ABSTRACT
Data reported in the previous chapters have indicated that the Experiential Analysis Technique (EAT) in its original format of video-tape playback of hypnotic events has yielded important and meaningful information about the nature of the phenomenal experience of hypnotic subjects. The data also suggest that this type of information is not readily yielded through the use of more traditional and routine techniques of inquiry into the hypnotic experiences of highly responsive individuals (see Chapter 3). Although no one technique or methodology is suitable for examining all of the questions that clinicians or researchers need to address (Sheehan & Perry, 1976), the strategies that do exist can be usefully varied. From this perspective, a number of modifications and adaptations of the EAT have been developed and applied to allow for the investigation of a wide range of issues relevant to the experience of hypnosis (see also Chapters 7 and 8). In this chapter, we address the issue of the modification and application of the EAT so that we can usefully investigate specific issues in both clinical and experimental situations.
