Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors

607 Pages·1990·5.99 MB·English

by  D. Corydon Hammond

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HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS

AND METAPHORS

This book is dedicated with deep love and affection to my children,
Matthew, Erin, Christopher, and Mark

FOREWORD
Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis in a wide variety of
medical and psychological disorders. Adequate training in psychotherapy is
a prerequisite for practicing hypnosis, regardless of whether the clinician is
a psychologist, physician, social worker, or dentist. In fact, training in
psychotherapy and hypnotherapy is a never-ending process.
A text of this magnitude offers both the neophyte and the experienced
clinician a tremendous, comprehensive reference. After receiving initial
classroom or workshop training, additional training comes through read­
ing, self-study and self-experience. This book represents a beacon for those
desiring additional training in treating clinical problems. Having this
reference available will give the new practitioner a very secure feeling.
This is a book for clinical practitioners. In fact, it will undoubtedly
become the practical companion volume and supplement to comprehensive
textbooks and courses on hypnosis. It provides the reader with the "how to"
suggestions that therapists use with their patients. Rather than intellectually
discussing the topic of hypnosis, this book gives therapists, physicians and
dentists a sampling of what experienced clinicians actually say to their
patients during hypnotic work. At last we have a book that helps answer the
common query from our students: "But what do I say now that the patient
is hypnotized?"
Every student and clinician who uses hypnosis will want to have this
invaluable and comprehensive desktop reference. It represents the largest
'collection of therapeutic suggestions and metaphors ever assembled, with
contributions from over 100 of the world's finest hypnotherapists. For those
interested in the theoretical and research aspects of hypnosis, there are
numerous other volumes that may be found in libraries. In my opinion, we
are very fortunate in having this new text in which something so compli­
cated has been made so much more understandable.
However, Dr. Hammond rightly emphasizes that this is not meant to be
a cookbook of suggestions to be routinely used with certain problems. And
simply the extensiveness of the suggestions he has compiled will tend to
discourage anyone from mechanically applying the same paragraph of sug­
gestions to everyone with a problem. His inclusion of empirical indications

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and contraindications for modules of suggestions is also intended to facilitate
thoughtful treatment planning and the individualization of treatment.
What you will find here is a resource book from which you will be able
to pick and choose suggestions that you clinically judge to be compatible
with individual patients and with your own personal style of doing
hypnosis. It is an eclectic book that models a wide range of styles of practice
in clinical hypnosis. The tremendous breadth of suggestions will also serve
as a stimulus to your creativity in preparing hypnotic suggestions and
metaphors of your own. Chapter 2 will enhance your skills further through
outlining the principles and guidelines for formulating successful hypnotic
and posthypnotic suggestions.
Suggestions included in the book concern dozens of clinical problems.
There are chapters and sections of suggestions on such medical topics as
pain, hypnoanesthesia and hypnotic preparation for surgery, burns, emer­
gencies, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, chemotherapy, dermatologic
complaints, obesity, smoking and addictions, childbirth training, obstet­
rical and gynecologic applications, insomnia, autoimmune diseases, and
hemophilia.
Psychotherapists will find practical suggestions concerning habit disor­
ders (e.g. , nailbiting, trichotillomania), anxiety and phobic disorders,
sexual dysfunctions and relationship problems, concentration, academic
performance, sports, ego-strengthening to increase self-esteem and self­
efficacy, posttraumatic stress disorders, multiple personality disorder,
severely disturbed (e.g. , borderline, schizophrenic) patients, and other
emotional disorders. A chapter on hypnosis with children includes such
clinical topics as pain and hypnoanesthesia, dyslexia, stuttering, enuresis,
Tourette syndrome, school phobia, and asthma. Dentists will find useful
suggestions concerning bruxism, TMJ, anxiety and phobic responses, pain
control, thumbsucking, vascular control and gagging. There are also
suggestions to be found on facilitating age regression, age progression, and
time distortion. Each chapter represents the epitome of clinical expertise
extant in our field.
This Handbook contains a wealth of original and previously unpublished
suggestions that Dr. Hammond solicited from many of our most experi­
enced hypnotherapists. In these pages you will also discover many of the
finest suggestions that have appeared in books, chapters and journal articles
over the last 30 years. For example, suggestions are included from
throughout the back issues of the two most prestigious hypnosis journals in
the world, the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis and the International
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis. Dr. Hammond has done the
work for us of reviewing tens of thousands of pages of books and journals,
and then compiling in one place the practical clinical gems that he
discovered.
This book was a massive undertaking. Tasks of this kind require literally
hundreds of hours of personal sacrifice and effort. Very few people possess
this dedication and scholastic capability. The present text is literally
Herculean in scope, volume and content. The book is also unique in that
neither Dr. Hammond nor any of his contributors will receive royalties
from its publication. The book was literally a labor of love by all those who

have contributed. It was donated to and accepted as an official publication
of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. All royalties from its sale will
go to the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis to promote further
research and workshop training in clinical hypnosis throughout the United
States and Canada.
Dr. Hammond is a master clinician of unusual breadth and talent who
has become one of the giants in the field of clinical hypnosis. Part of his
brilliance lies in the expertise that he has in integrating the practical
contributions that are found in a great diversity of different orientations
and approaches to hypnosis. Although he clearly makes scholarly and
research contributions to the field, Dr. Hammond is primarily a clinician of
the greatest magnitude, as exemplified by this text. Cory Hammond is one
of the few people whom I know capable of authoring and compiling this
type of text. People in the field will always be indebted for this yeoman
challenge which he has completed in this magnificent presentation. His
clinical breadth, extensive practical experience, and thorough knowledge of
the field are truly reflected in this work. Dr. Hammond's book is destined
to be a classic in the field that will be sought after for decades to come. It
will rank as one of the greatest therapeutic contributions made in the fields
of medicine, psychology, dentistry and allied fields.

Harold B. Crasilneck, Ph.D.
Past President, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the Society of
Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, University of Texas
Health Sciences Center, Dallas

FOREWORD
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CONTENTS

Foreword by Harold B. Crasilneck
vii

1. Introduction
1

The Underlying Therapeutic Philosophy: Integrative
Hypnotherapy
2
The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
4
Training Opportunities
5
Eligibility for ASCH Membership
8
Acknowledgments
9

2. Formulating Hypnotic and Posthypnotic Suggestions

Principles of Hypnotic Suggestion
1 1
Types of Hypnotic Suggestions
27
The Phrasing of Suggestions
38
The Process of Suggestions in Facilitating Phenomena

3. Hypnosis in Pain Management
45

INTRODUCTION
45

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Techniques of Hypnotic Pain Management I Joseph Barber 50
• Altering
the Quality of Discomfort: Example of Leg Pain I M. Erik Wright 52
•
Transformation of Pain I William L. Golden, E. Thomas Dowd, and Fred
Friedberg 53
• Erickson's Suggestions for Pain Control I Milton H.
Erickson 54
• General Principles for Alleviating Persistent Pain I Ernest
L. Rossi and David B. Cheek 56
•
Religious Imagery of Universal
Healing for Ego-Strengthening and Pain I M. Erik Wright 58
• The
"Sympathetic Ear" Technique with Chronic Pain I Barry S. Fogel 58
•
Reactivation of Pain-Free Memories: An Example of Intensifying and
Relieving Pain I M. Erik Wright 59
•
Chronic Pain Syndrome I Richard
B. Garver 61
• Hypnotically Elicited Mystical States in Treating Physical
and Emotional Pain I Paul Sacerdote 63
• Active Control Strategy for
Group Hypnotherapy with Chronic Pain I Timothy C. Toomey and Shirley

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Sanders 66
• Pain Strategies by Hypnotizability Level I David Spiegel and
Herbert Spiegel 67
•
Reinterpreting Pain as Protection I Charles B.
Mutter 68
•
Splinting Technique for Pain Control I Charles B.
Mutter 68
• Erickson's Interspersal Technique for Pain 68
• The
Setting Sun Pain Metaphor I Alexander A. Levitan 71 • Mexican Food:
Metaphor of the Body Adapting to Pain I D. Corydon Hammond 71
•
Metaphor of Callous Formation I D. Corydon Hammond 71
•
Suggestions for Patients with Chronic Pain I Lillian E. Fredericks 72
•
Pain Reduction I Beata Jencks 72
•
"Body Lights" Approach to
Ameliorating Pain and Inflammation (Arthritis) I Ernest L. Rossi and
David B. Cheek 75
• Suggestions with Postherpetic Neuralgia ("Shingles")

I Diane Roberts Stoler 76
• Suggestions to Reduce Pain Following
Hemorrhoidectomies I Ernest W. Werbel 77
• Suggestions for Pain
Control I Don E. Gibbons 78
• Hypnosis for Migraine I Lillian E.
Fredericks 80
• Suggestions with Migraine I J.A.D. Anderson,
M. A. Basker, and R. Dalton 80
• Diminution Rather Than Elimination
of Headache I Irving I. Secter 00
• Suggestion for Symptom Substitution

I Gary R. Elkins 81 • The Progressive Anesthesia Induction-Deepening
Technique I D. Corydon Hammond 81

4. Hypnoanesthesia and Preparation for Surgery
85

INTRODUCTION
85

Preparation for Surgery I Lillian E. Fredericks 90
• Suggestions for
Anesthesia and Surgery I Bertha P. Rodger 91
• Hypnosis and the
Anesthetist I John B. Corley 92
• Summary Steps for Preoperative
Hypnosis to Facilitate Healing I Ernest L. Rossi and David B.
Cheek 94
• Ericksonian Approaches in Anesthesiology I Bertha P.
Rodger 94
• Examples of Preoperative Suggestions I Joseph
Barber 98
• Preparation for Surgery I Sandra M. Sylvester 98
•
Temperature Suggestion Following Chest/ Abdominal Surgery I D. Corydon
Hammond 101
• Suggestions for Insertion of Needles or Short
Procedures I Esther E. Bartlett 101
• Switching Off the Senses I Bertha
P. Rodger 101
• Rapid Induction Analgesia I Joseph Barber 102
•
Surgical and Obstetrical Analgesia I Ernest L. Rossi and David B.
Cheek 106
• Techniques for Surgery I William S. Kroger 107

5. Ego-Strengthening: Enhancing Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and

Confidence

INTRODUCTION

Ego-Strengthening I Moshe S. Torem 110
• An Example of Positive
Suggestions for Well-Being I Sheryl C. Wilson and Theodore X.
Barber 112
• Positive Suggestions for Effective Living I T. X.
Barber 113
• Suggestions for Raising Self-Esteem I T. X. Barber 118
•
Barnett's Yes-Set Method of Ego-Strengthening I Edgar A. Barnett 120
•
Ego-Enhancement: A Five-Step Approach I Harry E. Stanton 122
•
Suggestions for Modifying Perfectionism I D. Corydon Hammond 124
•
Suggestions Derived from Rational-Emotive Therapy I Harry E.
Stanton 126
• Suggestions for Raising Self-Esteem I Helen H.
Watkins 127
• Suggestions to Facilitate Problem Solving I Don E.
Gibbons 130
• The Serenity Place I D. Corydon Hammond 130
•

Ego-Strengthening Suggestions I Richard B. Garver 132
• The
Inevitability of Change I Robert C. Mashman 132
• Change Is Necessary
for Comfort I Robert C. Mashman 133
• An Abstract Technique for
Ego-Strengthening I B. J. Gorman 133
• Learning to Feed Yourself: An
Example of Age Regression to Experiences of Mastery I D. Corydon
Hammond 135
• Ego Building I Joan Murray-Jobsis 136
• The Ugly
Duckling Metaphor I Roy L. Rummel 139
• The Prominent Tree
Metaphor I Alcid M. Pelletier 139
• The Seasons of the Year: A
Metaphor of Growth I Lawrence R. Gindhart 140
• Confidence
Building I H. E. Stanton 141
• Increasing Determination: The
Snowball I H. E. Stanton 143
• Suggestions for Emotional Enrichment I
Don E. Gibbons 143
•
Stein's Clenched Fist Technique I D. Corydon
Hammond 145
• Suggestions for Ego-Strengthening I John
Hartland 147
• Suggestions for Self-Reinforcement I Don E.
Gibbons 149
• Visualization of the Idealized Ego-Image I Maurice H.
McDowell 149
• Cycle of Progress I Douglas M. Gregg 150
• A Brief
Ego-Strengthening Suggestion I William T. Reardon 151
• A
Future-Oriented Suggestion I P. Oystragh 151

Anxiety, Phobias, and Dental Disorders
153

INTRODUCTION
153

Hypnosis with Anxiety
1 56

Progressive Relaxation Induction or Deepening Technique I D. Corydon
Hammond 156
• Hypnotic Treatment Techniques with Anxiety I David
Spiegel and Herbert Spiegel 157
• The Private Refuge I Selig
Finkelstein 158
• Imagery Scenes Facilitating Relaxation I H. E.
Stanton 159
•
Island of Serenity I Edwin L. Stickney 1 59
• Deep,
Meditative Trance: The Approach of Ainslie Meares, M.D. 160
•
Methods of Relaxed Breathing I Beata Jencks 162
• The Autogenic Rag
Doll I Beata Jencks 165
• Hypnotic Suggestion/Metaphor to Begin
Reframing I Steven Gurgevich 167
• Rational-Emotive Suggestions About
Anxiety I Albert Ellis 168
• Stress Reduction Trance: A Naturalistic
Ericksonian Approach I Eleanor S. Field 170
• The Closed Drawer
Metaphor I Brian M. Alman 172
• He Who Hesitates Is Lost: A
Metaphor for Decision-Making I Michael D. Yapko 173
• De-Fusing
Panic I Marlene E. Hunter 173

Hypnosis with Phobias
175

Paradigm for Flying Phobia I David Spiegel and Herbert Spiegel 175
• A
Reframing Approach for Flight Phobia I Peter A. Bakal, M.D.
175
•
Hypnosis with Phobic Reactions I Don E. Gibbons 177
• Suggestions for
Simple and Social Phobias I Michael A. Haberman 177
• Example of
Treating Phobic Anxiety with Individually Prepared Tapes I M. Erik Wright
180
• Treatment of Lack of Confidence and Stage Fright I David Waxman
180
• Overcoming Anxiety over Public Speaking I Don E. Gibbons 182

Suggestions in Dental Hypnosis
183

Suggestions with TMJ and Bruxism I Harold P. Golan 183
• Suggestions
with TMJ I Ellis J. Neiburger 183
• Erickson's suggestions with
Bruxism I Milton H. Erickson 184
• TMJ and Tension Heachaches I Dov
Glazer 184
• Suggestions to Promote Dental Flossing I Maureen A. Kelly,

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Harlo R. McKinty, and Richard Carr 185
• Gagging I Harold P.
Golan 185
• Imagery with Hypersensitive Gag Reflex I J. Henry Clarke
and Stephen J. Persichetti 187
• Denture Problems and Gagging I
Donald R. Beebe 188
• Suggestion with Gagging I Irving I.
Seeler 188
•
Gagging Suggestion I William T. Heron 188
• Control of
Salivation I Irving I. Sector 189
• Dental Phobias and Fears I Louis L.
Dubin 189
• Illustrative Suggestions with Tooth Extraction I Selig
Finkelstein 191
• Dental Hypnosis I Victor Rausch 192
• Suggestions
for Operative Hypnodontics I WilliamS. Kroger 193
• The Let's Pretend
Game I Lawrence M. Staples 194
• Erickson's Approach with Bruxism in
Children I Milton H. Erickson 195
• Use of Fantasy or Hallucination for
Tongue Thrusting I Irving I. Seeler 195
• Suggestions with Tongue
Thrusting I Donald J. Rosinski 196

7. Hypnosis with Cancer Patients
199

INTRODUCTION
199

Clinical Issues in Controlling Chemotherapy Side Effects I William H.
Redd, Patricia H. Rosenberger's and Cobie S. Hendler 200
• Suggestions
and Metaphors for Nausea I Alexander A. Levitan 201
• Suggestions for
Chemotherapy Patients I Alexander A. Levitan 202
• Suggestions and
Metaphors for Support and Ego-Strengthening in Cancer Patients I Billie S.
Strauss 203
• General Suggestions for Self-Healing I Joan
Murray-Jobsis 203
• Hypnotic Suggestions with Cancer I Jeffrey
Auerbach 204
•
Hypnotic Suggestions with Cancer Patients I Harold B.
Crasilneck and James A. Hall 205
• Imagery to Enhance the Control of
the Physiological and Psychological "Side Effects" of Cancer Therapy I
Simon W. Rosenberg 206
• Breast Cancer: Radiation Treatment and
Recovery I Diane Roberts Stoler 209
•
Hypnosis as an Adjunct to
Chemotherapy in Cancer I Sidney Rosen 212
• Hypnotic Death
Rehearsal / Alexander A. Levitan 215

8. Hypnosis with Medical Disorders
217

INTRODUCTION
217

Hypnosis with Dermatologic Disorders
222

Treatment of Pruritus I Michael J. Scott 222
• Erickson's Reframing
Suggestion with Pruritus I Milton H. Erickson 223
•
Suggestions for
Itching I Beata Jencks 223
• Hypnotic Technique for Treating Warts I
Harold B. Crasilneck and James A. Hall 223
•
Suggestions for Warts
[Modeled after Hartland] I Don E. Gibbons 224
• Suggestions for
Vaginal Warts I Diane Roberts Stoler 225
• Suggestions with Condyloma
Acuminatum (Genital Warts) I Dabney M. Ewin 226
• Suggestions for
Immunodeficient Children with Warts I M. F. Tasini and Thomas P.
Hackett 226
• Evoking Helpful Past Experiences and Medical Treatments:
Example with Skin Rash I M. Erik Wright 226
• Suggestions with
Pruritus I William S. Kroger and William D. Fezler 227
• Reducing
Dermatologic Irritation I D. Corydon Hammond 228

Hypnosis with Burns and Emergencies
228

Suggestions with Burn Patients I Harold B. Crasilneck and James A. Hall
228
• Emergency Hypnosis for the Burned Patient I Dabney M.
Ewin 229
• Hypnosis in Painful Burns I R. John Wakeman and Jerold Z.
Kaplan 231
• Ideomotor Healing of Burn Injuries I Ernest L. Rossi and
David B. Cheek 233
• Direct Suggestions in Emergencies with the
Critically III I Ernest L. Rossi and David B. Cheek 233
• Suggestions
for Use of Spontaneous Trances in Emergency Situations I M. Erik
Wright 234
• Painless Wound Injection Through Use of a Two-finger
Confusion Technique I Steven F. Bierman 236

Hypnosis for Healing, Psychosomatic Conditions and Autoimmune
Diseases
238

General Approach to Physical Symptoms Caused by Stress I Carol P.
Herbert 238
•
Symphony Metaphor I Marlene E. Hunter 238
•
Healing Imagery I Marlene E. Hunter 239
• Suggestions with
Autoimmune Disease I Jeffrey Auerbach 241
• Prolonged Hypnosis in
Psychosomatic Medicine I Kazuya Kuriyama 242
• Further Suggestions
for Facilitating Prolonged Hypnosis I Stanislav Kratochvil 244
• Vascular
Control Through Hypnosis I Emil G. Bishay and Chingmuh Lee 244
•
Suggestion for Control of Bleeding I Milton H. Erickson 245
•
Suggestions for Control of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage I Emil G.
Bishay, Grant Stevens, and Chingmuh Lee 245
• Blood Perfusion
Protocol I Lawrence Earle Moore 246

Hypnosis with Neurological and Ophthalmological Conditions
247

Teaching the Other Side of the Brain I Marlene E. Hunter 247
•
Once Learned, Can Be Relearned I Marlene E. Hunter 248
• Hypnosis
with Blepharospasm I Joseph K. Murphy and A. Kenneth Fuller 250
•
Hypnotherapy for Lagophthalmos I Jean Holroyd and Ezra
Maguen 251
• Suggestions for Involuntary Muscle Jerking I Valerie T.
Stein 25 1
•
Hypnosis with Bell's Palsy I Simon W. Chiasson 252

Hypnosis with Sleep Disorders
253

Suggestions with Sleep Disturbance I Richard B. Garver 253
•
Suggestions with Sleep Disorders I Doris Gruenewald 253
• Visualization
for Treating Insomnia I H. E. Stanton 254
• Hypnosis Techniques with
Insomnia I David Spiegel and Herbert Spiegel 255
• Suggestions for
Insomnia I Milton H. Erickson 255
•
Snoring: A Disease of the
Listener I Daniel A. Zelling 255

Miscellaneous Medical Applications
256

Hypnotic Techniques and Suggestions for Medical-Physical Complaints I
Beata Jencks 256
• Paradoxical Self-Hypnotic Assignment for Chronic
Urinary Retention or "Bashful Bladder" I Gerald J. Mozdzierz 262
•
Hypnosis in Postoperative Urinary Retention I Simon W. Chiasson 263
•
Hypnotic Paradigm-Substitution with Hypochondriasis I Thomas Deiker
and D. Kenneth Counts 264
•
Suggestions with Asthma I Don E.
Gibbons 265
•
Suggestions for Prevention of Seasonal Allergies I Hans
A. Abraham 265
• Erickson's Metaphor with Tinnitus I Milton H.
Erickson 266
• Procedure with Difficulty Swallowing Pills I Irving I.
Seeler 266
• Suggestion for Alleviating Hiccups I Gerald J.
Mozdzierz 267

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9. Hypnosis in Obstetrics and Gynecology
269

INTRODUCTION
269

Obstetrical Hypnosis: Childbirth Training
271

Group Hypnosis Training in Obstetrics I Simon W. Chiasson 271
•
Outline of Hypnotic Suggestions in Obstetrics I Bertha P. Rodger 273
•
Suggestions for a Comfortable Delivery I Joseph Barber 275
• The
Hypnoreflexogenous Technique in Obstetrics I A. Kenneth Fuller 277
•
Childbirth Suggestions I Larry Goldmann 278
• Management of
Antenatal Hypnotic Training I David Waxman 279
• Erickson's
Childbirth Suggestions I Milton H. Erickson 281
• An Ericksonian
Approach to Childbirth I Noelle M. Poncelet 282
• Childbirth Script I
Diane Roberts Stoler 286
•
Preparation for Obstetrical Labor I William
S. Kroger 293
• Suggestions with Untrained Patients in Labor I Nicholas
L. Rock, T. E. Shipley, and C. Campbell 296

Premature Labor, Miscarriage and Abortion
296

Hypnotic Relaxation Technique for Premature Labor I Haim
Omer 296
• Use of Immediate Interventions to Uncover Emotional
Factors in Pre-Abortion Conditions I David B. Cheek 299
• Treating the
Trauma of Prospective Abortion I Helen H. Watkins 301

Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Miscellaneous Gynecologic
Disorders
302

Hypnotic Intervention with Hyperemesis Gravidarum I Ralph V.
August 302
•
Control Of Hyperemesis I Larry Goldmann 303
•
Suggestions for Hyperemesis I William T. Heron 304
• Progressive
Anesthesia Technique for Hyperemesis Gravidarum I D. Corydon
Hammond 305
• Suggestions for Hyperemesis I Harold B. Crasilneck and
James A. Hall 305
• Suggestions for Hyperemesis Gravidarum I David
Waxman 305
• Suggestions with Psychogenic Amenorrhea I WilliamS.
Kroger 306
• Suggestions with Leukorrhea I F. H. Leckie 306

10. Hypnosis with Emotional and Psychiatric Disorders
309

INTRODUCTION
309
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Suggestive Techniques with Emotional Disorders
312

Hypnotherapeutic Technique for the Reduction o f Guilt: The Door of
Forgiveness I Helen H. Watkins 3 12
• Dumping the "Rubbish" I

H. E. Stanton 313
• The Red Balloon Technique I D. Corydon
Hammond 313
• Edelstien's Fusion of Extremes Technique I D. Corydon
Hammond 3 15
• Scenes for Facilitating Self-Understanding I H. E.
Stanton 316
• Meeting an Inner Adviser I David E. Bresler 318
•
Responsibility to a Fault: A Metaphor for Overresponsibility I Michael D.
Yapko 320
• Different Parts: A Metaphor I Michael D. Yapko 321
•
Enhancing Affective Experience and Its Expression I Daniel P. Brown and
Erika Fromm 322

Hypnosis with Severely Disturbed Patients
324

Can Hypnosis Help Psychosis? I James R. Hodge 324
•
Renurturing: Forming Positive Sense of Identity and Bonding I Joan
Murray-Jobsis 326
• Suggestions for Creative Self-Mothering I Joan

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Murray-Jobsis 328
• Hypnotherapeutic Techniques with Affective
Instability I Louis N. Gruber 328
•
Hypnotic Suggestions to Deter
Suicide I James R. Hodge 330
• Hypnosis with Bipolar Affective
Disorders I A. David Feinstein and R. Michael Morgan 332

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Hypnosis with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Multiple
Personality Disorder
333

Emergency Room Suggestions for Physically or Sexually Assaulted
Patients I Carol P. Herbert 333
• Hypnotic Suggestions with Rape
Victims I Bruce Walter Ebert 334
• Saying Goodbye to the Abused Child:
An Approach for Use with Victims of Child Abuse and Trauma I Ronald A.
Havens 334
• Reframing Dreams in PTSD I Charles B. Mutter 335
•
Suggestions and Metaphors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Pain
Control (in Spanish) I Marlene D. de Rios and Joyce K. Friedman 335
•
A Fusion Ritual in Treating Multiple Personality I Richard P. Kluft 339
•
Another Fusion Ritual / Richard P. Kluft 341
• Containing Dysphoria in
MPD I Richard P. Kluft 342
• Modified Ego-Strengthening for MPD I
Moshe S. Torem 343
• Corporate Headquarters of the Mind I Donald A.
Price 343
• Metaphors with Multiple Personality and Trauma Patients I
D. Corydon Hammond 346
• A Projective Ideomotor Screening
Procedure to Assist in Early Identification of Ritualistic Abuse Victims I
D. Corydon Hammond 347

11. Hypnosis with Sexual Dysfunction and Relationship

Problems
349

INTRODUCTION
349

Hypnotherapy and Sexual Dysfunction
354

The Master Control Room Technique I D. Corydon Hammond 354
•
Illustrative Suggestions in Sex Therapy I Bernie Zilbergeld 356
•
Hypnotherapy with Psychogenic Impotence I Harold B. Crasilneck 356
•
Suggestions for Spectatoring and Sensate Focus I D. Corydon Hammond
358
• Suggestions for Facilitating Sexual Fantasy I D. Corydon Hammond
360
• Changes in Preference Metaphor I D. Corydon Hammond 361
•
Metaphors for Going Out to Dinner and Back Scratching I D. Corydon
Hammond 362
• Organ Transplant Metaphor I D. Corydon
Hammond 363
• The Pee Shyness Metaphor for Sexual Dysfunction I
D. Corydon Hammond 364
• Metaphoric Suggestions and Word Plays
for Facilitating Lubrication I D. Corydon Hammond 364
• Suggestion
for Ejaculatory Inhibition or Orgasmic Dysfunction I D. Corydon
Hammond 365
• Suggestion for Erection or Lubrication I D. Corydon
Hammond 366
• Suggestions for Impotence and Anorgasmia I Leo
Alexander 366
• Suggestions for Induced Erotic Dreams I D. Corydon
Hammond 367
• Suggestions with Sexual Dysfunctions I Don E.
Gibbons 368
•
Suggestions for Premature Ejaculation I Milton H.
Erickson 370

Hypnotic Suggestions for Interpersonal Relationships
371

Hypnotic Ego-Assertive Retraining I David Waxman 371
• "Fruits &
Vegetables": A Simple Metaphor for Understanding People Better I Gerald
J. Mozdzierz 372
• Suggestions to Increase Interpersonal Effectiveness I
Don E. Gibbons 373
• Suggestions for Difficulties in Interpersonal
Situations I Kermit E. Parker, Jr. 374
• The Symbolic Imagery Letter

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Writing Technique I MarkS. Carich 374
• The Jazz Band Metaphor for
Family Interaction I Philip Barker 375
• Golden Retriever Metaphor I
D. Corydon Hammond 376
• The Pygmalion Metaphor I D. Corydon
Hammond 377

12. Hypnosis with Obesity and Eating Disorders

INTRODUCTION
379

Hypnosis with Obesity
380

379

Examples of Suggestions for Weight Reduction I Sheryl C. Wilson and
Theodore X. Barber 380
• Hypnotic Suggestions for Weight Control I
T. X. Barber 383
•
Hypnotic Strategies for Managing Cravings I
D. Corydon Hammond 385
• Weight Control I David Spiegel and
Herbert Spiegel 387
• Suggestions for Patients with Obesity Problems I
Joan Murray-Jobsis 388
• Computer Metaphor for Obesity I Richard B.
Garver 389
• Suggestions for Decreasing Food Intake I Harold B.
Crasilneck and James A. Hall 390
•
Historic Landmark Technique for
Treating Obesity I William C. Wester, II 391
• Hypnosis in Weight
Control I Herbert Mann 393
• Weight Control Suggestions I Harry E.
Stanton 395
• Miscellaneous Suggestions for Weight Control I WilliamS.
Kroger and William D. Fezler 395
• Further Suggestions for Management
of Obesity I William S. Kroger 396
•
Erickson's Suggestions with
Obesity I Milton H. Erickson 397
• Negative Accentuation: Vivifying the
Negative During Trance I M. Erik Wright 397
• Aversive Metaphor for
Chocolate Eaters I Marvin Stock 399
• Symbolic Imagery: The Dial Box
Shrinking Technique I Mark S. Carich 400
• The Attic of the Past I
Eleanor S. Field 400

Treatment of Eating Disorders
402

Suggestions to Modify Body Attitude I Eric J. Van Denburg and Richard
M. Kurtz 402
• Altering Body Image I Hans A. Abraham 402
•
Suggestions for Increasing Food Intake I Harold B. Crasilneck and James
A. Hall 403
•
Suggestions for Presenting Symptoms in Anorexia
Nervosa I Meir Gross 403
• Metaphors for Bulimia and Anorexia I
Michael D. Yapko 405

13. Smoking, Addictions, and Habit Disorders
407

INTRODUCTION
407

Hypnosis with Smoking and Addictions
409

Smoking Suggestions I Joseph Barber 409
• Hypnotic Suggestions for
Smoking Cessation I T. X. Barber 41 1
• Hypnosis and Smoking: A Five
Session Approach I Helen H. Watkins 413
• Smoking Control I David
Spiegel and Herbert Spiegel 416
•
Suggestions for Smoking Cessation I
Harold B. Crasilneck and James A. Hall 416
• Smoking Cessation I
Richard B. Garver 417
• Suggestions Regarding Smoking I Steven
Gurgevich 418
• Suggestions to Modify Smoking Behavior I Harry E.
Stanton 419
•
Suggestions Applicable for Smoking, Obesity and Other
Addictive Behaviors I Doris Gruenewald 420
•
Suggestions for Rational

Self-Talk for Smoking and Other Addictions I D. Corydon
Hammond 422
• Suggestions for Smoking Cessation I William C.
Wester, II 422
• Aversive Metaphor for Smoking I Marvin
Stock 423
• General Strategies for Overcoming Pleasure-Producing
Habits I M. Erik Wright 425
• Illustrative Suggestions with Smokers I
Paul Sacerdote 428
• A Posthypnotic Suggestion and Cue with Smokers I
Brian M. Alman 429

Hypnosis with Habit Disorders
429

Hypnosis with Nailbiting I Harold B. Crasilneck and James A.
Hall 429
• Erickson's Suggestions for Nailbiting I Milton H.
Erickson 429
• Suggestions for Nailbiting I David Waxman 429
•
Suggestions for Nailbiting I Don E. Gibbons 430
• Suggestions with
Trichotillomania I Marianne Barabasz 431
• Suggestions for Scalp
Sensitivity with Trichotillomania I T. J. Galski 431

14. Concentration, Academic Performance, and Athletic

Performance
433

INTRODUCTION
433

Enhancing Academic Performance
436

Suggestions for Enhancing Academic Performance / Don E.
Gibbons 436
• The Memory Bank I Douglas M. Gregg 437
•
Academic Study Suggestions I Stanley Krippner 439
• Concentration
Suggestions I William T. Reardon 440
• Suggestion for Concentration I
Brian M. Alman 440
• Suggestions and Success Imagery for Study
Problems I Jeannie Porter 440
• Suggestions for Studying, Concentration
and Text Anxiety I Richard B. Garver 445
• Erickson's Suggestions for
Facilitating Speed of Learning I Milton H. Erickson 446
• Alert Trance
Suggestions for Concentration and Reading I E. R. Oetting 446
• Alert
Self-Hypnosis Technique to Improve Reading Comprehension I David M.
Wark 449
• Advanced Comprehension Suggestions for an Alert Trance I
David M. Wark 450
• Improving Reading Speed by Hypnosis I Raymond
W. Klauber 450
•
Gorman's Ego-Strengthening Technique Adapted for
Reading I G. Gerald Koe 452
• Suggestions for Foreign Language
Study I Don E. Gibbons 457
• Suggestions for Mathematics or Statistics
Performance I Robert M. Anderson 458
• Examination Panic I Milton
H. Erickson 459
•
Suggestions for Concentration, Studying and
Overcoming Test Anxiety I Alcid M. Pelletier 460
•
Suggestions for
Examination Phobia I David Waxman 461

Suggestions for Aesthetic Refinement
461

Suggestions for Artistic Expression I Don E. Gibbons 461
• Suggestions
for Aesthetic Appreciation and Enjoyment I Don E. Gibbons 462
•
Suggestions to Enhance Musical Performance I Don E. Gibbons 462
•
Suggestions to Enhance Writing Ability I Don E. Gibbons 464

Enhancing Sports and Athletic Performance
465

Suggestions Used to Enhance Sport Performance I Keith P.
Henschen 465
• Sports Performance Enhancement I Richard B.

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