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Abstract
Hypnosis is an excellent intervention tool for the treatment of injured
and ill workers with respect to learned helplessness, disability behavior
and many of the physical and emotional symptoms experienced by injured
workers. Assistance with stress and coping with external stressors, chronic
pain, insomnia, depression and fostering a positive mental attitude are all
well documented applications of hypnosis. A self-hypnosis training regi-
men offered by properly trained and certified hypnosis professionals offers
an opportunity for a brief and measurable intervention, resulting in a
likelihood of positive impact on the injured or ill worker, with none of the
risks traditionally associated with psychological intervention in workers’
compensation cases.
Comment by Michael Ellner
Robert and I are happy to share our article with you --
Comment by Robert Aurbach
Workers Compensation is an $80 billion industry, in the US alone, with more than half of that spent on medical treatment. I have an extensive background as a lawyer, workers' compensation system designer, and international consultant in the field. Now, as a hypnotist, and Michael's co-author, I find that the skills I've developed are especially valuable to that population. Still, there are huge barriers to our participation, from the innate conservatism of insurance companies to the perception that any admission that hypnosis works means that the underlying injury is somehow less real. Breaking down those barriers is difficult, but the potential rewards - professional as well as financial, are enormous. Let's find the keys together, and create a new sub-specialty....
Hypnosis is an excellent intervention tool for the treatment of injured
and ill workers with respect to learned helplessness, disability behavior
and many of the physical and emotional symptoms experienced by injured
workers. Assistance with stress and coping with external stressors, chronic
pain, insomnia, depression and fostering a positive mental attitude are all
well documented applications of hypnosis. A self-hypnosis training regi-
men offered by properly trained and certified hypnosis professionals offers
an opportunity for a brief and measurable intervention, resulting in a
likelihood of positive impact on the injured or ill worker, with none of the
risks traditionally associated with psychological intervention in workers’
compensation cases.
Comment by Michael Ellner
Robert and I are happy to share our article with you --
Comment by Robert Aurbach
Workers Compensation is an $80 billion industry, in the US alone, with more than half of that spent on medical treatment. I have an extensive background as a lawyer, workers' compensation system designer, and international consultant in the field. Now, as a hypnotist, and Michael's co-author, I find that the skills I've developed are especially valuable to that population. Still, there are huge barriers to our participation, from the innate conservatism of insurance companies to the perception that any admission that hypnosis works means that the underlying injury is somehow less real. Breaking down those barriers is difficult, but the potential rewards - professional as well as financial, are enormous. Let's find the keys together, and create a new sub-specialty....
Tags: disability, hypnosis, pain, self-hypnosis, workers' compensation
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Feel the Purrrrr... =^..^=
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Permalink Reply by Art Long CHt. Traditional Doctor on -
I am of teh opinion that both in teh USA and SOuth Africa where I am now, if we have a credible training body with good learning manuals and good trainers to which we belong then present our case as a credible body we have more chance o a hearing. I want at the moment to start for instance IMDHA and IACT in South Africa as that body itself, not as a rtining colllege affiliated but as that association. Then I can present to the Government a credible association with well rained well intentioned people and knock down all their arguments of lack of training. I believe this will make our profession more believable. Organisation and training will overcome stigmas and lack of understanding of hypnotherapy within the government and community...Art Long.
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Dear Readers
With regret we have to announce that the distribution of our article, “Hypnosis in a Disability Setting” via unlimited download has been determined to violate the copyright of the publishing organization, the IAIABC. We are, therefore, required to remove the link from open distribution. Specific requests for a copy of the article should be addressed to:
Bob@uncommonapproach.com and we will see to it that an electronic copy is made available.
Otherwise the article is available at http://www.iaiabc.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3616
Sorry for any inconvenience, and we hope you understand.
Sincerely,
Bob Aurbach, co-author and Editor, IAIABC Journal and
Michael Ellner, co-author and Pain Educator
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For those who might wish for unlimited downloads...
Try MegaUpload; I believe the downloads there do
not time out, and all one needs to do as with YSI
is to post the link here.
I have created a group as a place for people to post downloadable .mp3's pf sessions they create, and for people to listen to them and benefit and/or learn from them.
A beautiful post.
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