催眠治療於健康照護議題之應用

The Application of Hypnotherapy in the Health Care Field

輔助替代治療在當代醫療照護領域漸受重視，本文針對另類輔助療法中常用的催眠治療進行介紹。分別陳述催眠治療的學術定位與定義、催眠的理論基礎、催眠狀態的特徵、催眠之方法與過程，以及催眠治療在健康照護議題上的應用。藉由此報導，期盼增加醫療從業人員對此議題之知能。

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is getting more attention in the modern health care field. This article introduces hypnotherapy, one of the common complementary and alternative therapies, in terms of its position in academic studies, definition, theoretical basis, characteristics, method and process of hypnosis, and application in health care field. The authors expect that this report will help health care professionals to better understand hypnotherapy as it applies to clinics.