Hypnosis in Pediatric Practice

This professionally produced 70-minute DVD demonstrates the use of a variety of hypnotic techniques with children.The use of hypnosis can comfort children and adolescents during procedures, injections, and examinations, and help them to manage stress and cope with chronic disease.The DVD includes eight actual sessions with children ranging from age 7 through age 16 and clearly shows the benefits to both the child and their family. Presenting symptoms include the relief of migraines; asthma control; enuresis (bed-wetting); recurrent abdominal pain; juvenile migraines and muscle tension headaches; needle phobia; and traumatic leukemia therapy. Included with the DVD is a 32-page Learning Guide, co-authored by Daniel Kohen, MD, Richard Kreipe, MD, and Laurence Sugarman, MD. It includes complete clinical summaries of all the cases presented as well as a series of key discussion points, recommended reading materials as well as organizations offering professional training in clinical hypnosis.