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Age regression in therapy is an increased access to childhood memories, thoughts and feelings as a part of a psychotherapeutic process. Age regression is an aspect of a number of psychotherapies. In hypnotherapy the term describes a process in which the patient moves their focus to memories of an earlier stage of life in order to explore these memories or to get in touch with some difficult-to-access aspects of their personality. Age ''pro''gression is sometimes employed in hypnotherapy as well, making the patient project themselves forward, imagining a desired outcome or the consequences of their current destructive behavior. Age regression for the purpose of 'recovering' memories has become quite controversial inside and outside the therapeutic community, with many cases involving claimed child abuse, alien abduction and other traumatic incidents subsequently being discredited. The notion of age regression is central to attachment therapy whose proponents believe that a child who has missed out on developmental stages can be made to redo those stages at a later age by a variety of techniques. Many of these techniques are intensely physical and confrontational and include forced holding and eye contact, sometimes whilst being required to access traumatic memories of past neglect or abuse or whilst being made to experience extreme emotions such as rage or fear. Occasionally 'rebirthing' has been used with tragic results, for instance for Candace Newmaker. Accompanying parenting techniques may use bottle feeding and systems of complete control by the parent over the child's basic needs including toileting and water. == Definition == Age regression in therapy is also referred to as hypnotic age regression. This is a hypnosis technique utilized by hypnotherapists to help patients remember the perceptions and feelings caused by past events that have an effect on their present illness. Hypnotic age regression occurs when a person is hypnotized and is instructed to recall a past event or regress to an earlier age. The patient may then proceed to recall or relive events in his life. If the hypnotherapist suggests that the patient is of a certain age, the patient may begin to appear to talk, act, and think according to that age. This allows for the patient to reinterpret their current situation with new information and insights.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.a2zpsychology.com/psychology_guide/hypnotism.php )〕 Every age regression session varies based on the hypnotherapist and patient. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Age regression in therapy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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