Online hypnosis therapy at the time of COVID-19

Journal title IPNOSI
Author/s Ilaria Genovesi, Fabio Carnevale
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/1
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 21-31 File size 210 KB
DOI 10.3280/IPN2022-001002
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The constraints and metaphorical possibilities that the increasingly widespread use of digital media offer to psychotherapeutic contexts represent a new frontier of theories in the clinical setting. Starting from some epistemological considerations, this work intends to highlight the therapeutic potential of online work with hypnosis.

Keywords: Online psychotherapy, online hypnosis therapy, rapport, setting, COVID-19.

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Ilaria Genovesi, Fabio Carnevale, L’ipnositerapia online al tempo del COVID-19 in "IPNOSI" 1/2022, pp 21-31, DOI: 10.3280/IPN2022-001002