The benefits of working with a "dead" patient: Hypnotically facilitated pseudo near-death experiences

Authors
Citation
Pw. Schenk, The benefits of working with a "dead" patient: Hypnotically facilitated pseudo near-death experiences, AM J CLIN H, 42(1), 1999, pp. 36-49
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS
ISSN journal
00029157 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
36 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9157(199907)42:1<36:TBOWWA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The literature on near-death experiences is consistent in describing how su ch events are typically transformative. Utilizing standard hypnotic techniq ues, therapists can approximate many of the therapeutic aspects of such exp eriences, without the life-or-death crisis, to facilitate both first and se cond order change in psychotherapy. This article explores the use of hypnot ically facilitated waking dreams as an interactive projective technique. Th e focus is on the varied ways that the dream components that correlate with near-death experiences can evoke durable change.