Background: The case of one single session of hypnotherapy in a female patient suffering from metastasised breast cancer is presented. The case presentation is followed by a short overview of the phenomenology and potential mechanisms of hypnosis. Case Report: A terminally ill, 43-year-old female patient with breast cancer and metastases in liver, bones, and brain was presented to the author. The patient suffered from anger, sadness,and strong pain in her whole body, most tormenting in both forearms. A single 35-minute session of hypnotherapy was performed. This resulted in the patient’s being in a good mood and feeling an urge to get up from bed,move around on the ward and leave the breast cancer unit as soon as possible to organise all important issues at home with her family and friends. Conclusion: A single session of hypnotherapy was effective in motivating a terminally ill patient to accept responsibility for her own, private concerns. Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness that remains to be fully understood from the conventional empiric social psychology and neurobiology research paradigm.

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