Children’s and Their Parents’ Experiences With Home-Based Guided Hypnotherapy: Qualitative Study
The children and parents experienced home-based guided hypnotherapy differently, ranging from boring to fun. Hypnotherapy might be difficult or boring for some children. The children enjoyed hypnotherapy when they liked the topic or story, felt positive effects, could easily integrate exercises in daily life, or enjoyed the website in general. The children's experiences and adherence can be further improved by adding short exercises and customizing hypnotherapy to their personal preferences on the website's appearance and content. This could increase effectiveness but must be studied further.
Authors
- Manna Alma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8203-2713)
- Marjolein Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9906-3666)
- Gea A. Holtman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6579-767X)
- Ilse N Ganzevoort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-7827)
- Adriëlla L Van der Veen
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/58301
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- ZonMw