The Most Beautiful Man

Abstract

Abstract Hypnosis and biofeedback techniques are evidence-based psychophysiological therapies that can be applied with a wide variety of medical and mental health disorders. Research shows efficacy for anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, hypertension, fibromyalgia, and a host of other disorders. Hypnosis and biofeedback can also augment the effectiveness of psychotherapy. The author utilizes the case narrative of a thirty-six-year-old woman presenting with post-partum depression and dissociative features to illustrate the integration of biofeedback training, physiological monitoring, self-hypnosis, hypnotic age regression, and affective journaling into dynamic psychotherapy. The hypnotic techniques and the affective journal assisted in the retrieval of critical traumatic events during the patient’s adolescence, and a combination of breath training, self-hypnosis, and biofeedback aided the patient in self-calming.