Clinical Hypnosis Lecture   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Spring Addendum
   

PH 550A - Clinical Hypnosis Lecture


The standard techniques of Clinical Hypnosis are described and students are taught the elements of their application. Uses of hypnotic techniques with specific types of patients and integration of these techniques into other behavioral medicine interventions is discussed. The laboratory gives students an opportunity to practice these techniques on other students while being supervised. It is the intent of this course to 1. Provide students with a basic background and appreciation of the history of clinical hypnosis and provide and introduction to a variety of current theories of the mechanisms of hypnosis. 2. Provide students with fundamental skills needed to induce a hypnotic state and a knowledge base to make clinical use of the hypnotic condition in a variety of situations. 3. Provide students with sufficient knowledge to understand pertinent legal and ethical considerations related to the use of clinical hypnosis. 4. Provide an overview of the empirically validated uses of hypnosis. 3 credit(s)