CHT Clinical Applications of Hypnosis 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A lay certified hypnotherapist in the US should avoid which wording in client materials?
- We help with stress reduction and habit change
- Sessions support your goals
- We diagnose and cure depression (Correct answer)
- Hypnosis may help you relax
Correct answer: We diagnose and cure depression
Claiming to diagnose or cure medical or psychiatric conditions exceeds a lay hypnotherapist's scope and may violate law.
Question 2: For a nail-biting habit, which approach is generally most effective?
- Building awareness of the urge plus a substitute response and reinforcing self-image (Correct answer)
- Regressing to the first time it happened in every case
- Telling the client the habit is shameful
- Only suggesting the nails will taste bitter
Correct answer: Building awareness of the urge plus a substitute response and reinforcing self-image
Habit work pairs awareness of the behavior with a replacement action and a positive self-image.
Question 3: Why is teaching self-hypnosis valuable in clinical applications?
- It guarantees permanent results
- It eliminates the need for any sessions
- It replaces medical treatment
- It empowers the client to reinforce suggestions and manage symptoms independently (Correct answer)
Correct answer: It empowers the client to reinforce suggestions and manage symptoms independently
Self-hypnosis builds client autonomy and reinforces in-session work between appointments.
Question 4: Before using hypnosis for a child's bedwetting (enuresis), the hypnotherapist should ensure:
- The parents do the session for the child
- The child is punished for accidents
- The child is at least 18
- The child has been medically evaluated to rule out physical causes (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The child has been medically evaluated to rule out physical causes
Enuresis can have medical causes like infection or diabetes, so medical clearance comes first.
Question 5: Research on hypnosis for warts suggests that:
- Suggestion has been associated with wart regression in some studies (Correct answer)
- Only stage hypnosis affects warts
- Hypnosis cures all dermatological diseases
- Hypnosis has no effect on any skin condition
Correct answer: Suggestion has been associated with wart regression in some studies
Several studies report wart regression with hypnotic suggestion, illustrating mind-body effects on the skin.
Question 6: A client wants hypnosis to recover a 'repressed memory' of abuse to use in a lawsuit. What is the best response?
- Regress the client and record the recovered memory as evidence
- Explain that hypnotically refreshed memories can be unreliable and may be inadmissible, and refer appropriately (Correct answer)
- Guarantee the memory will be accurate
- Use leading questions to help details emerge
Correct answer: Explain that hypnotically refreshed memories can be unreliable and may be inadmissible, and refer appropriately
Hypnosis can increase confidence in false memories, and many courts restrict hypnotically refreshed testimony.
Question 7: For tinnitus, hypnotherapy most commonly aims to:
- Repair the damaged inner ear
- Permanently silence all ringing
- Reduce distress and shift attention away from the sound (Correct answer)
- Diagnose the cause of hearing loss
Correct answer: Reduce distress and shift attention away from the sound
Hypnosis helps clients habituate and reduce emotional reaction to tinnitus rather than curing it.
CHT Clinical Applications of Hypnosis 5
A lay certified hypnotherapist in the US should avoid which wording in client materials?