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Integration of attempts to explain trauma with therapies focused on the change process is important for effective therapy. An attempt is made to use hypnotic and strategic therapy principles within a dissociative conceptualization of the trauma response. Case examples of strategic therapy principles and of a trauma case are presented to aid in clarification of concepts.
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Kingsbury, S.J. Strategic psychotherapy for trauma: Hypnosis and trauma in context. J Trauma Stress 5, 85–95 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00976813
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