Behavior Therapeutic Techniques and Hypnotherapeutic Methods

Abstract

The literature on behavior therapy suggests that the use of hypnosis in connection with the application of learning principles is essentially limited to systematic desensitization. On the other hand, perusal of the hypnotherapeutic literature indicates that hypnotic techniques are being successfully used in conjunction with learning principles in a great many ways which clearly qualify as recognized behavior therapeutic techniques. Recognition of this fact by behavior therapists and hypnotherapists could be of considerable benefit to both groups if followed through.