Systemic Trances. Using hypnosis in Family therapy

The use of hypnosis with families appears to be an easy and natural process because family provides the most common context for early hypnotic experiences. Therapists working with couples and families learned by their experience how one can be deeply influenced by the family spontaneous inductions. On the other side, the role played by the identified patient in facilitating trance in the family system is certainly very relevant. The study of the family natural tendency to induce trance is one of best ways to learn how to utilize hypnosis with couples and families. Specific direct and indirect techniques are required to activate family resources and to induce a deep and meaningful change of the most rigid family patterns.