title: Quantitative and qualitative research in hypnosis: a commentary on Woodard.
abstract: In recent articles Woodard extended the Snygg and Combs theory of "Perceptually Oriented Hypnosis" to effect a rapprochement with a Phenomenology of Hypnosis. Both use the "Phenomenal Field" of consciousness, but they provide different interpretations and approaches to the essence of hypnosis. Snygg and Combs were heavily reliant on Gestalt psychology with a Cartesian dualism while Phenomenology maintains the unity of quality and quantity within consciousness. This commentary presents the philosophical basis for the two methods used to arrive at the essence of hypnosis in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA 17042, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beshai
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005863:Gestalt Theory; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007092:Imagination; D007206:Individuality; D010465:Perception; D012106:Research; D013404:Suggestion