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Hypnosis in Smoking Cessation: The Effectiveness of Some Basic Principles of Hypnotherapy Without Using Formal Trance — A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Björn Riegel*
Affiliation:
University Hamburg, Germany. bjoern.riegel@uni-hamburg.de
Sven Tönnies
Affiliation:
University Hamburg, Germany.
*
*Address for correspondence: Björn Riegel, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University Hamburg, Von Melle Park 5, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract

This article gives an insight into some possible intervention strategies using the basic principles of hypnotherapy. An excerpt of a treatment is described, showing the main effect with this individual person. The therapist applied the idea of unconscious seedings by narrating other clients' strategies. At the end, he supports the search of individual strategies. Abstinence was controlled one year after the last meeting by self-report and CO-measurement.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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