I believe that unconditional positive
regard is one of the most important aspects to what I do as a therapist. It is
difficult as a therapist. We see lots of clients, and we don’t know whether
they are telling the truth or not, or whether they do what they say they are
going to do. And this is more difficult when we see clients on a long term
basis. And what do we do when someone is going to act in a certain way and we
don’t approve of this. Obviously, if it is an ethical concern one has to deal
with this appropriately with regard to UKCP regulations. But what if it is
something that we just feel is over the top or not right. We should delve into
our own consciousness to see whether we are showing signs of prejudice. If we
challenge our client we might break rapport.

This sounds a bit abstract, so I am going to give some example. What would you
do if you found out that your client was intending writing a long e-mail to
everyone in a Scout Group—all the organizers, the treasurer, chairman, all the
parents, the cleaners, secretary and so forth. Your client is upset that no one
was there to help him when he arrived last Thursday. He reads out a three page
e-mail with a reply from an irate lady. He now says that he is going to write
to the local MP, the houses of commons, the pope, Tony Blair and so forth.

You mention to him that this might be over the top, but you can do little more
than this. You can’t him not to do this. It will be difficult o show
unconditional positive regard after this. And, even if, through the words you
say, you are keeping to this principle, your body language may not be.
However, as far as possible, and there are no absolutes, one should have an
unconditional positive regard for one’s clients, even if it is difficult.
Another example is this.
What might you do after your client has had a huge transference and has
directed all his or her aggression towards you. This involved swearing,
accusations that you are useless and threatening language. One has to
understand why this transference has taken place. Even so, it might be very
difficult to show UPR after this experience.

Some initial thoughts…

 

With many of my clients, I feel that they
are constantly being challenged and not believed. They are being told off or
put in a compromising position. However, when speaking to me, this is often the
first time that they are not challenged. This is often the first time that they
feel supported unconditionally. And, whatever they say—within reason—they know
that they will have my support.

This enables them to say whatever they need to get better, or to work things
through. Because of my non-judgemental approach (Rogers, 1968)—which is
inextricably linked with UPR—they might be able to tell me about things they
haven’t told anyone else about. They can go into free association without fear
that they might be judged. This enables my clients to be ‘authentic’ (Rogers,
1971). UPR builds trust.

David Kraft is a psychotherapist in central London. The following is a list of his publications. He has written articles in both national and international journals.

(1) Kraft T & Kraft D (2004). Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: a case of driving phobia. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21 (2): 79-85.

(2) Kraft T & Kraft D (2005). Covert sensitization revisited: six case studies. Contemporary Hypnosis, 22 (4): 202-209.

(3) Kraft T & Kraft D (2006). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry: its applications in treating anxiety disorders and sleep disturbances. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 34 (2): 187-203.

(4) Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). An integrative approach to the treatment of hyperhidrosis: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (1): 38-45.

(5) Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry, part 2: its application to the treatment of sexual disorders. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 35 (1): 1-18.

(6) Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). Irritable Bowel Syndrome: symptomatic treatment approaches versus integrative psychotherapy. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (4): 161-177.

(7) Kraft D (2009). Tribute to Dr Thomas Kraft for BSCAH’ British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis Newsletter,3 (1): 11-12.    

(8) Kraft D (2009) Obituary: Thomas Kraft’ British Medical Journal, 338: b265.    

(9) Kraft T & Kraft D (2009). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry, part 3: the application to the treatment of eating disorders. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 37 (1): 1–20.

(10) Kraft D & Kraft T (2010). Use of in vivo and in vitro desensitization in the treatment of mouse phobia: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 184-194.   

(11) Kraft D (2010). A tribute to Tom Kraft (1932-2008): psychiatrist, integrative psychotherapist, and teacher. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 221-224.   

(12) Kraft D (2011). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry, part 4: its application to the treatment of agoraphobia and social phobia. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Vols 38 (2) & 39 (1): 91-110.

(13) Kraft D (2011). Sharing experience: the waiting room. British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis Newsletter, 5 (2): 22-24.

(14) Kraft D & Hawkins PJ (2011). Eating disorders. In Les Brann, Jacky Owens, Ann Williamson (eds.) The Handbook of Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis: Theory & Practice (pp425-440). Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester.

(15) Kraft D (2011). Counteracting resistance in agoraphobia using hypnosis. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 28 (3):235-248.   

(16) Kraft D (2012). Panic disorder without agoraphobia. A multi-modal approach: solution-focused therapy, hypnosis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Journal of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 1 (1): 4-15.

(17) Kraft D (2012). Successful treatment of heavy smoker in one hour using split screen imagery, aversion, and suggestions to eliminate cravings. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 175-188.

(18) Kraft D (2012). Comment on Zimmerman’s use of the river metaphor in irritable bowel syndrome treatment. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 55 (2): 160-167.

David has recently written and published a paper in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.

The psychotherapist David Kraft has written 17 papers in the academic literature. They are as follows:

 

(1) Kraft T & Kraft D (2004). Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: a case of driving phobia. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21 (2): 79-85.

(2) Kraft T & Kraft D (2005). Covert sensitization revisited: six case studies. Contemporary Hypnosis, 22 (4): 202-209.

(3) Kraft T & Kraft D (2006). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry: its applications in treating anxiety disorders and sleep disturbances. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 34 (2): 187-203.

(4) Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). An integrative approach to the treatment of hyperhidrosis: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (1): 38-45.

(5) Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry, part 2: its application to the treatment of sexual disorders. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 35 (1): 1-18.

(6) Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). Irritable Bowel Syndrome: symptomatic treatment approaches versus integrative psychotherapy. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (4): 161-177.

(7) Kraft D (2009). Tribute to Dr Thomas Kraft for BSCAH’ British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis Newsletter,3 (1): 11-12.    

(8) Kraft D (2009) Obituary: Thomas Kraft’ British Medical Journal, 338: b265.    

(9) Kraft T & Kraft D (2009). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry, part 3: the application to the treatment of eating disorders. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 37 (1): 1–20.

(10) Kraft D & Kraft T (2010). Use of in vivo and in vitro desensitization in the treatment of mouse phobia: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 184-194.   

(11) Kraft D (2010). A tribute to Tom Kraft (1932-2008): psychiatrist, integrative psychotherapist, and teacher. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 221-224.   

(12) Kraft D (2011). The place of hypnosis in psychiatry, part 4: its application to the treatment of agoraphobia and social phobia. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Vols 38 (2) & 39 (1): 91-110.

(13) Kraft D (2011). Sharing experience: the waiting room. British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis Newsletter, 5 (2): 22-24.

(14) Kraft D & Hawkins PJ (2011). Eating disorders. In Les Brann, Jacky Owens, Ann Williamson (eds.) The Handbook of Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis: Theory & Practice (pp425-440). Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester.

(15) Kraft D (2011). Counteracting resistance in agoraphobia using hypnosis. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 28 (3):235-248.   

(16) Kraft D (2012). Panic disorder without agoraphobia. A multi-modal approach: solution-focused therapy, hypnosis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Journal of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 1 (1): 4-15.

(17) Kraft D (2012). Successful treatment of heavy smoker in one hour using split screen imagery, aversion, and suggestions to eliminate cravings. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 175-188.

 

These are the articles written by David Kraft to date. There is one in press which should come out in November.

 

David Kraft is a fellow of the RSM and a member of BSCAH.

“The depressed need the support of society to enable them to overcome their problems.”

Leslie Lim, Depression, the misunderstood illness (2008)

I believe that Michael Yapko is one of the leading researchers in depression in the world. And what he has said is that there has been a huge amount of research into the biological reasons for depression and how antidepressants can be used in treatment, but not so much on the social aspects and this impact on well being. He, therefore, spent a huge amount of time looking at how these aspects affected well being and how we can change our lives, within our support network, to reduce or eliminate depression.

At London Hypnotherapy UK, David Kraft believes strongly that individuals suffering from depression need supprt from their therapist not only to deal with their problems–negative ruminations, sleep dysfunction, eating disorders or other associated conditions–but also helping them to adapt to and control their social environment. This can be done in the psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as in the hypnosis.

 

David Kraft is a fellow of the RSM and a member of BSCAH.

 

Covert sensitization is a reliable and effective form of treatment. It has been used very successfully in the treatment of alcoholism, cigarette addiction, cannabis addiction, compulsive gambling, exhibitionism, obesity and juvenile delinquency. (Cautela, 1967). This treatment approach may also be applied to cigarette smokers. David Kraft, a member of BSCAH, and fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, has used this approach successfully over the last few years. He pairs the unwanted behaviour with a feelings nauseous: before the client picks up the cigarette. He combines the aversion with other techniques, including ‘the non smoker walk’ and split screen imagery. He also gives suggestions that cravings will be non-existent or hardly present. The result being that many clients have few cravings. In the paper that Dr Kraft recently published, the client had no cravings whatsoever, and he said that this was significant in helping him to stop smoking once and for all.

 

Smoking has a deleterious effect on every organ in the body.

 

London Hypnotherapy UK is dedicated to helping people give up smoking once and for all. The treatment is a complete abstinence programme, but is long lasting.

 

David Kraft is an experienced psychotherapist who is based in Harley Street London. He has published 17 papers in academic journals and continues to research. He is a fellow of the RSM and a member of BSCAH. 

 

David Kraft does not recommend individuals going to lay hypnotherapist. He suggests that individuals requiring treatment should go to an accredited health professional, psychologist or registered psychotherapist. David Kraft, of London Hypnotherapy UK and London Psychotherapy, recommends BSCAH and the UKCP.

 

Smoking has a deleterious effect on nearly every organ in the body and is responsible for many life threatening diseases, thus reducing quality of life and life expectancy (Mikhailidis et al.,1998; Balbi et al., 2010; ASH, 2011), says Harley Street psychotherapist David Kraft.

If you would like to give up smoking, please phone 0207 467 8564 for an appointment today.

 

Reference

Kraft D (2012). Successful treatment of heavy smoker in one hour using split screen imagery, aversion, and suggestions to eliminate cravings. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 175-188. 

 

 

More and more therapists have been employing an integrative approach to treatment, and they have seen favourable and long-lasting results in clinical practice. The advantage of using an integrative approach is that you can tailor-make the therapy to suit the needs of the client–one can combine behaviour techniques with hypnosis, or behaviour therapy with some analysis, or even cognitive techniques with something else.

 

Integrative therapy has moved on over the last twenty years. David Kraft and Tom Kraft have spoken time and time again about the benefits of using a multi-modal approach–see the references below. John Gruzelier (2012) recently pointed out that,

‘The integrative approach was part of the new millennium’s zeitgeist in all fields of science, especially neurobiology with its explosion of discoveries, inculcating a more flexible, openminded orientation in scientists’.

 

He also said that this integrative approach has become more present in clinical practice-for example in the articles and presentation by Kraft and Kraft and others.

 

References

JH Gruzelier (2012). Editorial Commentary. Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 133-135.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2004). Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: a case of driving phobia. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21 (2): 79-85.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2005). Covert sensitization revisited: six case studies. Contemporary Hypnosis, 22 (4): 202-209.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). An integrative approach to the treatment of hyperhidrosis: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (1): 38-45.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). Irritable Bowel Syndrome: symptomatic treatment approaches versus integrative psychotherapy. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (4): 161-177.

Kraft D & Kraft T (2010). Use of in vivo and in vitro desensitization in the treatment of mouse phobia: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 184-194.   

Kraft D (2012). Panic disorder without agoraphobia. A multi-modal approach: solution-focused therapy, hypnosis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Journal of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 1 (1): 4-15.

Kraft D (2012). Successful treatment of heavy smoker in one hour using split screen imagery, aversion, and suggestions to eliminate cravings. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 175-188.  

 

 

David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH).

 

For an appointment, please phone 0207 467 8564.

 

 

 

Thank you for your comments regarding self esteem and hypnotizability. I agree with some theorists that having imagination is an essential part of being a ‘good hypnotic subject’. However, what defines this? Is it one’s ability to visualize and to take on board the suggestions of the therapist, or is it one’s skill in being able to create images and to adapt them appropriately. Consider this as a theory. We all have the equal imagination and it is just a question of tapping into these resources—be they visual, gustatory, olfactory, auditory, kinaesthetic or emotional

 

.  Further, what is intelligence and how does one measure it? Standard IQ tests measure one form of intelligence with a criteria for this formulation but it excludes other important intelligences such as kinaesthetic-dominant intelligence, and creative thinking intelligence.

And why is it important for someone to be highly hypnotizable. I don’t want a debate about low, medium and deep state trance (e.g. Cardeña, 2005), but, if my work with visualization anything to go by, one can do a great deal of effective work without the need of a formal induction and/or deepener. Using naturalistic induction can also produce a deep state. Whether a deep state helps the efficacy of the therapy is debatable.  

 

I, too, work better with people who are ‘bright’, whatever that means. Perhaps the word ‘bright’ for both me and Keith means that what we consider to be intelligent and worthwhile more aptly matches the experiences of our client who we consider to be ‘bright’ than perhaps other people who we might see on a day-to-day basis.

Self Esteem

Self esteem is a fundamental mechanism that helps individuals to maintain inner balance. It is what emcompasses our core belief system and our sense of welling being, our confidence and inner abilities in isolation and in social settings. Our self concept is a descriptive set of constructs. For example:

 

I am a good mother

I am confident

I am caring

 

Self esteem is so important for maintaining and living a happy life. Maslow pointed out that the central core of one self image can be maintained and balance if one is accepted, loved and respected by others. This respect, ideally, should come from members of one’s family, a significant partner, and at work. If one feels this natural place within society and at home one is able to self-actualize. Absence of these fundamental mechanisms can cause distress, and self-defeating mechanisms. Sometimes when I work with clients, I get the impression that they have never been given adequate love or a place in society and that it needs to start in the consulting room. People also need to be cared for with the appropriate food and water and need to feel safe. See (Maslow’s pyramid).      

David Kraft PhD

 

David Kraft runs a successful psychotherapy practice in Harley Street. London. He has a diploma in Clinical Hypnosis (DCHyp) and an Advanced Certificate in Clinical and Strategic Hypnosis (A.Cert.CSHyp). He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of The British Society of Clinical & Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). In addition, he has completed the first year course in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the London Centre for Psychotherapy. David’s psychiatric placement was at the Pembroke Centre—an early intervention service which is part of the Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust.  

 

 

David has been researching psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis for several years now, publishing regularly in academic journals. He has written articles on driving phobia, mouse phobia, covert sensitisation, anxiety disorders, sleep disturbances, hyperhidrosis, sexual disorders, IBS, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, agoraphobia, social phobia and panic disorder.  

 

David also has a Diploma in Clinical Psychology (Dip.Cl.Psy), both a degree (BMus) and doctorate (PhD) in classical music, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), a Certificate in Psychoneuroimmunology and a level 5 certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages (CELTA). At present, David is studying at the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy in order to gain accreditation with the UKCP—at the end of this training, if successful, he will also gain a diploma and an advanced diploma in psychotherapy. He is also studying the language component of a degree (BA) in Thai at SOAS, University of London: he is in the third year of this degree, and is enjoying being part of the South East Asian Studies faculty.

 

Tom Kraft’s Publications (total =67)

 

Al-Issa  & Kraft, T. Personality factors in behavioural therapy. (1967) Canadian Psychologist, 8a: 218-222.

 

Kraft D & Kraft T. Use of in vivo and in vitro desensitization in the treatment of mouse phobia: review and case study. In press.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. The application of learning theory to the treatment of traffic phobia. (1965) British Journal of Psychiatry, 111, 277-279.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I.Behaviour therapy and the recall of traumatic experience: a case study. (1965), Behaviour Research & Therapy, 3, 55-58.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. Brief behaviour therapy for the general practitioner. (1966) Journal of the College of General Practitioners, 12, 270-276.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. Behavior therapy and the treatment of frigidity. (1967) American Journal of Psychotherapy, 21, 116-120.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. Alcoholism treated by desensitization: a case report. (1967) Behaviour Research & Therapy, 5, 69-70.

 

Kraft, T & Burnfield, A. Treatment of neurosis by behaviour therapy. (1967) London Hospital Gazette Supplement 70, No. 2, 12-16.

Personality factors in behaviour therapy. (1967) Canadian Psychologist, 8a, 218-

222.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. Desensitization and reduction in cigarette consumption. (1967) Journal of Psychology, 67, 323-329.

 

Kraft, T. Behaviour therapy and the treatment of sexual perversions. (1967) Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 15, 351-357.

 

Kraft, T.  A case of homosexuality treated by systematic desensitization. (1967) American Journal of Psychotherapy, 21, 815-821.

 

Kraft, T. Treatment of the housebound-housewife syndrome. (1967) Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics15, 446-453.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. The use of methohexitone sodium in the systematic desensitization of premature ejaculation. (1968) British Journal of Psychiatry, 114, 351-352.

 

Kraft, T & Al-Issa, I. Desensitization and the treatment of alcohol addiction. (1968), British Journal of Addiction, 63, 19-23.

 

Kraft, T. Experience in the treatment of alcoholism. (1968) In Progress in Behaviour      Therapy (Edited by H Freeman) Wright: Bristol (Pp 25-33.)

 

Kraft, T. Successful treatment of a case of drinamyl addiction. (1968) British Journal of      Psychiatry, 114, 1363-1364.

 

Kraft, T. Social anxiety and drug addiction. (1968) British Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2, 192-195.

 

Kraft, T. Behavior therapy and target symptoms. (1969) Journal of Clinical Psychology,      25,105-109.

 

Kraft, T. Treatment of drinamyl addiction. (1969) International Journal of Social of Addictions, 4, 59-64.

 

Kraft, T. Successful treatment of a case of chronic barbiturate addiction. (1968) British Journal     of Addiction, 64, 115-120.

 

Kraft, T. Desensitization and the treatment of sexual disorders. (1969) Journal of Sex Research,      5, 130-134.

 

Kraft, T. Erotisierte Übertragung in der Verhaltenstherapie. (1969) Zeitschrift für      Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychoanalyse,15, 126-130.

 

Kraft, T. Psychoanalysis and behaviorism: a false antithesis. (1969) American Journal of Psychotherapy, 23, 482-487.

 

Kraft, T. Alcoholism treated by systematic desensitization. A follow-up of eight cases.

(1969) Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 18, 336-340.

 

Kraft, T. Behaviour therapy or personality therapy? (1969) Psychotherapy and        Psychosomatics, 17, 217-225.

 

Kraft, T. Drug addiction and personality disorder. (1970) British Journal of Addiction,

64, 403-408.

 

Kraft, T. Systematic desensitization using emotional imagery only. (1970) Perceptual and Motor Skills, 30, 293-294.

 

Kraft, T. Treatment of drinamyl addiction. Two case studies. (1970) Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 150, 138-144.

 

Kraft, T. Sexual factors in the development of the housebound housewife syndrome. (1970) Journal of Sex Research, 6, 59-63.

 

Kraft, T & Wijesinghe B. Successful treatment of drinamyl addicts and associated personality changes. (1970) Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 15, 223-227.

 

Kraft, T. Systematic desensitization of social anxiety in the treatment of alcoholism: a psychometric evaluation of change. (1970) British Journal of Psychiatry, 117, 443-444.

 

Kraft, T. Psychotherapy and behaviour therapy: a combined technique. (1970) London Hospital Gazette, October, 8-12,

 

Kraft, T. Social anxiety model of alcoholism. (1971).Perceptual and Motor Skills, 33, 797-798.

 

Kraft, T. A case of homosexuality treated by combined behaviour therapy and psychotherapy. (1971) Psychotherapy and Psychosomiatics, 19, 342-358.

 

Kraft, T. The use of behavior therapy in a psychotherapeutic context. Chapter in Clinical      Behavior Therapy (Edited by A A Lazarus) Brunner/Mazel: New York.(1972)

 

Kraft, T. The treatment of phobias by systematic desensitization: a follow-up of three cases. (1973) London Hospital Gazette, October, 2-6.

 

Kraft, T. Behaviour therapy and personality change. (1975) International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 21, 111-116.

 

Kraft, T. In vivo desensitization of a phobic shop steward. (1975) Psychotherapy and      Psychosomatics, 26, 294-302.

 

Kraft, T. Long-term effects of behaviour therapy. (1976) British Journal of Psychiatry, 129, 510-511.

 

Kraft, T. The combined behaviour therapy-psychotherapy approach. (1976) Projective Psychology, 23,15-29.

 

Kraft, T. The quality of recovery after behaviour therapy: a nine year follow-up study.

 (1980) Proceedings of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, January, 3-26.

 

Kraft, T. Systematic desensitization in a patient with poor visual imagery. ((1984)

Proceedings of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, 5, 45-47.

 

Kraft, T. Injection phobia: a case study. (1984) British Journal of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 1, 13-18.

 

Kraft, T. A reply to Heap’s comments on “Injection phobia: a case study”. (1984) British Journal of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 1, 39-40.

 

Kraft, T. Successful treatment of a case of hyperhidrosis. (1985) Proceedings of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, 6, 11-13.

 

Kraft, T. The successful treatment of a case of night terrors (pavor nocturnus). (1986) British Journal of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 3, 113-119.

 

Kraft, T. Brief hypnotherapy. (1986) Proceedings of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, 6, No. 2, 15-20.

 

Kraft, T. The treatment of avoidance reactions. Two case studies. (1988)

Proceedings of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, 6, No. 3,

18-21.

 

Kraft, T. Use of hypnotherapy in anxiety management in the terminally ill: a preliminary study. (1990) British Journal of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, 7, 27-33.

 

Kraft, T. Working with terminally ill patients. (1989) Proceedings of the British Society

of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, 6, No. 4, 16-20.

 

Kraft, T. Hypnotherapy for the terminally ill: the Edenhall experience. (1991) Proceedings of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, 7, No 5, 21-24.

 

Kraft, T.  Hypnosis for the terminally ill: a review of the first thirty cases. (1991) Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, University of Sheffield, April 1990 (Edited by Michael Heap. 81-87.

 

Kraft, T. Counteracting pain in malignant disease by hypnotic techniques: five case studies. (1992) Contemporary Hypnosis, 9, 123-129.

 

Kraft, T. Behaviour therapy for performance anxiety: a psychodynamic explanation for  rapidity of treatment. (1992) Contemporary Hypnosis, 9, No. 3, 175-181.

 

Kraft, T. Using hypnosis with cancer patients: six case studies. (1993), Contemporary Hypnosis, 10, No 1, 43-48.

 

Kraft, T. A case of chemotherapy Phobia: an integrative approach. (1993), Contemporary Hypnosis, 10, No 2, 105-111.

 

Kraft, T. The combined use of hypnosis and in vivo desensitization in the successful treatment of a case of balloon phobia.(1994) Contemporary Hypnosis,11, No 2,71-76

 

Kraft, T. Successful treatment of a case of stuttering, with a 10-year follow-up.(1994) Contemporary Hypnosis, 11, No 3, 131-136.

 

Kraft, T. Using Hypnosis to aid recovery of taste sensation after a course of radiotherapy: a case study (1996) Contemporary Hypnosis. 13. No 2. 115-119

 

Kraft, T. Hypnotherapy and Visiting a Hypnotherapist. (2000), Inside the Human Body, 78, Unit 19 sheets 8 and 9.

 

Kraft, T. The use of direct suggestion in the successful treatment of a case of snoring. (2003), Contemporary Hypnosis, 20, No 2, 98 – 101.

 

Kraft, T. Treatment options for snoring. (2003) Journal of The Royal Society of Medicine 96,  No 9. 473.

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: a case of driving phobia (2004), Contemporary Hypnosis. 21, No. 2, 79 – 85.

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. Covert Sensitization revisited: Six Case Studies (2005) Contemporary Hypnosis, 22, No. 4: 202-209. 

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. The place of hypnosis in psychiatry: its applications in treating anxiety disorders and sleep disturbances (2006) Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 34. No 2: 187-203.

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. An integrative approach to the treatment of Hyperhidrosis: Review and Case Study (2007) Contemporary Hypnosis, 24, No 1: 38-45.

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. The place of hypnosis in psychiatry part 2: its application to the treatment of sexual disorders (2007) Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 35, No 2: 1-18

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. Irritable Bowel Syndrome: symptomatic treatment approaches versus integrative psychotherapy’ Contemporary Hypnosis (2007), 24, (4): 161-177.

 

Kraft, T & Kraft, D. The place of hypnosis in psychiatry part 3: the application to the treatment of eating disorders’ Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (2009), 37, No.1: 1–20.    

The following paper was written and subsequently published posthumously :

 

Kraft D & Kraft T (2010). Use of in vivo and in vitro desensitization in the treatment of mouse phobia: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 184-194.

David Kraft continues the work of his father in his practice in central London. To date, he has publsihed 17 peer-reviewed articles in the academic literature. He has written several articles for Contemporary Hypnosis, and, with his father, helped to permeate the use of a more flexible framework for integrative therapy in clinical practice. David is a member of BSCAH and a felow of the Royal Society of Medicine.