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: