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H E Stanton

Publications and source records attributed to H E Stanton.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1997

Gurdjieff and ego-enhancement: a powerful alliance.

24 housewives wishing to take more control over their lives were matched on their Control of Life Thermometer scores, one member of each pair being randomly allocated to either an Experimental or a Control group. While this latter group read material on how they might achieve the increased control they desired, the Experimental group had two 50-minute sessions during which they learned how to embed suggestions derived from the work of Gurdjieff into a framework designed to maximize their acceptance. The Control of Life Thermometer was administered on two further occasions, one immediately after completion of the second training session and one as a follow-up six months later. After completion of this first stage of the study, Control group housewives experienced the same two treatment sessions as had the Experimental group. Results indicated that control of life, as operationally defined by the Thermometer, was significantly greater both immediately after treatment and at the six month follow-up.

Adult↗
PubMed1994

Alleviating dental phobia with the neuro-associative conditioning model.

Robbins' Neuro-Associative Conditioning (NAC) model is described and its value in providing a structure for therapeutic work outlined. The applicability of the model is illustrated through a single-session treatment of dental phobia which makes use of: (i) case taking by means of a problem solving model to identify patient needs, (ii) interruption of an old behavior/emotional pattern through use of Bandler's (1) Theatre technique, and (iii) installation of new behavior through success imagery.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Using hypnotherapy to overcome examination anxiety.

Eleven medical practitioners who had previously failed their fellowship examinations sought assistance in combating the anxiety that they felt had been responsible for their lack of success. They were seen individually for two, 50-minute sessions of hypnotherapeutic training designed to engender an increased confidence in their ability to overcome examination anxiety. Two outcome measures were used: the actual examination result and a face-valid attitude scale, the Examination Anxiety Thermometer. On the first of these, 10 of the 11 practitioners recorded passes, whereas on the second, 9 indicated an attitude change toward lower levels of test anxiety. Attention is drawn to the minimal expenditure of time involved in the treatment and the generalizability of the hypnotherapeutic technique to other areas of the practitioners' lives.

Anxiety↗
PubMed1993

Submodalities. I: Adolescent happiness. A submodalities approach.

Bandler's technique of using submodalities to control mood states is explained. Three case studies illustrate how adolescents might use the approach to increase their happiness. The first of these demonstrates how an obsessive thought can be overcome through the modification of visual submodalities; the second how an internalized inner message from an unsympathetic parent might be handled by changing auditory submodalities; and the third how an unpleasant mood state may be removed. All these changes were achieved very quickly and attention is drawn to the value of short-term therapeutic interventions as opposed to long-term traditional approaches.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Smoking cessation in a single session: an update.

An approach to helping people cease smoking in a single, 50-minute session is outlined. A number of elements including direct suggestions to satisfy patients' expectations, metaphors, indirect commands, and motivation-enhancing statements are used, these being combined and sequenced in a pattern considered to be appropriate to the patient. Within elements, possible alternatives are outlined.

Humans↗
PubMed1989

Ego-enhancement: a five-step approach.

The present article describes an ego-enhancement procedure which combines hypnotic induction, trance deepening, positive suggestion, and imagery in a five-step "package." This procedure may be used in a generalized form with no reference to the patient's presenting symptoms or it may be tailored to address specific problems. The elements comprising the "package" are: (1) physical relaxation, (2) mental calming, (3) disposal of mental "rubbish," (4) removal of a barrier representing everything that is negative in the life of the subject, and (5) enjoyment of a special place where the subject feels content. Opportunities to tailor the approach to handle specific problems occur within each of these five steps, particularly when patients are in their "special place." Three case studies are provided to indicate how such tailoring is done.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Hypnosis and rational-emotive therapy--a de-stressing combination: a brief communication.

It has been suggested that teacher stress might be reduced through cognitive restructuring which is aimed at improving the rationality of their thinking. To test this hypothesis, 40 high school teachers were paired on their level of reasonable thinking, operationalized in terms of scores on the Teacher Idea Inventory (Bernard, Joyce, & Rosewarne, 1983), and allocated at random to one of 2 groups. They also completed the Face Valid Stress Test. The experimental group participated in 4 weekly treatment sessions involving a hypnotic induction and suggestions derived from key elements of Rational-Emotive Therapy. These focused on the reduction of what Ellis (Ellis & Grieger, 1977), the originator of this treatment, calls "irrational thinking." The control group spent the same amount of time discussing stress reduction methods. Both the Face Valid Stress Test and the Teacher Idea Inventory were re-administered at the end of this period and again 12 months after conclusion of the experiment. Results indicated that both the experimental and control groups significantly reduced their levels of irrational thinking and stress, although the former's improvement was more marked, particularly at the 12-month follow-up.

Combined Modality Therapy↗
PubMed1989

Hypnotic relaxation and the reduction of sleep onset insomnia.

In the present study, a hypnotic relaxation technique was compared to stimulus control and placebo conditions as a means of reducing sleep onset latency (SOL). Forty-five subjects (Ss) were matched on their baseline SOL as measured through sleep diaries. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups: hypnotic relaxation; stimulus control; and placebo. These groups experienced four weekly sessions of 30-minutes duration with demand effects being controlled through the use of counter-demand instructions. Data generated by the study suggested that the particular hypnotic relaxation treatment used was effective in helping Ss go to sleep more quickly. Neither stimulus control nor placebo groups recorded similar improvement.

Adult↗