Stephen Brooks Hypnosis Techniques – TAKING THE PATIENT’S HISTORY
Taking the Patient’s History. Information gathering is an important stage in the therapy session and it is also an ideal time to build rapport and build trust. This Unit will teach you how to approach this. The presenting problem may not be the real problem. Sometimes, when Patients enter therapy, they may be afraid to talk…
The Secret of Hypnosis
An Article about how techniques for inducing hypnosis have changed over the years – from the Independent Newspaper, England by John McCrone. Hypnosis can be explained as a form of self-induced sensory deprivation…well perhaps. Hypnotists with swinging fob watches are out. Far more effective ways of putting people into a trance have been discovered…
Hypnotic Induction (3 effective techniques)
Here are 3 different hypnotic induction techniques. The first is based on utilizing a person’s leisure interests, the second is a more structured technique that many hypnotherapists use, that we have refined to make it more effective, and lastly, a technique based on utilizing a previous trance state to re-induce hypnosis. Trance Inductions Utilising…
How to motivate patients with tasking
Tasks work by creating a change in the Patient’s routine which bring about a change in the Patient’s behaviour and therefore a change in the way the problem functions. To achieve this outcome the Therapist prescribes a task for the Patient to carry out between the therapy sessions. Sometimes Patients are also or alternatively…
Become an Expert on non verbal communication
When a Patient attempts to give you information he is likely to have thought out very carefully what he wants to say prior to the session. Usually this is based on what he thinks you want to hear. When you meet your Patient there will be certain things that you will want to hear…
How to know when someone is going into hypnosis
Trainee hypnotherapists need to know when someone is going into trance or is already experiencing hypnotic trance, because when people go into hypnosis many changes occur, and the hypnotherapist needs to utilise these changes. These changes should always be noticed instantly by the observant therapist. These changes are called Minimal Cues. These are the…
How post hypnotic suggestions work in therapy
Some people have been asking me about how post-hypnotic suggestions work and how to use them etc. So here is my experience gathered over the years… Post hypnotic suggestions are given to the Patient while they are in trance and suggest that an outcome or new behaviour will occur post- hypnotically after trance is…
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