ABSTRACT
The scripts presented in this chapter are examples of an entire hypnotherapy session for pain management, including the induction, metaphorical implications, direct approaches, and trance termination procedures. As such, they demonstrate how these various components of a hypnotherapeutic intervention are integrated into a treatment session. Furthermore, because our Neo-Ericksonian approach to therapy is based on the observation that pain is the primary symptom of all therapy patients and the creation of pleasure is the primary goal, we suggest that learning how to use hypnotic approaches to help people manage, escape from, or replace pain is an appropriate place to begin.
