A Preliminary Phenomenological Study of Being Hypnotized and Hypnotizing

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ID13670700
AuthorsFredrick Woodard (corresponding author), FREDRICK JAMES WOODARD (Woodard Hypnosis and Research, Inc., Milford, New Hampshire)
Year2005
Volume97
Issue2
Pages423-466
Publication date2005-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.97.2.423-466
PMID16342574
OpenAlexW2087640945
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

This paper presents phenomenological research conducted following Woodard's phenomenological and perceptual research methodology for understanding hypnotic experiencing. The research emphasizes examining the internal experiencings of individuals involved in hypnotic experiencing. Examples are presented of Individual Situated Structures and the General Structures from both a group of 8 participants who hypnotized their clients and another group of 17 individuals who volunteered to be hypnotized. The explicated themes identified in hypnotic experiencing (the hypnotic relationship, phenomenology of trance, use of imagination, problem with psychic energy, a gestalt of experiencing, and linear-nonlinear experiencing) are discussed. The author discusses limitations of this study and suggestions for further work

Alternative medicine · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Gestalt psychology · Hypnosis · Perception · Phenomenology (philosophy · Psychotherapist · Situated · Sociology · Trance · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Medicine · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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