MAY 2006, VOLUME 34, NUMBER 1, Abstract 13
Conversation Analysis: A Method for Studying Hypnosis in the Clinical Setting
Hellene T. Demosthenous, Griffith University, Brisbane
Clinicians have much to contribute to the scientific literature on hypnosis, and researchers are encouraging them to do so.Yet researchers and clinicians often have different views on how research should be conducted. Whereas researchers stress the need for systematic rigour, clinicians often state that researchers base their findings on contrived situations that have little to do with real-world clinical practice. To help bridge the methodological gap between clinicians and researchers, this paper demonstrates that conversation analysis is a suitable method for the systematic and rigorous study of naturally occurring hypnosis in the clinical setting.