Structured inductions

So far you have been learning “free form” or naturalistic inductions that use an experience to base suggestions around. Structured inductions provide a framework which suggestions can be linked to. One common structured induction is the body scan. Here is an example of the body scan:

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Milton Erickson

Milton Erickson lived between 1901 and 1980 and is widely regarded as the grandfather of the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy. Erickson’s use of permissive language in hypnosis was revolutionary, and has been studied in great depth by many people, including Richard Bandler, Michael Yapko and Bill O’Hanlon amongst others. Below you will find some sentence structures based on Erickson’s work.

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Adding suggestions for relaxation

At the same time as getting you to focus, and go into trance, you need to add suggestions to relax so that the experience gives you the maximum benefit.

The real secret of modern hypnosis

Not so long ago hypnotists would tell there subjects to relax and go into trance with statements like “Go into hypnosis”, “your eyes are getting heavier” and “you will relax when I snap my fingers”. Not surprisingly only a few people went into hypnosis this way as people often don’t like to be told what to do.

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What makes hypnosis hypnotic?

Use of the voice

To begin to induce a trance we must begin to slow the voice down, and speak with a softer tone. This sends a message to the unconscious mind that says it is ok to relax.

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Finding good information about what self hypnosis is a difficult task because there are so many sites that contain mis-information about what hypnosis is and what it can be used for. This often frightens people away from an extremely useful therapeutic tool that can be very effective for helping with stress.

This series of articles which is based on current scientific evidence will help you to understand what hypnosis is, how you can induce it, and what you can use it for. To gain maximum benefit from this short course I recommend you practice the exercises in the order that they are presented.

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