The "Ripple Effect" Following Adjunct Hypnosis in Analytic Psychotherapy
HERBERT SPIEGEL M.D.1, and
LOUIS LINN M.D.2
1 Assistant clinical professor, department of psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
2 Associate clinical professor of psychiatry, division of community and social psychiatry, department of psychiatry and School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Columbia University
Treatment of several patients in analysis seemed obstructed by a single persisting symptom; in each case a consultant psychiatrist removed the symptom through hypnosis and the patients were returned to their referring psychotherapist. The authors note that not only were there no unfortunate sequelae but that a "ripple effect" occurred that resulted in genuine emotional growth by the patients.
