title: The use of hypnotic age progressions as interventions with acute psychosomatic conditions.
abstract: Patients with the physical manifestations and physiological disturbances engendered by serious psychosomatic conditions often present with special needs in therapy. On a conscious level, these patients may have pessimistic views of the future, including the specter of imminent death, which, for some, is a real possibility. In this paper we review four clinical cases in which hypnotic age progressions reveal the patients' deepest positive hopes for survival and serve as ego-strengthening, integrating, and prognostic tools in the face of ominous symptoms of physical distress.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009449:Neurocirculatory Asthenia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012803:Sick Role; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*