2025
Overview
Clinical hypnosis is a therapeutic technique in which a trained practitioner guides a person into a focused, relaxed state of heightened attention and receptivity, then uses suggestion to help alter thoughts, perceptions, feelings, or behaviours. Used as an adjunct to medical and psychological care, it has been applied to the management of pain, anxiety, stress, certain habits and phobias, and to support coping during procedures, with the aim of helping individuals gain greater awareness and control over their responses. Hypnosis is a collaborative process in which the person remains aware and in control, and it is most effective when integrated with other evidence-based treatments rather than used in isolation. The journal Alternative Medicine and Mind Body Practices publishes peer-reviewed research on complementary and integrative approaches that engage the connection between mind and body. Relevant work in this collection includes an examination of how intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy can be combined with hypnotism and solution-focused methods, illustrating the integration of hypnosis into broader psychotherapeutic practice. This page gathers open-access scholarship relevant to clinical hypnosis and related mind-body therapies, supporting evidence-based understanding of their use and integration within healthcare.
Research published in this journal
1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.