Abstract
Since April 2010, a complementary and alternative medical service (CAM) has been in operation at the Bnai Zion Medical Center in Israel. Hypnosis is administered by a certified hypnotist- clinical psychologist. At first, the service was patient-oriented. While treating patients, a new understanding emerged concerning the role of hypnosis in a medical centre that it is team-oriented and it involves: instructing the multidisciplinary medical and nursing staff in the language of hypnosis; conducting workshops for nurses on how to avoid burnout; assimilating hypnotic language into written and verbal explanations of medical procedures; and using hypnotic techniques to improve surgeons' performance in laparoscopic procedures. This article will review the process from the psychologist-hypnotist's perspective.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6-12 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis.
Keywords
- Medical communication
- Medical education
- Medical hypnosis
- Spontaneous hypnosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Complementary and Manual Therapy
- Clinical Psychology