[Use of hypnotherapy techniques within the scope of behavior therapy treatment of learning and behavior disorders in children--2 case reports].

Most of the children on our ward suffer from severe speech and language disorders, dyslexia, other learning disabilities and conduct disorders. We treated 10 selected children with cognitive behavior therapy combined with hypnotherapy. To demonstrate this treatment strategy we report on a 9-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy from this group and give a short description of the hypnotic communication patterns used in conjunction with behavior therapy. The therapy combination proved to be a useful one. The children's social competence and learning motivation improved throughout the general therapeutic setting. The children's responses to relevant questionnaires confirmed these findings. Our results suggest that an increase in treatment efficacy can be achieved by using hypnotherapeutic patterns in conjunction with behavior therapy in the treatment of children with the disabilities mentioned.