Therapeutic writing as a form of ego-state therapy.
*Awareness; *Ego; *Writing; Adult; Dissociative Disorders/psychology/*therapy; Female; Humans; Hypnosis/*methods; Internal-External Control; Middle Aged; Post-Traumatic/psychology/*therapy; Stress Disorders
In this paper I describe a special form of ego-state therapy that integrates writing letters to one's self as an internal therapeutic communication among various ego states previously not fully aware of each other or engaged in destructive power struggles. Expressing one's thoughts, feelings, and urges in writing transforms primary process activities of the self into secondary processes that are more mature and adaptive to healthy functioning in day-to-day living. This method also reinforces the idea of patient empowerment in the form of self-healing and utilizing internal resources in the process of recovery.
Torem M S
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
1993
1993-04
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1993.10403018" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1080/00029157.1993.10403018</a>
"Back from the future": a powerful age-progression technique.
*Awareness; *Mental Recall; *Time Perception; Adult; Child; Child Abuse; Female; Humans; Hypnosis/*methods; Post-Traumatic/psychology/*therapy; Sexual/psychology/therapy; Stress Disorders
This paper briefly reviews the benefits of using age-progression techniques in hypnotherapy, followed by a detailed explanation and illustration of the "back-from-the-future" technique with two case examples, including their outcome. The patients presented with feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and a sense of futurelessness. Following the hypnotherapeutic intervention, patients were instructed to take time to reflect on the session and to write down the specific experiences they had on their voyage into the future focusing on their visual images, auditory sensations, experiences with other senses (touch, smell, and taste), as well as thoughts, emotions, and self-perceptions. Follow-up validated that the patients maintained their therapeutic accomplishments several months after the initial interventions.
Torem M S
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
1992
1992-10
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1992.10402990" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1080/00029157.1992.10402990</a>