...Hypnotherapy is the mechanism used to access the unconscious mind and hypnosis is the induction of a trancelike state, resembling sleep, usually induced by a therapist and where the subject's receptivity to the power of suggestion is dramatically increased. According to The British Medical Association and the American Medical Association hypnosis is, "a temporary condition of altered attention in the subject that may be induced by another person.” Contrary to popular belief being in a state of hypnosis is not the same as being asleep. The uses of hypnosis in medicine and psychology include the modification or elimination of undesirable behaviour, such as smoking, and the treatment of certain chronic disorders, (anxiety), and phobias towards all sorts of everyday encounters, (spiders). In order to appreciate the whole area of hypnotherapy and how hypnosis is understood in the modern sense it is important to give a brief insight its history as hypnosis has been used for thousands of years for the purpose of healing and general well being. In ancient times hypnosis took many different forms, all making use of deep relaxation and trance to aid in the healing process. It wasn’t until the 1700’s, however, that Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), a Viennese scientist believed that there was a cosmic liquid that flowed between people and as this was stimulated by magnets could be transmitted to others. He called this animal magnetism and even though there was no firm evidence that...
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...notable components of suggestion and trance. The vital role of relaxation is also pointed to. Hypnosis is a psychological phenomenon; a natural state of selective, focused attention, and even though it is natural, it remains one of the most fascinating phenomena of the human mind. There is much disagreement and misunderstanding on the subject and there are many different theories and definitions surrounding it. Before discussing the modern theory of hypnosis, it is important to understand where this phenomena has come from. Its earliest existence was found among shamans or witch doctors as they were more commonly known. Shaman would follow strict practices which allowed them to have a strong focus, and these were often accompanied with monotonous and rhythmic chants or drum beats for example. This allowed their subconscious mind to focus and seek out the soul of the patient to heal them. Mesmer (1733-1815) recognised this healing practice and incorporated into his theory of animal magnetism. He believed that a cosmic fluid existed in inanimate objects which was transferred into patients to heal them. Mesmer literally mesmerised his patients into the belief and expectation that they would be cured, and ‘Mesmerism’ was the beginning of what will later be referred to as hypnotic suggestion. During this same period, Puyseger noticed that his patients entered into a deep sleep as a result of being mesmerised. However, while in this state, patients could still communicate...
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...9 COVERT HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES TO INDUCE TRANCE ______________________________________________________________________ - Special Report - 9 Covert Hypnosis Techniques To Induce Trance Simple and Powerful Covert Hypnosis Techniques ANYONE Can Use To Enter Others Into A Trance Easily Written by Orkhan Ibad http://www.hypnosisblacksecrets.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2010 Orkhan Ibad – All Rights Reserved Page 1 CovertHypnosisLessons 9 COVERT HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES TO INDUCE TRANCE ______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE: You Do NOT Have the Right to Reprint or Resell this Report! You Also MAY NOT Give Away, Sell or Share the Content Herein Copyright 2010 Orkhan Ibad All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical. Any unauthorized use, sharing, reproduction, or distribution of parts herein is strictly prohibited. Disclamer And/Or Legal Notices: The information presented herein represents the view of the author as of the date of publication. The author reserves the right to alter and update his opinion based on the new conditions. The report is for informational purposes only. The author does not carry any responsibility for any use of this information. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2010 Orkhan Ibad – All Rights...
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...What Is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is an artificially inducted state of relaxation and concentration in which deeper parts of the mind become more accessible. It is a psychological phenomenon, an interaction between two people, one of whom is indentified as the hypnotist , the other as the subject. Hypnosis is a normal state of mind, one which most people go in and out of every day. When we are watching a movie that you are engrossed in, driving down a long monotonous road, listening to music that captures a mood or engrosses us, we are in hypnosis. This is not a guide or spiritual being, is a scientific discovery of a function of our brain. It is a complex phenomenon, the coming together of a number of psychological processes such selective attention, relaxation, creation of expectancy, imagination, rapport between the hypnotist and subject, some degree of conformity and compliance. In fact, you have been in an hypnotic state literally thousands of times. You didn’t notice it because it seemed such a natural state of mind. And the hypnotic state is natural for all humans and many animals. .... Everything you have learned is stored in your subconscious. Because you have already learned to drive, your driving skills is stored in your subconscious so it is why so easy we can switch off our conscious mind and let it drifts off and use our driving skills stored in subconscious. Historically, hypnosis was regarded by many as something very mysterious, unusual to take control over...
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...Hypnotherapy Techniques (Ofqual Ref. M/505/8186) Homework Assignment – Journal Entry Module 1 (1 – 1.1) Explain the state of hypnosis. Looking back, it is clear now that hypnosis has been around for many centuries and the use of hypnotic states can be traced back to Shamans or Witch Doctors. In the 1700’s Franz Anton Mesmer produced his theory of “animal magnetism” in which he believed healing forces could be transferred through “cosmic fluid” there is no evidence to support the transfer of the healing energies devised by Mesmer but his success rate was high which lead to his patients being described as “mesmerized” and mesmerism is an early forerunner for modern day hypnosis. Many theories utilising a hypnotic state then followed but it was not until an English physician called James Braid (1795-1860) giving mesmerism a scientific explanation of a “nervous sleep” introducing the word hypnosis derived from the Greek word for sleep Hypnos. Many theories evolved from this view and hypnosis eventually gained acceptance as a naturally occurring phenomenon. In the 1950’s hypnosis began a renaissance as it became recognized for the therapeutic potential in the fields of behavior modification and healing. Hypnosis can be categorised as a trance state or altered level of consciousness. Our minds are split between our conscious and subconscious states and we are able to switch between the two often unaided and without realising. A good example of the natural shift between...
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...What is Hypnosis? Definition: Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep and his name gives us the words 'hypnosis' (a particular mental state) 'hypnotism' and 'hypnotherapy' (related processes). It also gives us the familiar pharmacological term 'hypnotic' for a drug used to induce sleep. Hypnosis is "a special psychological state with certain physiological attributes, resembling sleep only superficially and marked by a functioning of the individual at a level of awareness other than the ordinary conscious state." One theory suggests that hypnosis is a mental state (Encyclopaedia Britannica 2004), while another theory links hypnosis to imaginative role-enactment. Hypnosis is in fact, a communication between the conscious and subconscious mind. It is a natural state of mind experienced as a trance. How hypnosis manifests itself can be very different from one individual to another. History: Hypnotic states of consciousness are said to be the many ways we attempt to understand ourselves and the world around us. Hypnosis was/is used as a purpose of healing and is part of almost every culture. The first recordings were some 5000 years ago in ancient Egypt – Saqqara. Here laid an important healing centre where ailing persons were led to the temple of sleep, a journey in search of a healing from the gods. This involved the ingestion of herbs, reciting hours of chants/prayers. The individual was then led to this special chamber to sleep and await a dream; that would...
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...hypnosis goes back a long way (thousands of years). In the 18th century the most influential figure in the development of hypnosis was Dr Frantz Anton Mesmer also known as the grandfather of hypnosis. He was an Austrian doctor who was a charismatic and at times controversial personality. He believed that the human body produced an invisible magnetic fluid and the magnets could restore the balance of magnetic fluid and this would cure the patient’s illness. He soon discovered that he could reach the same successful results by passing his hands over the patient which he did for hours at times. He named this method “animal magnetism”. He used strange mechanisms, ethereal music and created a séance-like atmosphere all of which aided in inducing trance. He was able to perform many cures using the technique that became named after him, Mesmerism. However, the medical establishment at the time, Viennese Medical Council, could find no logical reason for the results he got, and exposed him as a fraud. The continuing interest of hypnosis by names such as; Abbe Faria( who suggested that the effects of what Mesmer and his followers said to be animal magnetism were in fact due to suggestions made by the practitioners). James braid (who came up with the term “hypnosis” from the Greek word hypnos, meaning sleep. Braid, realising hypnosis is...
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...Bali as a work of Art Art as central activity of Balinese life We have no art, we do everything the best we can Why Bali focus on art? Bali is example of sociocentric culture Persona-based self: It is the dramatis personae, not actore, tha Dramatis persone: Persona = Mask, the mask the not only put on the faces, point the certain role A face a people wear represent the role that they suppose to play. For example: mask life, role on stage, a part on drama, unique person with personal thought feeling and desire. Why Balinese are different: Egocentric: First name, highly individual, unusual names replace common names NAME Name get more unique this day Bali: 4 types of name: First name utterly individual: often nonsense syllable, not much used, in adulthood becomes private, secret. Children most often called by birth order name: Wayan, Njoman, Made, Ktut. Ideal 4 kid in a family, 5th kid start again with Wayna and so on Name is not gendered, third king id tiltle name is high statues used after marriage. Teknonym: naming in terms of a relationship. Name to their youngest descendant: father of…, grandfather of …., keep changing if get younger and younger decendant. Freud’s theory of Repression: Oedipus crisis: boy fears castration, also indentifies with his dad ( introjects), also introjects social rules (which dad symbolizes). Scary person threatening punishment comes into self, scare one inside your head. Boy Felt angry about dad, believe dad had aggressive...
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...discussing a type of music that has become very popular in the past half decade; unless you actually listen to it on a daily basis you probably call it Techno. A. That’s not the full picture; the correct term is Electronic dance music or EDM. B. I will inform you in detail what type of music is categorized in EDM. C. How it began and where it is now. II. As said by Moby in an interview with USA Today, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is a vague term used to describe many different sub-genres that are rooted in beats per minute (bpm). D. These sub-genres have sub-genres themselves. E. Trance being the general term also has psy-trance, uplifting trance, hard trance and similar sub-genres. 1. Trance is known for its strong melodies and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. 2. Trance is characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm; with the most common being around 135 bpm. 3. Some popular DJ’s are Dash Berlin, Armin Van Buuren, and Markus Schultz. F. House is another general term that has many sub-genres like Electro, Progressive, Tech, and Deep. 4. The most popular and “mainstream” EDM genre. 5. House is characterized by a tempo of between 120-130bpm; with 128bpm being the most common. 6. This genre is what EDM originated from. 7. A few major DJ’s in this sub-genre are Hardwell, Fedde Le Grand, and Nicky Romero, Moby. G. Faster tempo...
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...before explaining a person’s different states of mind and how these states of mind can be measured. It will then go on to discuss the importance of relaxation as a technique in order to establish the necessary state of mind of a client for hypnosis. The client being in this state of mind can then be used to make the beneficial changes that an individual may wish to make in their thought patterns, their behaviors or their physiological state through suggestion. By discussing the psychological and physiological aspects of hypnosis, the essay will reach a conclusion of “what is hypnosis?” Psychology of Hypnosis Historically, hypnosis could not be explained, it seemed that people were being cured by unknown means. Mesmer in the1770s believed that these unexplained cures were down to the laws of magnetism, placing magnets on patient’s bodies or filling tubs with water and iron rods that induced convulsions during his therapy. He believed that the convulsions released a block that a patient had in their fluid flow. Mesmer’s therapy, known as mesmerism, was observed by the Marquis de Puysegur who witnessed that the patients were falling asleep and that he could talk to them, ask questions and get replies whilst they slept. He therefore believed that it was actually due to the psychological state of the patient rather than a physical one. This was followed on by James Braid whose studies found that not only was it the psychological state of the patient, seemingly asleep, but...
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...look firstly into the history of hypnosis and the different concepts which have emerged over the years, from as early as 50,000AD to the modern day, throughout different cultures. After looking at the history of hypnosis, it will go on to describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis, giving reference to Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta waves, the four different brain waves, indicating an individuals mental state, which brain waves comes in to play during hypnosis and its relevance. Graham Wicks’ (1985 Toronto’s Annual International Society of Hypnosis convention) condensed concepts from previous various writers’ concepts, The multistate phenomenon, five states of hypnotic features, will be addressed, (Karle & Boys) as will Edmond Jacobson (1929) on the effects of muscle contractions between patients and the benefits of relaxation leading to the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy today and the use of progressive muscle relaxation techniques. Hypnosis goes back thousands of years to the Greeks and Egyptians. They used to put people in a trance-like state, to bring on dreams, so they could help with peoples problems. Hypnosis was also found amongst Shaman’s, which were also known as ‘witchdoctors’. Shamans were strongly focussed with a powerful process of suggestion and visualisation and will a sick person to be healed (Hadley and Staudacher, 1996). A more Westernised approach came around in the 1700s with an Austrian doctor called Franz Anton Mesmer (1733-1815)...
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... Erickson, M.D. Vol. I Richard Bandler and John Grinder 1 We dedicate this book with the highest reverence to Ghost O.T. a little snow in summer and Mazda (the car for people who can hear) 2 Table of Contents .PREFACE……………………………………Vii AACKNOWLEDGMENTS. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . xi GGUIDE TO VOLUME I of Patterns of Erickson's Work 1 PART I Identification of Patterns of Erickson's Hypnotic Work. ………………………………………………..5 Introduction: The Map Is Not the Territory. . …... . . . 7 Preview of Patterns. . . . . .. . . . . . ….. . . . . . . . . . .. 15 The Interspersal Hypnotic Technique for Symptom Correction and Pain Control. . . . . . . . ………... . . .. 26 Basic Trance Induction, with Commentary. . .. . .. 51 A Special Inquiry with Aldous Huxley into the Nature and Character of Various States of Consciousness, with Commentary. . . . . . . … . . . ………… . . . . .. 59 PARTII Familiarization with Patterns of Erickson's Hypnotic Work. . . . . . . ….. . . . . . . . …... . . . . . .. 127 Introduction. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 129 PART II (continued) Pacing, Distraction and Utilization of the Dominant Hemisphere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …….. . . .. 137 Accessing the Non-Dominant Hemisphere. . . . .. 179 Conclusion to Part II ……………………………201 PART III Construction of the Patterns of Erickson's Hypnotic Work. . . , . . . , , , . . . , ……………….. . . , . . . . ,. 205 Introduction. . . , , . . . , . . . . , , . , . . . . . , , . . . ,...
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...at his own practice. During his time blood letting was considered an effective form of treatment so after doing his initial cut he would wave the magnets over the cut to stop the bleeding. He later found that without the magnets he could produce the same results by having his hand or a stick over the incision. What was deemed to have occurred was that the waving of the hand was a nonverbal suggestion, all of which was a part of hypnosis. James Braid, a young surgeon from London was introduced to the techniques used by Mesmer. At this time referred to mesmerism. While watching a live demonstration Braid deduced that the waving of the hands over the eyes caused a trance which led to hypnosis. Instead of believing in the energy transfer or the Animal magnetism that Mesmer spoke of, he called this state of trance neuro-hypnosis. James Braid wrote the first book on hypnosis in 1843. It was called Neurypnology. In this book he pointed out that it is the fixation on a single point or single idea that causes hypnosis to occur. Though Braid tried to coin other terms for hypnosis, hypnosis was the one that has stood the test of time. Sigmund Freud attended the Nancy School with Liebault and Bernheim. Freud being a now very famous psychologist his past actions are studied all the time. Freud initially used hypnosis at his practice. After an incident where a young woman jumped up and kissed him during a hypnotherapy session Freud declared that hypnosis was too volatile to use...
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...For thousands of years there have been many forms of hypnosis around. It was during the 18th century that hypnosis was being understood and gaining acceptance as a psychological aspect. When we think of hypnosis we cannot agree on a fixed definition as there are many theories which have their own explanations and opinions on what hypnosis means. It is also difficult to come to a definite definition as patients /subjects that have hypnosis are never going to have the same experience as another. The simplest yet fairly definition we have is “hypnosis is a complex phenomenon, the coming together of a number of psychological processes. It involves selective attention that is, the subject’s attention is focused on a limited range of stimuli, usually internal, such as feelings and imagery. It involves relaxation: almost invariably for clinical purposes (unless he or she is, say, experiencing some arousing imagery) is both mentally and physically relaxed” Heap and Dryden (1991:2). There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to hypnosis and what people think or believe about it and a majority or nearly all of them are not true. Hypnosis is not a person with special powers, or that we start relying on it and certainly not bad for your health, these are just a few examples of myths we are made to believe. We cannot understand the truth till we read and understand the history furthermore the influential depths of hypnotherapy. This essay will explore the question what hypnosis is...
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...This essay will be answering the question 'What is Hypnosis?'. It will describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and will be discussing the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. It will give a brief history of hypnosis. It will look back over the century's to the many people who have influenced the progression of hypnosis, to how it is seen and practiced to this day. It will discuss the role of relaxation and what happens to achieve relaxation. What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is nothing new, in fact it has been widely practiced since the early 1700”s Most people are familiar with the term 'mesmerized', which in fact came from an Australian doctor named Franz Anton Mesmer who lived from 1733-1815 (1) Mesmer had a theory that he could heal people with the use of magnets and Franziska Osterlin was his first patient in 1774, followed shortly in 1777 to a young lady musician who had been born blind and was unable to be treated by any doctor. Mesmer did in fact restore the ladies site but in the process she lost the ability to play the piano. Mesmer was accused of magic and was forced to leave Austria. (2) Mesmer moved to France and by the 1780's he moved away from using magnets and instead used a 'healing tree'. He was evaluated by King Louis XVI who concluded that his results were due to individual fantasy and in 1785 he was forced to leave the city where for the next 30 years he lived a secluded life. (2) Shortly before Mesmers death in 1815 he was visited by...
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