Hypnosis and HIV/AIDS spectrum illnesses: an Ericksonian method of utilization
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Marcus, Joel D.
- Source
- Contemporary Hypnosis; June 1999, Vol. 16 Issue: 2 p103-112, 10p
- Subject
- Language
- ISSN
- 09605290; 15570711
This paper describes an Ericksonian approach to the treatment of individuals who have been diagnosed as HIV‐positive and those who have AIDS. The different approaches required to these two related conditions are discussed and treatment programmes incorporating Ericksonian utilization techniques and more traditional hypnotic procedures are described. Dealing with a terminal illness is a major problem for clinicians working with these patients, and the use of hypnosis to facilitate the process of dying is addressed. Copyright © 1999 British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis