American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
September 2, 2026
Gilad Wasserman, Iftah Biran, Yacov Ezra et al.
Chronic orofacial pain conditions, such as temporomandibular disorders and persistent idiopathic facial pain, frequently involve significant psychosocial dimensions that complicate treatment. Hypnotherapy represents a promising integrative intervention bridging psychological and somatic experience, yet paradoxical reactions - symptom exacerbation rather than relief - may occasionally occur....
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
April 3, 2026
Carlos A. Ramos
Sleep paralysis (SP) is understood as a form of temporary muscle paralysis that occurs during the transition between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and wakefulness. SP is normally associated with vivid, fear-provoking hallucinations such as being threatened or attacked by home invaders and paranormal encounters like alien abductions. SP affects about 20% of the population, and it is a common...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
2011
Ronald J. Pekala
7 citations
Wagstaff (2010) reviews and comments on two recent papers by Pekala et al. (2010a, 2010b), concluding that "many of the problems relating to the definition and conceptualization of terms associated with hypnosis... may stem from insufficient attention to the role of suggestion and expectancies in producing hypnotic phenomena, and an over-reliance on the role of the procedures and mechanics of...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
2003
Ernest Lawrence Rossi
16 citations
The historical lineage of therapeutic hypnosis in James Braid's "psychophysiology", Pierre Janet's "physiological modification", and Milton Erickson's "neuro-psycho-physiology" is extended to include current neuroscience research on activity-dependent gene expression, neurogenesis, and stem cells in memory, learning, behavior change, and healing. Three conditions that optimize gene expression...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
October 1, 1994
Steven Jay Lynn, Cornelia Maré, Steven A. Kvaal et al.
17 citations
This article summarizes data from three studies (Maré, Lynn, Kvaal, Segal, & Sivec, in press; Lynn, Maré, Kvaal, Segal, & Sivec, 1993) designed to extend research on the "hidden observer" to two phenomena of clinical relevance: hypnotic dreams and suggested age regression. Subjects received suggestions for a hypnotic dream or age regression and then received suggestions for a "hidden observer"...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
1984
The short-term treatment of frightening hypnopompic hallucinations by hypnotic suggestions is described. The client re-experienced the hallucinated imagery in a deep state of hypnotically induced relaxation, such that the fearful aspect of these images would be reciprocally inhibited. In later hypnosis sessions, it was suggested that the client no longer have hypnopompic hallucinations....
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
October 1, 1967
C. Tart
One of the most intriguing aspects of hypnosis has been its ability to produce, ia the best Ss, very unusual subjective experiences. In the past decade these phenomena have been largely overlooked, as the emphasis in hypnosis research has been on the development of objective measures of suggestibility (Shor & Orne, 1962; Weitzenhoffer & Hilgard, 1959; 1962; 1963), the nature of hypnotic...