CEU Test Questions on
Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy in
the Milieu of Integrative Medicine
[Journal of Heart-Centered Therapies, 14(1), Spring 2011, pp. 41-75]
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1. Hostility, depression and loneliness contribute to heart disease. Stress can exacerbate infections,
fibromyalgia and asthma. High-fat diets can lead to coronary disease and cancer. Obesity is a major
factor in the development of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cancer.
a. true
b. false
2. Mind-body techniques suggested to be included in integrative medicine by the National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health:
a. meditation and guided imagery
b. hypnotherapy
c. yoga and biofeedback
d. all of the above
3. _________________ always said that whatever in our lives emerges, is the emergency. In other words,
it’s the emergency that demands attention, awareness and consciousness. These illnesses, diseases and
even “accidents” are wake-up calls indicating that we need to pay attention.
a. Carl Rogers
b. Carl Jung
c. Fritz Perls
d. Virginia Satir
4. The term integrative medicine is used to signify a more holistic, systemic combination of approaches.
This model emphasizes
a. non-conventional healing modalities are an alternative to traditional practices
b. non-conventional healing modalities are added as a complement to traditional treatment
c. an integration of traditional and previously non-conventional modalities based on empirical
evidence of their efficacy
d. all of the above
5. Acceptance of hypnosis and hypnotherapy by conventional medicine was officially acknowledged in
________, the year that the American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association
endorsed hypnosis as a valid medical therapy.
a. 1958
b. 1965
c. 1985
d. 2001
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6. The Placebo Effect is that the mind’s expectations largely determine the body’s experience when a
drug is administered. The Nocebo Effect, or Reverse Placebo Effect refers to
a. a patients’ uncertainty whether an actual medication will work or not
b. a patients’ expectations that an actual medication will not work leads their body to cancel out
any physiological effect of the medication
c. a patients’ expectations that a medication will work or not is based on trust in the prescribing
doctor
d. a patients’ expectations regarding a medication have no effect on whether it works or not
7. _________________________ is especially well-suited to accessing the belief systems embedded in
the mind, and to modifying the expectations of a treatment outcome.
a. Psychotropic medication
b. Acupuncture
c. EMDR
d. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy
8. Anesthetized consciousness is ungrounded, but with “remote” awareness and memory. Milton Erickson
and David Cheek discovered that anesthetized patients could perceive conversation at some level of
awareness. Research with anesthetized surgery patients shows that a surprising amount of awareness
exists during anesthesia. Hypnosis
a. has not proven effective in patient recall of events that occurred under anesthesia
b. has proven effective in patient recall of events that occurred under anesthesia
c. is only useful in recovering traumatic events
d. is equally effective as the conscious mind in recall of events that occurred under anesthesia
9. Preparing patients hypnotically for surgery can have an enormous positive impact on both their surgical
course and their recovery. Hypnosis can be very effective in
a. enhancing the patient’s coping skills, increasing their sense of self-mastery
b. managing stress and anxiety
c. reducing pain
d. all of the above
10. In treating burns, hypnosis is not only effective for the pain, but when hypnotic anesthesia and
feelings of coolness are created in the first few hours after a significant burn, it appears that it also
reduces inflammation and promotes healing. A second degree burn can often be kept from going third
degree if hypnosis is used soon after the injury.
a. true
b. false
11. For childbirth, approximately ___________ of women have been found capable of using hypnosis as
the sole analgesic for labor, eliminating the risks that medications can pose to mother and child.
a. two thirds
b. one half
c. one third
d. one fourth
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12. Hypnosis has been effective in the management of diabetes, including ______________, and this has
been the case with adolescent and adult diabetics.
a. regulation of blood sugar
b. increased compliance
c. improvement of peripheral blood circulation
d. all of the above
13. Hypnotherapy has been used to convert breech birth presentations to the normal vertex position – in
one study of 100 women with breech presentation, ____% of subjects receiving hypnotherapy
successfully converted.
a. 21%
b. 50%
c. 81%
d. 100%
14. Post-surgical wound healing is significantly greater with the addition of a hypnotic intervention to
usual medical care in reduction mammaplasty and bone fractures. In a randomized controlled trial,
researchers found that an adjunctive hypnotic intervention with usual care ______________________
post-surgical wound healing with reduction mammaplasty patients.
a. significantly accelerated
b. accelerated but not to a statistical significance
c. had little effect on
d. interfered with
15. Integrative medicine aims to go beyond the treatment of illness-related anxiety or pain to enhancing
the body’s natural ability to restore health. For example,
a. hypnosis is effective in reducing blood pressure in the middle and long terms as well as short term
b. research results suggest the value of adding self-hypnosis to the standard medical treatment for
hypertension
c. immune systems can be influenced by hypnosis, and research indicates that “deep trance does
significantly reduce negative emotional affect and improves immunocompetence”
d. all of the above
16. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy can be extremely relevant to assisting patients deal with impending death,
treating a variety of symptoms, including pain, anxiety, anger and depression. This is the case with
terminal patients __________________________.
a. younger than 30
b. older than 60
c. of all ages
d. who have a long history of utilizing hypnosis
17. In 1996, the National Institute of Health (NIH) published an extensive report on the Treatment of
Chronic Pain: “The evidence supporting the effectiveness of hypnosis in alleviating chronic pain
associated with cancer seems strong.” In addition, the panel suggested the effectiveness of hypnosis
in other chronic pain conditions, which include _________________________.
a. irritable bowel syndrome
b. temporomandibular disorders
c. tension headaches
d. all of the above
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18. The interaction between mind and body is foundational to the integrative medicine approach. And
hypnosis/ hypnotherapy is one of the most optimal ways of accessing that intersection, because
traumatic memories are encoded subcortically, rather than in autobiographical memory, and must be
accessed through the unconscious/ somatic psyche rather than through verbal conscious awareness.
a. true
b. false
19. Before directly addressing a traumatic event in therapy, three areas must first be strengthened:
containment of out-of-control emotions and thoughts that feel overwhelming; positive body awareness
to promote a sense of the body and its sensations as friend, not foe; and __________________.
a. insuring a supportive social system is in place
b. dual time awareness to separate the past from what is occurring now, even though it feels as if
past trauma is occurring now
c. ego resilience sufficient to confront the underlying terror
d. none of the above
20. Very often current life stresses tend to be experienced as somatic states, and an integrative approach
leads us to accept physical symptoms as ally rather than enemy. Physical symptoms are the body’s
way of communicating an unmet need to the person; they are not a statement of defiance, mutiny,
hostility, or weakness.
a. true
b. false
Circle the correct answer and mail this answer sheet, with $50 payment, to:
The Wellness Institute, 3716 – 274th Ave SE, Issaquah, WA 98029
or FAX to 425-391-9737 and call credit card payment in to 425-391-9716
You will receive a certificate of completion by return mail
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Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy in the Milieu of Integrative Medicine
The Wellness Institute  800-326-4418