ABSTRACT
We will now review techniques and results of hypnotherapy for a wide range of childhood problems. Most published accounts of hypnotherapy for specific childhood problems include some general comments concerning principles, indications, contraindications, and pitfalls of this therapeutic modality. A few papers (Call, 1976; Erickson, 1959; Kaffman, 1968; Olness & Kohen, 1984; Williams & Singh, 1976; Wright, 1960; Wright & Wright, 1987) have focused directly on basic issues. To avoid repetition in succeeding chapters, we devote this chapter to a discussion of general principles of child hypnotherapy. Some of our thoughts are shared by most people in the field, whereas others will provoke varying degrees of controversy.
