| Abstrakt: |
The issue of hypnotic amnesia poses a meaningful problem for both the experimental investigator and the psychotherapist, although the psychodynamics of spontaneous hypnotic amnesia seem to be different from posthypnotically induced amnesia. The relationship of hypnotic amnesia to repression and the “metaphoric” equations that may result are most pertinent to the therapeutic relationship, particularly regarding the organization of language in therapeutic communication. On the basis of clinical experience, the existence of fragmented aspects of hypnotic amnesia may be more prevalent than has been generally reported. Data from clinical studies with patients in hypnoanalysis are presented in order to describe the characteristic nature of hypnotic amnesia and its dynamic role in the treatment process, as well as its effects on the patients behavior outside of the treatment situation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
