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- 117 - Vocabulary
- 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
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- 101 - What is Hypnosis?
- What is a Hypnotist?
- The Most Common Misconceptions About Hypnosis
- Facts About 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
- 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: