ABSTRACT
Within the past two decades there has been a dramatic shift in the practice of psychotherapy. Whereas, treatment had been primarily unimodal, today it is becoming more multimodal (Lazarus, 1981). Whereas psychotherapeutic interventions had been basically uniform in scope, today it is more likely that interventions are consciously tailored to client or patient needs and styles (Sperry, 1989). This is particularly evident with habit change programs which involve hypnosis. Early smoking cessation programs, for example, involved only hypnotherapeutic suggestions which tended to be generic suggestions. Then, due to the relative ineffectiveness of such unimodal interventions, programs became more multimodal. Here, generic hypnotherapeutic suggestions were coupled with behavior modification strategies, as well as adjunctive treatments such as exercise, relaxation, and diet modification. Additionally, a self-hypnosis cassette tape was usually provided for intersession use. The American Lung Association single-session smoking cessation program is such a multimodal intervention.
