Terminology Flashcards
Aversion Therapy
Refers to any therapy technique which the client is made to experience an unpleasant or disagreeable feeling and/or response and subsequent impluse to withdraw.
Catalepsy
A state of muscular rigidity. May be individual muscles of groups of muscles or whole of body. Some people can produce varying degrees of catalepsy with hypnotic suggestion.
compounding
building upon suggestion. when one suggestion is given and he next suggestion expands or builds upon it.
conditioned subject
the word sometimes used to describe someone who has previously experienced the hypnotic state and may re-experience hypnosis easily
conscious convincer
this process is used as a method of convincing the client that they were indeed in a hypnotic as a “susceptibility tests” and when used IN and or DURING trance is also referred to as “Trance Ratification” or “conscious convincers”
containment
this process is used to safely hold or contain upsetting or traumatic experiences until a later time when it is safe to work with them
conversational postulate
turns a command into a question
depending techniques
deepening techniques are a processes that deepen the client’s trance state counting down from 10 to 0, using the breathing pattern to deepen and relax or using the process of fractionation that is listed below are some of the techniques that are employed
dissociation
often used to describe the sensation of being ‘separated’ from the conscious mind and/or the physical body during the experience of hypnosis. viewing a scene as if it were happening to someone else.
fractionation
a deepening process used after light trance is achieved, whereby you ask the patient to “on the count of three open your eyes and double your relaxation as the eyes open. Double it again when asked to “close your eyes”. guiding the individual several times through different levels of trance, or in and out of trance.
future pacing
the process of mentally rehearsing oneself through some future situation in order to help ensure that the desired outcome will occur naturally and automatically
glove anaesthesia
see- anesthesia. refers to production of anesthesia within a limited surface area of body - typically the hand which could be covered by a glove
gustatory
relating to the sense of taste
hallucination
a false perception having no relation to external reality. may be wherein the person perceives something that does not exist is not perceived. Some subjects can produce hallucination while in the hypnotic state
halo effect
the afterglow of trance experienced for a short time after termination of the trance
hetero-hypnosis
refers to the state of hypnosis into which a client/subject is guided by another person (as distinct to the subject gaining the hypnotic state without another’s help.
higher self
ones super-conscious that represents our highest center of wisdom or perspective. (our soul/ spirit self)
hyperaesthesia
mean increase in the sensitivity of any sense modality which is the result of hypnotic suggestion.
hypermnesia
term used for the increase of recall of acute memory by means of hypnotic
hypnogogic level
crossing over into the sleep state from waking state
hypnoidal point
the crossover point before entering a ‘deeper’ state of hypnosis
hypnopompic level
when you are awakening and coming up from the sleep state
hypnosis
“a state of mind which the critical faculty of the human is bypassed, and selective establish” (david elman)
hypnotherapy
therapeutic use of hypnosis
hypnoamnesia
the decrease of suppression of recall or memory by means of hypnotic suggestion
ideomotor response
involuntary muscular movement of the part of the body by the subconscious as a result of a suggestion or a question.
embedded commands
a command inserted (Camouflaged) within text or sentence usually not noticed by the conscious mind.
implied suggestion
implied suggestion is to hint or inter meaning without a direct statement. We use a lot of implied suggestion in our hypnotic scripts and programs implied suggestion is very productive because it is a readily accepted by the subconscious mind.
induction
the process of ‘inducing’ or guiding a subject into the hypnotic state.
kinesthetic
relating to bodily sensations, including tactile, visceral & feelings
leading
changing your own behavior with enough rapport for the other person to follow. Entering the client’s world and leading him to reach the appropriate conclusions himself for achieving the changes desired
initial sensitizing event (ise)
the issue, event or experience that is the origin of, or which caused the client’s current problem (an auto accident)
metaphor
stories, parables, and analogies that have several meanings. thinking of one situation or phenomenon as something else.
mirroring
matching portions of another person’s behavior.
negative hallucination
not perceiving something in which is present
neuroplasticity
the brain’s ability to act and react in ever-changing ways is known, in the scientific community, as “neuroplasticity”
N.L.P.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming: study of the structure of subjective human experience and of language both verbal and non-verbal.
Non-verbal induction
use of visual cues as non-verbal communication. We can think of a person visiting a doctor’s office: this person will com in, and will be overwhelmed by all the certifications and diplomas hanging on the wall. The person will be ready to accept the directions from the doctor: because the person will have been hypnotized by all the elements present in the room.
olfactory
relating to the sense of smell
pacing
quickly establishing rapport by matching certain aspects of a person’s behavior. it is a matching or mirroring of behavior
positive hallucination
perceiving something that is not present
post-hypnotic suggestion
any idea, thought or behavioral suggest to a client during hypnosis with the intention of such/ idea/ thought/ behavior being acted upon following the hypnotic encounter.
pyramiding
building upon suggestions
reframe
changing a person’s perspective of events of situations in order to change their meaning or circumvent them.
regression therapy
guiding a client back to an earlier time or place to resolve a current issue or disruption, know as the initial sensitizing event (i.s.e)
representative systems
the five senses: seeing, hearing, feeling (touching), tasting, smelling
re-orientation
terminating the trance and re-orienting the client to a fully conscious level of awareness; also called “trance termination”
repressed emotion
to ‘repress’ is to unconsciously submerge it into the subconscious mind. will usually be painful memories of feelings, which are too uncomfortable to deal with in consciousness
resolution and integreation
process through which the hypnotherapist guides the client to resolve the problem (ISE) and integrate healing.
revivification
detailed recall or ‘reviving’ of material, which has often been absent from conscious memory. a client may experience the same emotions as were originally associated with the recalled incident.
selective thinking
whatever you believe wholeheartedly, e.g. if you are told you will feel no pain, then you feel no pain.
self hypnosis
a process by which you achieve a self- induced trance. it is very unlikely that a person could give themselves (emotional based) therapy in this state, as that would require ‘critical thinking’ and ‘non-critical thinking’ to occur simultaneously. However, imaging a physical injury becoming healed while in this state is easily achievable.
somnambulism
taken from the Latin words for ‘sleepwalking’. used to describe a particularly ‘deep’ or profound state of hypnosis. The ‘somnambulist’ may be spontaneously amnesic of the content of the hypnotic session and may be able to remain in the hypnotic state with eyes open, etc.
splitting
“splitting” is distinguishing between two things that haven’t been distinguished before, or separating into parts something that was seen as a unified entity. conscious/subconscious mind
state
a complete mental and physical condition from which a person is acting
submodality
sub-categories of the rep systems. visual sub modalities are color shape brightness, depth, etc. auditory are volume, pitch, tempo, etc. kinesthetic are pressure, temperature, texture, etc
subsequent sensitizing event (s.s.e)
an event or experience that revivifies the emotions of the initial (i.s.e) (fears that arise about riding in or driving a car following the original accident - phobia about driving)
susceptibility test
a variety of tests administered to assess the ease with which a subject may go into trance.
symptom producing event (s.p.e)
an event or experience of such magnitude as to cause the client to seek therapy… (when the fear of riding in or driving a car become so intense that one event causes the person to seek therapy)
time distortion
an experience of time in which it seems that the time has either sped up or slowed down.
trance
(altered) state of hyper-suggestibility
trance ratification
this process is used as a method of convincing the client that they were indeed in a hypnotic state and responded well to the suggested process. This term is also known as a “conscious convincer.” “susceptibility tests” when used IN or During trance are considered “Trance Ratification” or “Conscious Convincers”
Transderivational search (TDS)
People derive the meaning of experiences, suggestion, words or events from experiences that they already know and have a frame or reference for. They search their own mind to use information that they already have established in order to make sense of new information or suggestion given.
transference
feeling that transferred from client to therapist. A client may think of therapist as parent, sibling, etc.
abreaction
term used to define the overt release of emotionally charged memories that have usually been repressed and unavailable to conscious memory prior to hypnosis.
age regression
refers to the technique whereby the client is mentally taken back in time to an earlier age.
amnesia
loss of memory. -can happen spontaneously under emotionally stressful situations an can be deliberately produced with some people when it is suggested during hypnosis. Somnambulistic* subjects will sometimes be spontaneously amnesic of (all or some of) the content of hypnotic session.
anaesthesia
either partial or total loss of (tactile sensation). produced by subjects as a result of suggestion given during hypnosis
analog marking
(NLP) emphasizing part of a statement (embedded command) with louder or softer voice or tapping on the desk
anchoring
the process of associating internal response with some external trigger so that the response may be quickly re-accessed.
aphasia
artificial somnambulism. unwilling to speak rather than having actual amnesia about losing numbers when counting backward from 100.
auditory
relating to the sense of hearing
auto hypnosis
see “hypnosis” - “a state of mind in which the critical faculty of the human is bypassed, and selective thinking established.” (David Elman)
