title: Forward Affect Bridge.
abstract: This article presents a modification of the affect bridge technique. The Forward Affect Bridge enables practitioners to create and maintain hope when it is missing. Hope is relevant for diminishing avoidance and being involved with necessary activities. The main idea is to build up a positive atmosphere in the here and now (relying on rapport), to amplify it, and to project it forward. By using clinical vignettes, the authors illustrate these techniques.
authors.affiliation: a Galilee Medical Center , Naharia , Israel.
authors.forename: Udi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bonshtein
authors.affiliation: b Cleveland Clinic-Akron General and Northeast Ohio Medical University , Akron , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*