Hypnosis And Hypnotherapy With Children

Karen Olness, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and International Health at Case Western Reserve University. A member of the General Academic Pediatrics Division, she is Director of International Child Health and Co-Director of the Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship training at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She is Principal Investigator for Pediatric HIV Studies in Uganda and Director of a Faculty Development project in Laos. Past President of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, and the Northwestern Pediatric Society, Dr. Olness has also served as a medical volunteer in refugee camps in Thailand and in Goma. Daniel P. Kohen, M.D., is Director of the Behavioral Pediatrics Program in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health at the University of Minnesota. An Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Family Practice and Community Health, he directs the Fellowship Program in Behavioral/Developmental Pediatrics, and also has an active consulting clinical practice. The current President of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Medical Hypnosis. Widely published, Dr. Kohen is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and he has conducted pediatric hypnosis workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.

Introduction. Part I: Hypnosis with Children. Scenes of Childhood. Early Uses of Hypnosis with Children. Norms of Hypnotizability in Children. Correlates of Childhood Hypnotic Responsiveness. Hypnotic Induction Techniques for Children: Techniques, Strategies, and Approaches. Part II: Hypnotherapy with Children. General Principles of Child Hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy for Psychological Disorders. Hypnotherapy for Habit Disorders. Hypnotherapy for Problems in Learning and Performance. Hypnotherapy for Pain Control. Hypnotherapy for Pediatric Medical Problems. Hypnotherapy for Grief and Mourning and with the Terminally Ill Child. Biofeedback and Child Hypnotherapy. Self-Hypnosis: A Tool for Prevention and Prophylaxis. Psychoimmunology. Teaching Child Hypnotherapy.