Integrating Mindfulness Practice in Cognitive Behavioral Hypnotic Psychotherapy

Abstract

After the emergence of Mindfulness in the Western world, many studies proved its mental and physical benefits. However, implementing Mindfulness in psychotherapy has several challenges: therapists are not formal Mindfulness instructors; the Mindfulness course is a continuous eight-week course, which many patients do not attend during therapy, while others attend and drop out. Thus, Hypnosis was applied to shorten and strengthen the desired changes. The article describes the logic behind this integration, demonstrates it using a case study, and details the ideas, philosophy, and hypnotic scripts in the appendix.