L'hypnose éricksonienne dans la prise en charge de la douleur chronique

Eriksonian hypnosis is a currently recognized therapeutic tool for the treatment of chronic pain, but with a contingent of doubt and controversy highly debated within the medical community. In this work, we attempt to demystify this approach by describing the mechanisms of action against pain from a clinical and neurophysiological point of view. There are many possible ways hypnosis could have a potential impact on modulating chronic pain. Cognitivobehavioral readjustments can be affected as much by hypnosis as by chronic pain itself. It would be licit to include this therapeutic tool as part of an overall pluridisciplinary approach to the chronic pain patient. Clinical and neurophysiological studies are needed to better understand the phenomenon of hypnotic pain relief and to better adapt the technique to the variety of symptoms presented by patients suffering from chronic pain.