Therapeutic utilization of spontaneous out-of-body experiences in hypnotherapy.
American Journal of Psychotherapy 2004 Joseph Meyerson, Marc Gelkopf
An out-of-body experience (OBE) is a unique dissociative event in which the person feels separated from his/her body. Studies and anecdotal reports have observed that this experience tends to appear spontaneously in stressful and hypnogogic situations. It often contributes to the person's later having a new perspective of himself and his conception of the world, and may influence his...