ABSTRACT
Hypnosis is no miracle. It is primarily a method of approaching a patient, a means of securing his attention and cooperation; therein lies its significance. Nor is hypnosis a cure-all. It is a tool, an instrument, an adjuvant to any medical or psychiatric procedure one wants to employ. It can be used as a means of making the patient feel at ease within himself and at ease in the situation in which he finds himself. Furthermore, in trying to deal with the patient as a personality, the use of hypnosis allows the patient to develop a certain amount of competence and security in his relationship to the therapist. This is the first orientation of hypnosis in the areas of medical and psychiatric problems.
