Table of Contents
Contents in
Brief 8
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
TO HYPNOTHERAPY 17
What Do You Know About Hypnosis? 17
What is Hypnosis? 18
Common Applications of Hypnosis 20
Answers to Quiz (From Page 17) 21
Definitions of “Hypnosis”
23
The Triad of Powers
27
The Power of Suggestion
27
The Power of Imagination
28
The Power of the Subconscious Mind 29
Generalizing and Filtering 31
Mystery Numeric System 34
Physical Scotoma 36
Mental Scotoma (a.k.a. Negative
Hallucination) 38
Hypnotizability and Suggestibility 44
Hypnosis from an Evolutionary Perspective 45
By: Baruch Elitzur, Ph.D. Clinical
Psychologist.
CHAPTER 2: FIRST SESSION WITH A NEW CLIENT 53
Keys to a Successful Hypnosis Session 53
Stage One: Pre-Hypnosis
54
The Intake Interview 54
Pre-Talk - Explaining Hypnosis to
Client 55
By: Dr. Al Krasner
First Session Pointers 60
By: Richard A. Neves, Ph.D.
Suggestibility Tests
61
How to Conduct Suggestibility Tests 61
Exercise 1: Chevreul’s Pendulum 62
Exercise 2: Arms Rising and Falling 64
Exercise 3: Hands Clasped 65
Exercise 4: Postural Sway 66
The Eye Roll Test 67
CHAPTER 3: INDUCINT HYPNOSIS AND TESTING FOR
DEPTH 69
Stage Two: Inducing the Hypnotic State 69
Progressive Relaxation Induction 69
Deepening Techniques 72
Hypnotic Depth Tests
74
1. Eye Catalepsy (temporary
paralysis): 76
2. Arm Catalepsy: 76
3. Partial Amnesia: 77
4. Glove Analgesia: 77
5. Positive Hallucination: 77
6. Negative Hallucination: 78
Emerging From the Hypnotic State 79
CHAPTER 4:
The Language of the Subconscious mind and
THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF SUGGESTION 81
Covert Hypnosis - The Language of the Subconscious Mind. 82
Types of suggestions 89
Rules of the Mind & the Laws of Suggestion 94
The Law of Concentrated Attention: 94
The Law of Dominant Effect: 94
The Law of Reverse Effect: 94
The Law of Association (Anchoring): 95
The Law of Delayed Action
(Post-Hypnotic Suggestion): 95
The Law of Negation: 95
The Law of Compounding (or
Pyramiding): 96
Managing Suggestions
97
Watch Your Internal Dialogue or Self
Talk. 97
Know what you want 99
The Driving Forces at Play in
Effective Goal Achievement 100
How to Formulate Suggestions / Affirmations 100
Do it with S.M.A.R.T.I.P.P.P.S. 101
How to Make It Stick
102
CHAPTER 5: SELF HYPNOSIS 103
How to Do Self-Hypnosis
103
Phase 1) Preparation: 103
Phase 2) Reaching the Hypnotic State: 103
Phase 3) Installing suggestion by
repeating affirmation: 103
Phase 4) Emerging from Hypnosis: 104
The Danger of Using Self-Hypnosis for
Pain Control 104
Light Switch Self-Hypnosis Technique 105
By: Gerald F. Kein
CHAPTER 6: RAPPORT 109
Creating Rapport 109
Non-Verbal Rapport-Building
Techniques 110
Representation Systems 112
Representation Predicates 112
The Agreement Mind Set 115
CHAPTER 7: HYPNOTIC INDUCTION TECHNIQUES 119
Universal Hypnotic Protocol 119
By: Dennis K. Chong & Jennifer S.
Chong MD, CH, RN, PHN, MPNLP
The Dave Elman Induction 121
The Cigarette Induction 122
The Water Drinking Induction 122
The Head Tap Induction 123
Relaxation Inductions
124
Progressive Relaxation 124
By: Henry Leo Bolduc CH
Permissive Induction 126
By: Henry Leo Bolduc CH
A Relaxation Induction 127
By: Joann Abrahamsen
Velvety Breathing 129
By: Wendi Friesen
Circular Breathing 131
By: Wendi Friesen
Eye Fixation & Fatiguing Inductions 133
Dr. Flower’s Induction 133
Eye Fixation Induction 134
By: Zali Segal
The Light Bulb
Technique 135
By: Alfred A.
Barrios, Ph.D.
The Concentration
Spiral 136
By: Alfred A.
Barrios, Ph.D.
Double Bind Induction 138
By: Joann Abrahamsen
The Abrahamsen Induction 139
By: Joann Abrahamsen
Confusion & Misdirection Inductions 141
Physical confusion: 141
Visual - Eye Closure Confusion
Induction 141
By: Zali Segal
Auditory - Confussional Induction 142
By: Zali Segal
Kinesthetic - Rotating Hands
Confussional Induction 142
By: Zali Segal
The Vertigo Induction 143
By: Robert F. Otto C.Ht.
Mental Confusion: 145
An Induction for the Analytical
Resister 145
By: C. Roy Hunter , M.S., CH
Circle in the Sand 148
By: Zali Segal
Imagination Inductions
150
Wicker Basket Induction 150
By: Richard A. Neves, Ph.D.
The Staircase Induction 153
By: Henry Leo Bolduc CH
The Great
Brain Exercise - Induction 154
By: Jillian LaVelle CH.
Ericksonian Style Inductions 156
Storytelling Hypnosis 156
By: Bill O’Connell CH
Storytelling Hypnosis Induction Ericksonian Style 159
By: Bill O’Connell CH
Shock to the System, Loss of Equilibrium
And Other Rapid Induction
Techniques 163
The Hand Drop Induction 163
By: Zali Segal
Rapid Induction 164
By: Don Mottin
Blast Into Hyper Space 165
By: Zali Segal
Miscellaneous Inductions
166
Conversion Techniques 166
Hypnotic Induction with NLP 167
By: Don Mottin
The Aromatic Induction 168
By: Susan Fox, CH
From Sleep to Trance 170
By: Don Mottin
Sleep! Hypnotic Induction 170
By: Don Mottin
The Pendulum
Technique 171
By: Alfred A.
Barrios, Ph.D.
Pencil Induction 173
By: Don Mottin
Eye Blink Induction 173
By: Don Mottin
The Pendulum Induction 174
By: Don Mottin
Arm Levitation 175
By: Zali Segal
Hand Shake Induction #1 176
By: Don Mottin
Handshake Induction #2 176
By: Don Mottin
Hand to Face Induction 177
By: Don Mottin
Indirect Hypnotic Induction 178
By: Don Mottin
Indirect Hypnotic Induction #2 178
By: Don Mottin
The Power of Simply Being 179
By: Chuck Mignosa
Biofeedback as a Way
of Facilitating Hypnotic Induction 182
By: Alfred A.
Barrios, Ph.D.
CHAPTER 8: HYPNOSIS THEORIES AND PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS 183
Making Sense Out of Hypnosis- Theories and Definitions 183
By: Bill O’Connell CH
Hypnosis and Effective Communication 187
By: Craig Eubanks
What is Hypnosis? 192
By: Mike De Bruyn
Working in
Trance 194
By:
Marilyn Gordon CH.
New Theory of
Hypnosis Opens the Way to More Effective Hypnotic Induction 197
By: Alfred A.
Barrios, Ph.D.
5-PATH™- A Systematic Approach to
Hypnotherapy 199
By: Calvin Banyan M.A.
Therapeutic Metaphor for the Smoker 209
By: Joann Abrahamsen
Can Hypnosis End Bulimia? 214
By: Bryan M. Knight. MSW, Ph.D.
Hypnosis and Sex 219
By: Bryan M. Knight, MSW, Ph.D.
Sexual Difficulties as the Result of Negative Self-Hypnosis 225
By: Dr. Daniel Araoz
Forensic Hypnosis vs. Therapeutic
Hypnosis 231
By: Inspector Marx Howell, BS (Ret.)
Healing, Inner Wisdom and Hypnosis 234
By: Anne H. Spencer- Beacham, Ph.D.
CHAPTER 9: MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES BY NOTABLE CONTRIBUTORS 239
Introduction to Electronic Hypnosis 239
By: Larry Garrett
Vicarious
Experiential Memory Machine 247
By: Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH
Profile of a Forensic / Investigative
Hypnosis Interview 250
By: Inspector Marx Howell, BS (Ret.)
Hypnotic Writing 262
By: Dr. Joe Vitale
Verbal Implication 265
By: Steve Andreas, MA
Nonverbal (Contextual) Implication 268
By: Steve Andreas, MA
Scripted Hypnotherapy 271
By:
Steve Boyley
Why Stage Hypnosis Is Important To Clinical Hypnosis 272
By: Jerry Valley
Mind Power Is Energy 274
By: Anne H. Spencer-Beacham, Ph.D.
Hypnosis and Religious Faith 276
By: Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, Ph.D.
Hospital Job Description for Hypnotherapist 283
By: Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, Ph.D.
The Troubled Squirrel Metaphor 287
By: Steve Andreas M.A.
Negative
Suggestions? An Apology. 290
By:
Jillian LaVelle CH
The Magic of Thoughts 292
By: Ormond McGill
Buried Treasure 294
By: Cork Graham
CHAPTER 10: APPENDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, GLOSSARY & INDEX 307
Appendix 1: Sample Client’s Bill of Rights 307
Appendix 2: Assessment interview and consent form 309
Appendix 3: Parental Consent form 311
Appendix 4: Medical Referral Form 312
Appendix 5: Le Cron-Bordeaux Scoring System For Indicating Depth of Hypnosis 313
Appendix 6: Davis and Husband Susceptibility System 315
Appendix 7: The Code of Ethics of the National Guild of Hypnotists 316
Appendix 8: Recommended Standards for the Practice of Hypnotism 317
Select Bibliography
319
Glossary 323
Index 329
Appendix
9: Become a Certified Hypnotherapist! 338
Order Form 339
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