Automatic word processing: a new forum for hypnotic expression.

Automatic word processing, a form of dissociation utilizing hypnosis and computer technology, was developed to provide patients a forum for hypnotic expression with unique features. Using automatic word processing, the six patients in this report were able to express themselves extensively, edit their responses to queries, and even write poetry while doing hypnosis. Automatic word processing can be used with some patients to gain important insights and therapeutic successes that might not be achieved as easily by other means. Because this is a new technique, much of its potential remains to be defined.