The Best Hypnotic Induction: Part 2 http://www.hypnosis101.com In part 1 of this video we explored the idea that different people respond to different styles of induction Here, we'll do an exercise that will help any style of induction by increasing your ability to notice trance while at the same time, decrease any dependence you might have on an induction script.
The Best Hypnotic Induction http://www.hypnosis101.com One of the questions I'm most often asked is; "What is the best induction?" Everybody is looking for the right set of words that they can read from a script that are fast and powerful. Instructors and hypnotherapists all have their favorites. Some claim their's are the best or that you have to do it exactly their way in order for it to work.
A fellow hypnotherapist recently asked me about a client she had who seemed to fall asleep during a sessions. What should she do? http://www.hypnosis101.com Learn a simple protocol for dealing with hypnotic clients who appear to ahve fallen asleep.
What is the Stroop effect and why should we care? http://www.hypnosis101.com The Stroop Effect is a widely studied phenomenon that looks at how the brain reacts when presented with conflicting information. In a Stroop test, the subject very quickly looks at a word and tells the tester what color the letters are. It's ingrained in us, at a very deep level, to process the meaning of words, no matter what the color of the letters. It's an automatic, conditioned, ingrained, unconscious response. The Stroop Effect is extremely difficult to overcome with conscious effort. There's not much you can do to change it, except... With hypnosis. Studies show that hypnosis can overcome the Stroop effect. In fact, Dr. Amir Raz, who helped conduct a study on hypnosis and the Stroop effect says..."This means that, using suggestion -- in this case post-hypnotic suggestion -- we were able to 'un-ring ' Pavlov's bell,"
Recently, I was sitting on a panel of hypnotists, next to a friend of mine. A man in the audience asked us to tell about failures we've had with our clients. My friend was the last to answer and his answer taught me something about discharging resistance.... http://www.hypnosis101.com
One of the easiest, most reliable and most effective ways to hypnotize a willing subject is to ask them to produce hypnotic phenomena directly. Explain that when people go into trance they usually slow down their breathing, close their eyes, relax their muscles etc.--in short go through a list of hypnotic phenomena. Then...
http://www.hypnosis101.com Five ways to make trance inductions easier and more effective. My trip to the dentist remended me of 5 simple principles of hypnotic induction...
An abreaction is a negative emotional response that occasionally occurs during hypnosis. It can happen as a result of spontaneous regression. http://www.hypnosis101.com Simply put, an abreaction is when someone gets upset during hypnosis. Now a lot of hypnotists are scared of abreactions but they can be handled easily. Here are some guidelines...
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