One World-Integrated View

• Agoraphobia with Panic Disorder by E.J.White, 10/6/98
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    • Interpersonal style by Stephen Lankton, 10/11/98
      
      

This is possible.

His interpersonal style if free-flowing, open and he has a 'one world-integrated view' that, for me, brings about a feeling of honesty and willingness to strive for a better life. I get the feeling of 'good intentions'.

He believes, and statistics would prove this to be true, that agoraphobia with panic disorder isn't easily treated and has a high relapse rate. He firmly believes in the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and takes seriously the axiom that his substance abuse disorders are never 'cured', but are 'a daily reprieve based on his spiritual condition'.

He feels that the world in general is a volatile place for 'normal' people, and much more so for someone with an anxiety disorder. He feels that he can live with a plausible plan of maintenance, which he believes can be found in hypnotherapy.

I would have to say that I agree, as his spiritual program of recovery in AA has worked and he feels he can integrate mind, body, and soul in a way that can reduce his need for medications to leave the house. His usual pattern is about two weeks out, followed by some time of seclusion or staying close to his neighborhood. He has 'come out' as an agoraphobic to people in his town and men in the recovery movement.

I see no reason to thwart someone's rationale of reducing medications through hypnotherapy. I've located one therapist trained in Erickson who is in Princeton,NJ, but would like to offer two other names, preferably in Center City Philadelphia or New York City, although he had a panic attack during his last vist there.

With this kind of openess and a belief system that obviously will not change much, I'd prefer to refer him out.

• Focus of Hypnotherapy by E.J. White, 10/12/98
  • Hypnosis does nothing by Stephen Lankton, 10/13/98
• Check referrals by Stephen Lankton, 10/13/98