Hypn_3_-_Basic_Fundamentals_of_Hypnotic_Language_

							Fundamentals of Hypnotic
      Language




 Shelly Johnson Gottsegen, LICSW
              Hypnovations
               April, 2010
     Rapport, Rapport, Rapport
• Establish a positive alliance with respect,
  empathy, warmth and concern

• Create a sense of positive expectancy: act
  and speak with confidence and reassurance
    Fundamentals of Hypnotic
          Language
• Formulate suggestions emphasizing the
  use of imagination rather than appealing to
  the conscious will (saying you will do this
  or that).
      Repetition, Repetition,
           Repetition
• A principle based on the idea that when we
  concentrate attention on a goal or idea, it
  tends to be realized.
   Successive Approximations
• Utilize the process of time: Use words
 like: “soon”, “before long”, “yet”,
 “beginning to notice”, etc..
  The Law of Dominant Effect
• Connect suggestions to a dominant
  emotion
• Stir emotions and connect suggestions to
  them
       The Carrot Principle
• interject comments about the patient’s goal
• As you allow your hand to lift, you can
  remember the ease you can feel when
  you’re anxious….
      The Principle of Positive
            Suggestion
• make affirmative statements about the patient’s
  goal.
• For example: “You will not overeat” (negative
  suggestion)
• instead say: ”You will be surprised to discover
  how comfortable you will feel after a normal size
  meal portion of … “ (positive suggestion)
     The Principle of Positive
         Reinforcement
• Compliments and praise in and out of trance
  enhance rapport and compliance.
• “that’s it”
• “good”
Create an Acceptance “Yes” set
• Use the “Socrates Method” stating undeniable statement of
  facts sequentially to gain a “Yes, Yes, response
• Example: “I am sure you have felt how cold the winter air
  feels against your skin, have you not? (yes) and you can
  remember how cold it feels against your face…can you
  not..”
             Acceptability
• Interact with patient to Confirm the
  Acceptability of Suggestions: head nods,
  ideomotor finger signals, and voice
  responses.
     The Principle of Trance
          Ratification
• A way to give patient an experience that
  helps them distinguish the altered state of
  consciousness with the use of hypnosis.
The Timing of Suggestions and
      Depth of Trance
• the deeper the trance, the more influential
  the suggestion
 Interspersing and Imbedding
         Suggestions
• Speak to the unconscious with stories,
  metaphors, ideas and phrases that convey
  the desired suggestion.
     Erickson’s Principles of
      Individualization and
           Utilization
• Tune-in to the patient’s use of language and
  accept whatever they present in trance.
• Use what they present in trance to “speak
  their language”.