MAY 2001, VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1, Abstract 5
Using Imaginative Involvement to Help A Child Control his Behaviour
Anne Hollingworth, Psychologist
This case study illustrates the use of imaginative involvement to overcome a behaviour management problem. Details of a successful intervention with mother and child are described. Although hypnosis was not mentioned nor deliberately induced, therapeutic outcomes are arguably attributable, at least in some measure, to hypnotic effects. The case illustrates many of the points made by researchers and clinicians in using imaginative involvement and hypnosis when working with children. As an aid to understanding the case, background material on the child’s mother (the original client) is also presented.