The value of using hypnosis in helping an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-37

  Poon, Maggie Wai Ling ^a,b  

^a Social Welfare Department   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Affect management; Childhood sexual abuse survivor; Hypnosis; PTSD; Strategically phased multimodal treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; EGO; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MEMORY; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 54849420958     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.324     Document Type: Article

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