Table of Contents

•  101 - What is Hypnosis?

• 102 - The Background  of Hypnosis

• 103 - Signs of  Hypnosis

• 104 - Conscious,  Subconscious and Superconscious

• 105 - The Nature of  Suggestion

• 106 - Suggestibility  Tests

• 107 - Formulating  Suggestions

• 108 - Things That  Influence the Ability to Respond 

• 109 - Depth vs. Quality  of Response

• 110 - Inductions

• 111 - Deepening

• 112 - Emerging

• 113 - Identifying  Your Subjects

• 114 - Abreactions

• 115 - Red Flag

• 116 - Hypnosis and  the Law

• 117 - Vocabulary

• 118 – Reading List

• 119 - Independent  Study

• 120 - Potential  Applications

• Open Book Final Exam

• HYP100: BASIC HYPNOSIS

• Session #1: Chapters
• 101 – What is Hypnosis. 102 - History of Hypnosis. 104 – Conscious, Subconscious, Superconscious. 107 – Formulating Suggestions. 119 – Independent Study

• Session #2: Chapters
• 103 – Signs of Hypnosis. 105 – The Nature of Suggestion. 110 – Inductions. 112 – Emergence. 114 - Abreaction

• Session #3: Chapters
• 106 -  Suggestibility Tests. 108 – Things That Influence. 109 - Depth vs. Quality of Response. 111 - Deepening. 113 - Identifying Your Subjects.

• Session #4: Chapters
• 106 -  Suggestibility Tests. 107 – Formulating Suggestions. 110 – Inductions. 111 - Deepening. 112 – Emergence.

• Session #5: Chapters
• 115 – Red Flags. 116 – Hypnosis and the Law. 117 – Vocabulary. 118 – Reading List. 120 – Potential Applications

• Session #6
• Q & A. Open Book Exam

•  101 - What is Hypnosis?
• What is a Hypnotist?
• The Most Common  Misconceptions About Hypnosis
• Facts About Hypnosis

• 102 - The Background  of Hypnosis

• 103 - Signs of  Hypnosis
• Santanelli
• Elman, Dave
• Erickson, Milton
• Hickman, Irene
• Sichort, Walter
• Subjective Feelings  of Hypnosis

• 104 - Conscious,  Subconscious and Superconscious
• Conscious Mind
• Subconscious Mind
• Superconscious Mind
• The Battle Between  Will Power and Imagination
• The Power of Thought
• The Universe is Made  of Thought
• Matter and Energy
• Memory

• 105 - The Nature of  Suggestion
• Ideas
• A Three Step  Learning Pattern
• Suggestible vs.  Gullible
• Responding to  Suggestion
• Instantly Accepting  Suggestions
• Gradually Accepting  Suggestions
• Taking  Responsibility
• Inner Lie Detector
• Beliefs
• Selective Thinking
• How to Deliver  Suggestions
• Pre-Hypnotic  Suggestion aka Pretalk
• Being in the Moment
• Post-Hypnotic Review
• Compounding  Suggestions
• Post Hypnotic  Suggestion
• Waking Suggestion
• Waking Trance
• Rejecting  Suggestions
• The Hypnotic Seal
• Five Ways to Program  or Reprogram Your Subconscious
• 1. Repetition
• 2. Identification
• 3. Authority
• 4. Emotions
• 5. Self Hypnosis

• 106 - Suggestibility  Tests
• Authoritarian
• Permissive
• Focus of Attention
• Pretalk
• 3 Steps of Induction
• 1 - Future Pace
• 2 - Now
• 3 - Rapport
• Eye Catalepsy
• Wolberg Arm  Levitation
• Group Arm Levitation  / Heaviness
• The Bucket
• Arm Catalepsy
• Another Arm  Catalepsy
• Postural Sway Test
• Hand Clasp
• Hand Clasp (Disguised Authoritarian)
• Chevreul's Pendulum
• Pendulum Diagram
• Closure of  Suggestibility Tests
• Summary

• 107 - Formulating  Suggestions
• Developing Effective  Suggestion
• 1 - Use Positive  Statements
• 2 - Awareness is  Crucial
• 3 - Use the Present  Tense
• 4 - Be Specific
• 5 - Use "I  Am"
• How to Edit  Affirmations
• One Word Key /  Hypnotic Triggers
• Post Hypnotic  Suggestions
• Sample Affirmations  for Weight Reduction

• 108 - Things That  Influence the Ability to Respond
• Pretalk
• As a Hypnotist
• Ambiance
• - Temperature
• - Sound.
• - Light
• - Color
• - Smell
• Physical Comfort
• Three Things  Necessary for Hypnosis
• Mental Expectancy
• AA and NA

• 109 - Depth vs. Quality  of Response
• B A T D
• Beta
• Alpha
• Theta
• Delta
• Signs of Depth
• Dave Elman
• Charcot
• Arron's Master Depth  Rule
• Carol Hadley, &  Josie Staudacher
• Somnambulism
• Amnesia Test #1
• Amnesia Test #2
• Amnesia Test #3
• Amnesia Test #4
• Coma Stat
• Four Step Check for  Coma State
• Medical Application  of Coma State

• 110 - Inductions
• The Contract
• 3 Steps of Induction
• Future Pace
• Present Tense
• Rapport
• Induction Techniques
• Progressive  Relaxation – Toes Up
• Eye Fixation
• Mrs. Milton Erickson  Technique
• Breathing
• Belly Breathing

• 111 - Deepening
• 1 - Counting (Up  or down are equally valuable, use what feels best for you.)
• 2 - Number Loss /  Number Drop
• 3 - Silence
• 4 - Fractionation
• 5 - Truisms
• 6 - Verbal Feedback
• 7 - Non-verbal  Feedback / Mirroring
• 8 - Compounding
• 9 - Pyramiding
• 10 - Hallucinations
• 11 - Ideomotor and  ideosensory suggestions
• 12 - Indirect  Suggestion
• 13 - Placebo
• 14 - Breathing
• (Exhaling)
• (The Wings of Your Nose)
• (Alternate Nostril Breathing)
• 15 - A Disguised  Test

• 112 - Emerging
• Resistance to Return  to Waking State

• 113 - Identifying  Your Subjects
• Who Cannot Be  Hypnotized?
• All Hypnosis is Self  Hypnosis
• Choosing Your  Subjects
• Using Pretalk
• Good Subjects
• Refractory Subjects
• Bad Subjects
• Skeptics
• Four Types of  Response to Hypnosis
• 1. Immediate
• 2. Slower
• 3. Very slow
• 4. No response
• Hysteria
• When the Subject  Fails to Respond
• Practice Improves  the Experience
• Mental Exercise #1
• Mental Exercise #2
• Mental Exercise #3
• Emergence.

• 114 - Abreactions
• Identifying  Abreaction and Hysteria
• Artificial Trauma
• Responding to  Abreaction
• Relaxation as an  Emotional Outlet
• Lethargy

• 115 - Red Flag
• The Greatest Dangers  to Hypnotists are:
• Transference
• Rape fantasy
• The Greatest Dangers  to Subjects:
• An incompetent  hypnotist
• A hypnotist who  attempts diagnosis or prescribe substances
• Simple Ethics as a  Hypnotherapist
• Do No Harm!
• Be Benevolent
• DO NOT: 

• 116 - Hypnosis and  the Law

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• 117 - Vocabulary

• 118 – Reading List

• 119 - Independent  Study

• 120 - Potential  Applications

• Open Book Final Exam