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Alternatives to simply forgiving and forgetting: Comparing techniques in hypnosis, NLP and time line therapy™ in reducing the intensity of memories of stressful events
Author(s) -
Bin Ahmad Kamarul Zaman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.1351
Subject(s) - forgetting , hypnosis , psychology , motivated forgetting , intensity (physics) , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
‘Forgive and forget’ is a commonly prescribed way of reducing the intensity of negative emotions attached to memories of stressful events. Many people, however, are not able to simply forgive and forget. This research looks at the effectiveness of the alternative techniques of Hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Time Line Therapy™ as means of reducing the intensity of negative emotions attached to memories of stressful events. This experimental research involved 32 test subjects and 32 control group subjects. Statistical t ‐tests revealed that with the test group, there were significant reductions in intensity levels of negative emotions after undergoing the procedures compared with before, with all three methods. There were no significant changes in the control group. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.