Eric Lynch

Annotated Bibliographies
Glauser, Wendy. PAIN RELIEF WITH HYPNOTHERAPY: Tap Into The Minds Healing
Powers. Alive: Canadas Natural Health & Wellness Magazine 344 (2011): 29-33. Alt
HealthWatch. Web. 1 Feb. 2015.
Wendy Glauser discusses the ways that individuals can relief their pain through
hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy has become a new alternative method to help individuals
with pain and coping with losing weight and quitting smoking. Hypnotherapy is
controlling ones mind to help control stress and mental thoughts. In the article, Wendy
Glauser explains how hypnotherapy can help young children with headaches and it also
can help individuals who have certain diseases. Hypnotherapy is a good way to help
women going through pregnancy to control of pain. If a woman went to a couple of
hypnotherapy classes, she could learn self-hypnosis skills that would help her through the
birthing pain. Glauser also explains that the diseases are not cured using hypnotherapy
but it is a great way to help with the pain/discomfort of that specific disease. The major
contribution of hypnotherapy would be to help individuals control pain. After reading this
article, it is an extremely reliable source and very helpful. The article its self has quotes
and stats that are from doctors around the world. Also, the information gives many
examples of how people can use hypnotherapy for pain control. The biggest audience this
article would pertain to would be individuals who have pain problems and want a
relaxing and easy way to help control their pain.
Horley, Raymon. The Use of Hypnosis As An Adjust To Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy In The
Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In A Patient Previously Resistant To Other
Modes Of Therapy. Australian Journal Of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 40.2
(2013): 123-131. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
Raymon Horley discusses of individuals who have experienced very traumatic events in
life such as war, may have obtained Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Horley
conducts an experiment of Hypnosis on an individual who has PTSD because the
individual has already tried various treatments such as drug therapy, congnitivebehaviour therapy, and other psychotherapies that all failed to help him improve. The
overall goals of the hypnosis were to help the individual to manage his stress and trauma
focus. Hypnosis was used to focus/control his nightmares so that he could have less stress
and trauma. The more an individual has control of his dreams and nightmares through
hypnotherapy, the will achieve a better sleep cycle and emotional control level. The
quality of this source is phenomenal. The article is taken from a clinical and experimental
journal that was written by a psychologist. The article its self can be extremely helpful

with the study of hypnotherapy and pain control. The article explains how individuals
who are going through mental pain can overcome this by practicing hypnosis.
Iserson, Kenneth V. An Hypnotic Suggestion: Review Of Hypnosis For Clinical Emergency
Care. Journal Of Emergency Medicine (0736-4679) 46.4 (2014): 588-596. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
Kenneth V Iserson explains the uses of hypnosis in the medical field. Hypnosis is a state
of highly focused awareness. This article states that many people are unaware of hypnosis
in a medical way and that people only know of hypnosis because of the stage shows and
films. Iserson continues to describe the medical uses of hypnosis such as patients ability
to change their perception, sensations, thought, and behavior. The hypnosis can help to
lessen pain, anxiety, and troublesome symptoms that could come during medical
procedures. The article continues that many medical institutions dont use medical
hypnosis because they believe that it may be extremely time consuming and not that
effective. Overall, hypnosis is a very effective way to control pain. This article will be
helpful in my research because it provides me with plenty of background information of
hypnosis and it was written by a Medical Doctor in Kenneth V. Iserson.
Shakibaei, Fereshteh, et al. Hypnotherapy In Management Of Pain And Re-experiencing Of
Trauma In Burn Patients. The International Journal Of Clinical And Experimental
Hypnosis 56.2 (2008): 185-197. MEDLINE with Full Text. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.
A study by Fereshteh Shakibaei was performed to determine the trauma in burn
patients.The study took forty-four individuals and assigned half of them to a control
group and the other half to the hypnotherapy group. The goal of the study was to
determine whether the hypnotherapy would be beneficial to pain of the burns compared
to the control group. The study was conducted by taking pain tolerance levels of all the
individuals and seeing where they ranked on a scale of 0-5. The study helped show that
hypnotherapy is beneficial with the help of pain tolerance. The article is helpful to my
paper because it gives me another example of how hypnotherapy is beneficial in the
medical field and helping pain tolerance. The article is reliable because it was written by
a professor of medical sciences.
Types Of Hypnosis. Connect Hypnotherapy. Connect Social Marketing, 2015. Web. 23 Feb.
2015.
Types of Hypnosis provided me with all the different types of hypnosis. There are three
different types of hypnosis and they were, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Traditional Hypnosis,
and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. All there are effective hypnosis methods but they
call all be used in different ways. Neuro-Linguistic is mostly related to Hypnotherapy in
pain control because it is used to treat severe problems and severe addictions. This source
helps describe a background of all the different types of hypnosis and which hypnosis

deals with pain tolerance. The article isnt an academic source but it is reliable because
there are four different types of hypnosis and this provides background to three of them.
Weigold, Charlotte. The Use Of Hypnosis In The Management Of Needle Phobia. Australian
Journal Of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 39.2 (2011): 189-195. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
A psychologist named Charlotte Weigold developed an experiment on a 15 year old girl
who had developed fear of needles. The experiment entailed the 15 year old girl to be
fearless of needles after the use of hypnosis. The girl wanted to be stress free whenever
having to get a vaccination. The 15 year old girl had been asked about the use of hypnosis
and the only thing that many individuals know about hypnosis is the use of stage
hypnosis that is shown on TV. The article states that many individuals dont know much
of the hypnotic trance and that people are in control of their own body and thoughts that
entire time. Hypnosis is a simple way to help overcome to the problems that individuals
have with mental situations. Hypnosis can be used in a variety of ways but controlling the
mental strength to overcome an obstacle is a major factor. The article will be extremely
helpful to my research because the research was taken by a professional psychologist.
The article also provides me with another example of how hypnosis can help reduce the
mental pain of an individual to overcome their problems in the real world.