Abstract
A meta-analysis was performed on 18 studies in which a cognitive-behavioral therapy was compared with the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis. The results indicated that the addition of hypnosis substantially enhanced treatment outcome, so that the average client receiving cognitive-behavioral hypnotherapy showed greater improvement than at least 70% of clients receiving nonhypnotic treatment. Effects seemed particularly pronounced for treatments of obesity, especially at long-term follow up, indicating that unlike those in nonhypnotic treatment, clients to whom hypnotic inductions had been administered continued to lose weight after treatment ended. These results were particularly striking because of the few procedural differences between the hypnotic and nonbypnotic treatments.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Hypnosis |
| Subtitle of host publication | Theory, Research and Application |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 405-411 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351929301 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0754624544, 9780754624547 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |