Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care

Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care

by Rubin Battino
Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care

Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care

by Rubin Battino

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Overview

Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care presents a model for effective single-session therapy.

Chapters include more than a dozen case studies with transcripts and commentary. Readers will learn how to use an adapted model of Remen's healing circle for preparing patients for surgery, and guided imagery and other approaches are presented for enhancing palliative care. Extensive appendixes provide a wide variety of valuable tools that psychotherapists can use with clients concerned with end-of-life issues.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367538460
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/17/2020
Pages: 254
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rubin Battino, LPCC, has published ten books on psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Forewords Michael Hoyt Trevor Silvester xi

Preface xv

1 Introduction: Expectation, the Placebo Effect, and Chatting 1

1.1 Expectation 1

1.2 The Placebo Effect 3

1.3 Other and Related Expectational Phenomena 5

1.4 Comments on Disease/Cure and Illness/Heal 7

1.5 RB's Model of Therapy, the Therapeutic Alliance, and Chatting 8

A RB's Model of Therapy 8

B The Therapeutic Alliance 9

C Chatting 11

D The Fifty-Minute Hour 13

1.6 Brief Introduction to Two Approaches 16

A The Miracle Question and the Miracle Method 16

B Ambiguous Function Assignments (AFA) 18

2 The Charlie Brown Exceptional Patient and Caregiver Group of Yellow Springs 21

2.1 Charlie Brown Group 21

2.2 Ira Byock's Statements and End-of-Life Issues 24

2.3 Rabbi Hillel's Wisdom 25

3 Preparation for Surgery: Two Approaches 27

3.1 Hypnosis and Preparation for Surgery 27

A Introductory Comments 27

B Five Parts to the Hypnotic Session 28

C Preparation for Surgery Script 29

D Letter to the Surgeon and Healing Statements 32

3.2 Remen's Circle of Healing and Related Circles 34

A Remen's Circle of Healing for Preparation for Surgery 34

B Variants on Remen's Circle of Healing 35

C Rituals, Ceremonies, and the Navajo Talking Circle 37

3.3 Some Concluding Comments 39

4 Case Study I: Mary and Anxiety and Insomnia and Shit and Einstein and … 40

5 Case Study 2: Bobbi and Her Needy Knees 43

6 Guided Imagery for Healing and Psychotherapy 46

6.1 Introduction 46

6.2 Different Forms of Imagery 47

6.3 Duration of Guided Imagery Sessions 48

6.4 Information for a Guided imagery Session 49

6.5 Other Factors: Connections to Metaphor, Hypnosis, and Psychotherapy 50

6.6 George's Guided Imagery CD for Cancer 51

A George and Pyramid Mountain and Hashem 51

6.7 Anne's Guided Imagery for Psychotherapy 53

A Anne and Anxiety and the Pine Forest and Jesus 53

6.8 Commentary 56

7 Case Study 3: Marvin, Weight Control, and the Mighty M&Ms 57

7.1 Marvin and the Mighty M&Ms 60

8 Case Study 4: Carol and the Curious Cough 63

9 Rapport and the Therapeutic Alliance 70

9.1 Introduction 70

9.2 Pacing Body (Postural) Language 71

9.3 Verbal Pacing 72

9.4 Representational Systems and Eye Accessing Cues 72

9.5 Anchors and Anchoring 74

9.6 Anchoring and Remen's Healing Circle 74

9.7 Some Closing Comments 76

10 Case Studies 5 and 6: Sammy and Self-Regard and Normalizing Norman 77

10.1 Introducing Sammy and Norman 77

10.2 Case Study 5: Sammy and Self-Regard (9/2018) 78

10.3 February Man Script far Sammy 79

A A Exorcism Part of Session 80

10.4 Script for Sammy's Oceanic Buddhist Experience 82

11 Case Study 6: Normalizing Norman 84

12 Healing Language 87

12.1 Introduction 87

12.2 Reprise on Useful Definitions 88

12.3 Reframing 90

12.4 Transforming Negative Self-Talk 92

12.5 Andrea's Exercises and Change Processes 93

A Changing Location of the Voice (Book One) 94

B Adding Music or a Song (Book One) 95

C Talking Positively to Yourself (Book One) 95

D Transforming a Message (Book One) 97

E Joining with a Voice (Book Two) 98

F Asking for the Positive Intent (Book Two) 99

G Using the Voice of a Trusted Friend (Book Two) 99

H Comments on Andreas's "Transforming Negative Self-Talk" 100

12.6 Healing Language Scenarios 101

12.7 Reframing and Healing Language 103

12.8 Two Concluding Sets of Healing Activities 106

A Bernie Siegel's Questions for People with Life-Challenging Diseases 106

B Bernie Siegel's Four Drawings 106

13 Case Study 7: Jennifer, Anxiety, Manzanita Beach, and Jesus 108

14 Case Study 8: Barbara and Stress and Hearing and a Husband 117

15 Practical Matters 119

15.1 Introduction 119

15.2 Planning 119

A Financial and Legal Matters 120

B Planning Beyond Life 121

15.3 Physical Health Related Coping Skills 122

A How to Survive in a Hospital 122

B Milstein's Comments and Coping Suggestions 123

C Communicating with Medical Personnel 125

D Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Control 128

E Hammerschlag's Recommendations and Laughter 129

F Maintaining Mental and Physical Health 130

G Work Books and Distance Writing 131

H Diets 133

I Recordings and Autobiographies 134

J Some Final Comments 135

16 Case Study 9: Laura and Breaking Away 136

17 Case Study 10: George and Smoking 139

18 Case Study 11: Peter and His PA 142

19 Case Study 12: Gloria and the Oboe and Being Adequate 147

20 Case Study 13: Nonagenarian Charlie with Anxiety about Eye Problem 149

21 Chatting Revisited 151

21.1 Introduction 151

22 Case Study 14: Joe and the NLP Fast Allergy Cure 157

22.1 NIP Fast Allergy Cure with Joe 157

23 Case Study 15: Joan and the NLP VK Dissociation Fast Phobia Cure 161

23.1 Joan and Fear of Flying 162

24 Healing Factors 165

24.1 Introduction 165

A Three Types of Clients 165

B Fundamental Three Rules for Doing Therapy 166

24.2 Acting As-lf as a Healing Factor 167

25 Guided Imagery, Hypnosis, and Other Approaches for Palliative Care 170

25.1 Palliative Care, Comfort Care, and Hospice Care 170

25.2 Guided Imagery and Palliative Care 171

A Script for Guided Imagery for Palliative Care 171

B Guided Imagery Script for Healing 173

25.3 Psychotherapy for Palliative Care 174

25.4 Variations of the Remen Healing Circle for Palliative Care Patients and Related Groups 175

A Focused on One Member 175

B Focused on the Entire Group 176

25.5 Other Activities for Palliative Care Patients 176

A Videotaping 177

B Memoirs 177

C Pets, Stuffed Animals, and Special Belongings 177

D Music 177

25.6 Hypnosis for Palliative Care and Pain Control 178

25.7 Closing Comments 179

26 Extraordinary Sessions 180

27 Some Ending Thoughts and Comments 185

Appendix A Ruminations on Turning 88 187

Some Concluding Thoughts 192

Appendix B End-of-Life Issues 193

B.1 Introduction 193

B.2 Advanced Directives 195

A Living Will 195

B Health Care Power of Attorney 196

C Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) 196

D POLST and MOLST 196

E Five Wishes 197

F My Directives 197

B.3 Dying With Dignity Organizations and Information 198

A Compassion & Choices 198

B Final Exit Network (FEN) 199

C World Federation of Right to Die Societies (WFRtDS) 200

D Death Cafes 200

E Catholic Health Facilities 200

F Hospice Programs 201

G Questions to Ask Before Tests and Procedures 202

H Palliative Care 203

I Death With Dignity Acts: Legal Programs in the United States 204

J Death With Dignity Acts: Legal Programs in Other Countries 205

B.4 Self-Deliverance 205

A Suicide Data for the United States 206

B Inert Gases: Helium and Nitrogen 207

C Medications 207

D Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) 208

E Compression Method 208

B.5 Pain Control and Ideomotor Signaling 208

B.6 Dying and living Well 209

B.7 Some Closing Comments and References 210

Addendum 1 Writing 210

Addendum 2 Henning Mankell's Wisdom 214

Addendum 3 Books that Have Influenced My Volunteer Work 216

Appendix C Questions for People in Their Dying Time 218

Appendix D Patient's Bill of Rights 221

References 223

Index 230

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