Incorporating Hypnosis into Pediatric Clinical Encounters. Children 2017, 4, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/children4030018
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Pendergrast RA. Incorporating Hypnosis into Pediatric Clinical Encounters. Children. 2017; 4(3):18. https://doi.org/10.3390/children4030018
Chicago/Turabian StylePendergrast, Robert A. 2017. "Incorporating Hypnosis into Pediatric Clinical Encounters" Children 4, no. 3: 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/children4030018
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