Abstract

NEUBERN, Maurício. Stories that (don´t) heal: on narratives in clinical hypnosis. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2004, vol.24, n.3, pp. 58-65. ISSN 1414-9893.

The present article brings back the very subject of hypnosis by criticizing some of the main beliefs that promoted the lack of its use in Clinic Psychology. Meanwhile, the article tries to raise some other principles that make the possibility and efficiency of the usage of clinic-wise hypnosis easier. For that matter, we start off with the study of Milton Erikson´s case, from which two aspects are highlighted and put in perspective: the substitution of the symptoms and the qualification of the therapist authority. The first revolves around the superficiality of hypnosis, which takes us to a broader view of subjectivity, where appearance and essence would develop a complex and non-linear relationship. The discussion of the second aspect ponders that the authority of the therapist is not needed in direct opposition to the symptoms, but in creating conditions in which patients´ self-regulation can establish personal solutions to the their own problems. To conclude, the article states that the theme of hypnosis, for its clinical, epistemological and historical implications, consists of a challenge to Psychology that deals with the review of its own historical science project.

Keywords : Hypnosis; Clinical psychology; Epistemology; Freud, Erickson.

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