The research done in the 50’s on schizophrenia leads first of all to the hypothesis and then to the theory of the double bind. The double bind appears after a thorough investigation of the notion of paradox and its effect in the pragmatic of human communication as a particularly complex form of communication with noteworthy therapeutic potentialities, if its shapes differ from the schizogenic double bind. This work takes the therapeutic double bind into consideration and defines it as such on the basis of its specific structure which is contextualized in states of trance, and not on the basis of its generic use in therapy, i.e. hypnosis is defined as its specific field of practice. The structure of the double bind shows its elasticity and efficiency both in the process of hypnotic trance induction and in the induction of ritual trance. It is also efficient in maintaining the state of trance through the facilitation of dissociation processes which allow the person to elaborate new constellations of relationships and can therefore finally exploit the modified state of consciousness.

Doppio legame e ipnosi: la trance come processo costruttivista

Antonio Luigi Palmisano
2018-01-01

Abstract

The research done in the 50’s on schizophrenia leads first of all to the hypothesis and then to the theory of the double bind. The double bind appears after a thorough investigation of the notion of paradox and its effect in the pragmatic of human communication as a particularly complex form of communication with noteworthy therapeutic potentialities, if its shapes differ from the schizogenic double bind. This work takes the therapeutic double bind into consideration and defines it as such on the basis of its specific structure which is contextualized in states of trance, and not on the basis of its generic use in therapy, i.e. hypnosis is defined as its specific field of practice. The structure of the double bind shows its elasticity and efficiency both in the process of hypnotic trance induction and in the induction of ritual trance. It is also efficient in maintaining the state of trance through the facilitation of dissociation processes which allow the person to elaborate new constellations of relationships and can therefore finally exploit the modified state of consciousness.
2018
978-88-6680-300-3
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