Effectiveness of an hypnotic imagery intervention on reducing alexithymia

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Gay, Marie Claire ^a   Hanin, Dorothée ^b   Luminet, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Hypnosis; Mental imagery; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 59849127256     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.344     Document Type: Article

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