Ego-state therapy for self-injurious behavior.
*Ego; Adult; Borderline Personality Disorder/psychology/*therapy; Dissociative Disorders/psychology/therapy; Dissociative Identity Disorder/psychology/*therapy; Female; Humans; Hypnosis/*methods; Personality Development; Self-Injurious Behavior/psychology/*therapy
The authors describe the use of ego-state therapy for the treatment of self-injurious behavior (SIB). We propose that for some patients, SIB results from conflict among dissociated ego states. We review the historical and theoretical basis for this position and delineate a specific treatment technique. Our strategy consists of identifying an ego state in which SIB occurs, activating the patient's ego strengths using inner-adviser techniques and facilitating the integration of these resources within the ego state responsible for the behavior. We have used this strategy with favorable results for patients with dissociative symptoms, primarily those suffering from borderline personality disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, or dissociative disorders.
Gainer M J; Torem M S
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
1993
1993-04
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1993.10403017" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1080/00029157.1993.10403017</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>
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>
Hypnotherapeutic techniques in the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum.
*Hypnosis; Adult; Female; Humans; Hyperemesis Gravidarum/*therapy; Pregnancy; Relaxation Therapy
Hyperemesis gravidarum is not an uncommon condition in the first trimester of pregnancy. In some of these patients, the condition is so severe that it causes the development of dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. When that happens, the patient usually requires hospital treatment, which includes intravenous fluids and antiemetic medications. Obstetricians are very careful before prescribing any medications in the first trimester of pregnancy, making it necessary to consider methods of treatment that minimize the risk of medication side effects to both mother and baby. One such method is the use of hypnotherapy. In this paper, I describe five cases where hypnotherapy was successfully used with a variety of techniques to resolve the problem of hyperemesis. This is followed by a discussion regarding the most efficacious techniques and the type of patient that best responds to hypnotherapeutic interventions.
Torem M S
The American journal of clinical hypnosis
1994
1994-07
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1994.10403104" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1080/00029157.1994.10403104</a>