Fundamentals and Applications of Hypnosis

Recommended Prerequisites

Psychology

Teaching Methods

Videos, practices and group discussions with review of practices, texts or other material and exposition by the teacher are used.

Learning Outcomes

This course aims to introduce students to knowledge in an area of Psychology and to psychological techniques that may be of great interest both for research and for the professional practice.

It gives a great importance to history, to the psychological foundations and theories of Hypnosis. The classes also present examples of hypnotic practices.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

History of hypnosis

Theories of Hypnosis

Psychological foundations of hypnosis

Some basic techniques of hypnosis

The Model of Pires & Ludeña

Areas of application of hypnosis

Conclusions

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Jeanpierre, O. (2018). Recueil d'inductions hypnotiques, volume 2. Amazon  Digital Services  LLC.

Parker, H. (2018). Hipnosis (Esenciales). Redbook Ediciones.

Elkins, G. (2017) .Handbook of Medical and Psychological Hypnosis: Foundations, Applications, and Professional Issues. Springer Publishing Company, LLC.

Barnier, A. J., Dienes, Z., & Mitchell, C. J. (2008). How hypnosis happens: New cognitive theories of hypnotic responding. In Nash, M., & Barnier, A. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis:  Theory, Research, and Practice. Oxford U. Press (pp 141-178)

Pires, C.L., Ludeña, M. & Tomé-Pires, C. (2016).Are expectancies about hypnosis predictive of responsiveness and phenomenology. International Journal of Psychology and Neuroscience, 2(2), 22-43

Tomé-Pires, Ludeña, M. (2015).Expectancies and hypnotic responsiveness: an experimental design flaw revealed. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. New York.