Ericksonian hypnosis in pandemic times

Journal title IPNOSI
Author/s Fabio Carnevale, Sandro Montanari
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/2
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 7-17 File size 118 KB
DOI 10.3280/IPN2025-002001
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The aim of this work is to investigate the psychotherapeutic implications of the pandemic phenomenon through an ecological-systems lens. Starting from the hypothesis of a connection between the “collective illness” and the environment in which it emerged, the study considers Covid-19 not merely as a pathological event, but also as a symptomatic expression offering insight into the dysfunctional dynamics between individuals and their contexts of belonging. By integrating analogical and digital modes of language, the study explores the symbolic meanings of four behaviours rigidly imposed by the pandemic and examines how Ericksonian hypnotherapy can foster resilience by leveraging the same pathways of change that the pandemic itself brought to light.

Keywords: systemic paradigm, Covid-19, myth, analogical language, hypnosis.

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Fabio Carnevale, Sandro Montanari, L’ipnosi ericksoniana in tempi pandemici (parte prima) in "IPNOSI" 2/2025, pp 7-17, DOI: 10.3280/IPN2025-002001