Dreams in Self-Hypnosis*

Within recent years several studies have been published dealing with hypnotic dreams. Experimental and clinical therapeutic settings were involved. The writer has described the manner in which he has employed hypnotic dreams in hypnotherapeutic and hypno-analytic work and a large number of purposes to which hypnotic dreams may be put have also been outlined. In a separate report he has discussed an experimental investigation of dual hypnotic dreams.

In extending these studies further, a contribution is offered now dealing with dreams in self-hypnosis. The type of self-hypnosis referred to specifically is that which is induced by the subject in a setting completely apart from that of the individual who had at first initiated the hypnotic inductions and had then taught the subject how to induce the hypnosis in himself. In the course of his work with hypnoanalysis the writer has been introducing with some patients the use of self-hypnosis for the purpose of having these patients employ hypnotic techniques themselves to further analytic work and progress between regular hypnoanalytic sessions. The data to be presented now have been obtained from and will be limited to one such patient in hypnoanalysis where the self-hypnotic work was done by the patient in her home between regular visits to the analyst's office. Aside from further data on other such patients to be presented later, additional studies of hypnotic dreams in self-hypnosis must be