Treatment for School Phobia

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In this paper, the writer relates that while it is reasonable to suggest that all children experience some anxiety concerning school attendance and performance occasionally, some of these children become so fearful and anxious of attending school that they manifest severe psychosocial and physical symptoms that can dramatically affect their academic performance and social development. The writer notes that the use of hypnosis in the treatment of trauma-related distress can be traced at least to the time of Freud, who used the technique to encourage the ab-reaction and catharsis he believed were absolutely necessary to resolve conflict. The writer points out that since that time, hypnosis and hypnotherapy have continued to be used in treating people of all ages that suffer from anxiety and phobias based on a wide range of theoretical underpinnings. In this study the writer investigates the efficacy of using hypnosis, hypnotherapy and Ericksonian techniques to treat children and adolescents that suffer from school phobia. To this end, a critical review of the peer-reviewed and scholarly literature is followed by a synthesis of relevant studies. A summary of the research, conclusions and recommendations are presented in the concluding chapter.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Scope of Study
Overview of Study
Review of Related Literature
Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-gathering Method and Database of Study
Data Analysis
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

From the Paper:

"Young children and adolescents alike are at risk for a wide range of factors that can adversely affect their academic performance today. Young people may experience the loss of a parent through death or divorce, or they may become disabled through the onset of a debilitating disease. Likewise, peer pressure to engage in self-destructive behaviors such as substance abuse or unprotected premarital sex can all affect academic outcomes. Unfortunately, these same behaviors - as well as some that remain unclear - can also contribute to the incidence of school phobia among these young people, a condition that remains perhaps better described in the scholarly literature than it is understood. This chapter provides an overview of hypnosis, hypnotherapy and Ericksonian techniques and school phobia to identify methods that can be used to help these young learners overcome these constraints to learning."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Psychiatric Association. 1994. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Washington, DC: APA.
• *Atkinson, Mary and Garry Hornby. Mental Health Handbook for Schools. London: Routledge/Falmer, 2002.
• Baskin, T. W., & Enright, R. D. (2004). Intervention Studies on Forgiveness: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Counseling and Development, 82(1):79.
• *Barabasz, Arreed, Marianne Barabasz and Julien T. Smith. (1996). "Comparison of Hypnosis and Distraction in Severely III Children Undergoing Painful Medical Procedures." Journal of Counseling Psychology 43(2):187.
• Beck, Richard J. and Diane I. Franke. (1996). "Rehabilitation of Victims of Natural Disasters." The Journal of Rehabilitation 62(4):28.

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