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Kerin Webb – author of The Language Pattern Bible
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Igor Ledochowski – author of The Deep Trance Training Manual
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Adam Eason – author of The Science of Self Hypnosis
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Dan Jones – author of Advanced Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Scripts
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Bill O’Hanlon – author of Taproots, Solution-Oriented Hypnosis and a Guide To Trance-Land.
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Dr Ernest Rossi – author with Milton H Erickson of the Collected Papers of Milton H Erickson
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Hypnotherapy skills and tips – Abreaction and Trauma
An abreaction is the reliving of traumatic early life experience Sometimes abreactions are deliberately evoked. Sometimes they occur spontaneously. They usually involve a total re-experiencing in every detail of an early life trauma. They can often be dramatic and frightening not only for the Patient but also for the therapist. These traumas have often been repressed and amnesia for the traumas may exist prior to the abreaction Sometimes people are aware of early traumatic events, sometimes they have forgotten them. Amnesia usually exists when the trauma is so severe that the child blocks out the experience as a way of surviving. This is particularly true in the case of multiple personality. Multiple personality, often caused by abuse, is the experiencing of many sub-personalities caused by continual abuse followed by dissociation from the traumatic experience. The child learns to dissociate from the memory, create an amnesia for the experience, and then when abused the next time to follow the same pattern until a number of personalities exist each with their own unique experience and their own personality. These personalities usually have no knowledge of each other at a conscious level. Once an abreaction has occurred Patients usually remember the event although sometimes
French firefighters test hypnosis to help victims
Firefighters in France are pioneering the use of hypnosis in emergency situations. Over a six-month period they will keep a record of the heart rate, degree of pain and emotional response of the victims they help. They will then compare this data with information from previous rescue operations where hypnosis was not used. Over 120 firefighters have been trained in the use of hypnosis which utilises dissociation and visualisation to transport victims in their imagination to pleasant locations and memories that are far removed from the trauma they are going through at the time. France is a country that pioneered the use of hypnosis around the turn of the century more than 100 years ago, but since then has not actively promoted the use of hypnosis in therapy. This may be because psychotherapy in France, until fairly recently, was based on Freudian psychoanalysis, and Freud is well-known for having rejected hypnosis in favour of free association. The British Hypnosis Research and Training Institute has taught many courses in France and I personally have found the students there to be very receptive to learning Ericksonian hypnosis techniques. I was in Paris myself only a few weeks ago teaching for a new
Skills and tips – Define the problem
Every symptom or problem behaviour has a beginning, a middle and an end. Attempt to identify any triggers and the subsequent sequence of events experienced by the patient. By recognising the sequence of events experienced as feelings, pictures, sounds or actual experiences the therapist gains valuable insight. Identify the date or the time in the person’s life when the problem first started. This includes significant times in the person’s life when the problem has been at its worst. It might also be useful to identify any times prior to the problem starting when the patient felt similar feelings. Identify the frequency of the symptom or behaviour. You might also like to identify where it occurs and with whom. You need to know how long the symptom or behaviour lasts. You should also identify any other events, happenings, experiences or traumas that have occurred at about the same time that the problem first started or developed. Maybe one of these events has indirectly triggered or started the problem. Therapy should also attempt to identify how family and friends view the patient’s behaviour or symptoms. The symptom may only occur in the presence of certain family members. By identifying the relationships between the patient and the people around the patient the therapist will gain a deeper understanding. It is equally