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The "Ripple Effect" Following Adjunct Hypnosis in Analytic Psychotherapy

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.1.53

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.

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