{"definition":"<div xmlns=\"http://apa.org/dop/enriched\"> the act of writing while one’s attention is not focused on the task or of writing without conscious awareness, as during a hypnotic trance. It may be used in <a href=\"/hypnotherapy\">hypnotherapy</a> to provide a therapist with access to unconscious material from the client. See also <a href=\"/automatic-drawing\">automatic drawing</a>.</div>", "term":"<span xmlns=\"http://apa.org/dop/enriched\">automatic writing</span>", "correctedDate":"04/19/2018", "link":"/automatic-writing", "id":"00002304"}