Hypnosis with Children

Daniel P. Kohen, MD, is a retired professor of Pediatrics and Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, a former director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, and a former president of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He is Co-Founder of and Director of Education for the National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI). Karen Olness, MD, is a professor of Pediatrics, Family Medicine and Global Health at Case Western Reserve University, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. She is also a former president of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and the International Society of Hypnosis.

Part I: Introduction 1. Scenes of Childhood 2. Early Uses of Hypnosis with Children 3. Norms of Hypnotic Responsivity with Children 4. Correlates of Childhood Hypnotic Responsiveness 5. Hypnotic Invitations for Children: Techniques, Strategies and Approaches Part II: Therapeutic Applications of Hypnosis with Children 6. General Principles of Therapeutic Applications of Child Hypnosis 7. Facilitating Effective Interpersonal Relationships with Hypnosis: Language for Clinicians and Parents 8. Hypnosis for Psychological Disorders 9. Hypnosis for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders 10. Therapeutic Hypnosis for Habit Disorders 11. Hypnosis for Problems in Learning, Performance, and Attentional Disorders 12. Hypnotic Approaches and Strategies in the Management of Pain 13. Therapeutic Hypnosis for Pediatric Medical Problems 14. Hypnotic Approaches for Pediatric Surgery, Anesthesia, and Emergencies 15. Value of Hypnosis in Pediatric Palliative Care, Grief, and Bereavement 16. Biofeedback, Other Mind-Body Interventions, and Hypnosis with Children 17. Self-Hypnosis 18. Psychoneuroimmunology 19. Applications of Hypnosis with Children Globally 20. Ethics: Legal Considerations, Children, and Hypnosis 21. Helping Children in Disasters and Pandemics with Hypnosis 22. Teaching Pediatric Clinical Hypnosis to Child Health Clinicians 23. Helping Parents Help Their Children Help Themselves with Self-Hypnosis 24. Looking to the Future