Module 1 Flashcards
Define hypnosis, emphasizing three key concepts.
Hypnosis is a: Natural, yet altered State of mind Where the critical factor of the mind is relaxed and selective thinking is maintained.
What are the 3 identifying characteristics of hypnosis?
Hyper-suggestibility Deep relaxation Emotionalized desire
What is the difference between the Eastern and Western approaches to hypnosis.
Western- give client instructions to go into trance and then client self-trances. Eastern- wells up their life force and fills the atmosphere with trance state so the client can enter and go into trance with that state.
Recall 6 common myths about hypnosis.
- You can be controlled and divulge secrets. 2. Will do things outside your moral code. 3. You will “surrender your will”. 4. You loose consciousness in hypnosis. 5. You get stuck in hypnosis. 6. Hypnosis is brainwashing.
Name 5 purposes for hypnosis.
- To rest and rejuvenate your body. 2. To teach self-control and choice. 3. Too use altered states of being to receive guidance from your inner intelligence. 4. Change negative patterns and ineffective beliefs. 5. To replace unwanted habits with defective patterns.
Name 10 ways that he client may inhibit his natural response to hypnosis.
- Attaching themselves to the myth that the strong-willed cannot use hypnosis. 2. Fear of suppressed anger emerging. 3. Hidden fears. 4. Fears of divulging secrets 5. Fear of lost of control 6. Previous negative experience 7. Lack of rapport with therapist 8. Mentally impaired 9. Coercion version by someone else to be hypnotized, negative pay off 10. Trying to hard
Identify and describe for brainwave patterns.
Beta – awake, alpha – mild – light altered state, Theta – trance and night sleep, Delta – trance and deep sleep
Identify 14 ways to increase the clients responsiveness.
Build report. Dispel myths, educate. Assess the readiness for change. Use stem sentence completions. Give the client self hypnosis tape for home use. Experiment with styles of trance induction. Make sure they are not trying to hard. Have a client repeat, in their own mind, what you say. Create a safe environment. Teach Elman’s five axiomatic signs of hypnosis. Describe the subjective nature of trance. Test trance to create deepening by realization.
Identify and perform several susceptibility testing techniques.
Finger clamp balloon – bucket test hand clasp balloon clasp
How can you increase the clients suggestibility? 7 ways
Educate client use multiple deepenings Use different techniques. cultivate you being an intensive will force for good. Increase rapport. Cultivate the yes mindset. Excited imagination
What is the law of substitution?
Substitute counter – productive thoughts with productive thoughts, which bring about positive results
What is the law of reverse effect?
The greater the conscious effort, the less the subconscious response.
Define the critical factor.
A gatekeeper and filtering mechanism of the conscious mind. It examines incoming ideas through a filtering screen from past experiences and interpretations. Anything you say “yes” to gets delivered to the subconscious.
What are the three ways to bypass the critical factor
Monotonous repetition, startle and overload
What are some functions of the conscious mind?
Guides the ANS – Autonomic nervous system, memory storage, literal acceptance, program to be right/wrong, stores believes and scripts, stores as pictures, creative intelligence
