Brief hypnotic treatment of repetitive nightmares.
Little attention has been paid to repetitive nightmares and their direct treatment. Hypnosis appears to be a treatment of choice for these nightmares, and techniques for hypnotic treatment may be based upon whether the nightmare mirrors an actual experience of the patient. A new technique that reframes the waking point as the interrupted middle rather than the end of the dream, which then allows a benign completion, is presented, with case histories.
Kingsbury
S J
SJ
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
D000328:Adult; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004325:Dreams; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy