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A Textbook of Hypnotism D. John Antony, OFM. Cap. GURU PUBLICATIONS No. 100, Kurinji Nagar, Near Lions Club Dindigul – 624 005, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 0451-2441140; Mobile: 9994646046 Email: [email protected] Website: www.indianpsychologyclinic.com 2014 1 © D. John Antony, O.F.M.Cap., 2014 Other Books by the Author: 1. Dynamics of Counselling (1994, 2012) Microskill Model TA & NLP Included 2. Skills of Counselling (1995, 2003) Microskill Model Kinesics & Focusing Included 3. Types of Counselling (1996, 2011) Lifespan Developmental & Situational Approach Developmental Psychology included 4. Psychotherapies in Counselling (2003) Includes Theories of Personality 5. Self Psychology in Counselling (2005) A Textbook of Self Psychology 6. Family Counselling (2005) The Classic Schools 7. Trauma Counselling (2005) 8. Emotions in Counselling (2005) 9. Mental Disorders Encountered in Counselling (2006) A Textbook of Clinical Psychology Based on DSM-IV 10. Personality Profile Through Handwriting Analysis (2009) A Textbook of Graphology 11. Principles and Practice of Counselling (2009) Microskill Model Kinesics & Clinical Psychology included 12. The Body Never Lies (2011) The Basics of Body Language (Kinesics) 13. The Flute of a Broken Reed (Poems) (2012) A Journey in Vulnerability (A Series of Psychological Themes) 14. The Bangle Seller (Poems) (2012) The Different Faces of Love (A Series of Psychological Themes) 15. Mw;Wg;gLj;Jk; fiy (1996) Ez;jpwd; khjphp 16. Mw;Wg;gLj;Jjypd; tiffs; (1997) t ho T; KO ik f ;f h d t sh ep; i y k w ;W k ; # oy; mZ F Ki w tsh;epiyf;fhd cseytpay; ,izf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ First Edition : March 2014 Published by : Guru Publications No. 100, Kurinji Nagar, Near Lions Club Dindigul – 624 005, Tamil Nadu, India. Printed at : Oviya Graphic Printers, Dindigul. Mobile: (91) 9842930307 2 Dedicated to all those who have been misunderstood and ill-treated for practising hypnosis 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS May I have the joy of offering my gratitude to Fr. Dr. A. J. Mathew, Ph.D., OFM.Cap., The Provincial Minister of Amala Annai Province of Tamil Nadu for his encouragement, Dr. K. Soundar Rajan, Ph.D., for his efficient editing and proofreading, Mr. S. A. Rajan, Clinical Psychologist for his painstaking press work, Dr. Stephen Kumar Prabhakar, Ph.D., for his able English Correction, Fr. Augustine Newton, OFM.Cap., for his prompt technical assistance. Fr. Arockia Doss, OFM.Cap., for his beautiful cover design, 4 Hypnotism Format 1. Induction 2. Relaxation 3. Deepening 4. Trance 5. Suggestions 6. Post-hypnotic Suggestions and Triggers 7. Trance Termination 5 HYPNOTIC COUNSELLING Table of Contents (Concise) Part I Theoretical Considerations of Hypnosis 1. Introduction 2. Mind as a Computer 3. The Nature of Hypnosis 4. Myths about Hypnosis 5. Animal Magnetism 6. Hypnotisability 7. Language and Paralinguistics 8. Uses of Hypnosis 9. The History of Hypnosis 10. Client Involvement 11. Theories of Hypnosis 12. The Conscious 13. The Unconscious 14. Dissociation 15. Transference 16. Resistence Part II Practice of Hypnosis 17. Induction 18. Relaxation 19. Deepening 20. Trance 21. Suggestions 22. Post - Hypnotic Suggestions and Triggers 23. Trance Termination TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 Part III Types of Hypnosis 24. Hypnotic Methods 25. Self-Hypnosis 26. Clinical Hypnosis (Hetero-Hypnosis) 27. Conversational Hypnosis (Covert Hypnosis) 28. Stage Hypnosis 29. Ericksonian Hypnosis (Milton H. Erickson’s Techniques) 30. Kids’ Hypnosis 31. Other Hypnoses Part IV Persons and Themes Connected to Hypnosis 32. Sigmund Freud and Hypnosis 33. Meditation 34. Imagination 35. Memory 36. Age Regression 37. Anesthesia 38. Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) 39. Spiritual Development and Hypnosis 40. Legal Issues of Hypnosis 41. Shadow Side of Hypnosis 42. Future of Hypnosis Part V Samples of Hypnosis 43. Hypnosis Integrated to Counselling 44. Sample Suggestion Scripts 45. Illustration of Self- and Hetero - (Clinical) Hypnosis Bibliography Endnotes 7 HYPNOTIC COUNSELLING Table of Contents (Detailed) PART I HYPNOSIS: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF HYPNOSIS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. MIND AS A COMPUTER 1. The Human Brain 2. Ideas from Authority 3. Fantasy and Fiction Are the Same 3. THE NATURE OF HYPNOSIS 1. Nomenclature 2. The Origin of Hypnosis 3. Towards a Definition 4. States vs. Non-State Debate 5. The Three States of a Continuum 6. Four Levels of the Organic Brain 7. Goal-Based Meditation 8. Double Hemisphere Activity 9. Hypnotherapy 10. Focused Awareness 11. Memory Retrieval 12. The Hypnotic Arc 13. The Suspended Critical Factor 14. The Experience of Hypnosis 1) Physio-Motor Changes 2) Physiological Changes 3) Time Change 4) Body Image Change 5) Thinking Processes Change 6) Emotion Change 7) Imagination Change 8) Senses Change 9) Memory Change 15. Hypnosis – A Natural Phenomenon 16. The Healing Process 17. All Hypnosis Is Self-Hypnosis 18. The Exit TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 4. THE MYTHS SURROUNDING HYPNOSIS 1. Hypnotists Have Mysterious Powers 2. One Will Get “Stuck” 3. One Will Violate One’s Ethical Code 4. One Gives Up Control 5. Weak-Willed People Are Easier to Hypnotize 6. Hypnosis Is Not Real 7. Hypnosis Can Give You Abilities You Do Not Normally Possess 8. Hypnosis Is Sleep 9. One Will Not Remember Anything After Hypnosis 10. One Is Always Aware in Hypnosis 11. Hypnosis Can Seriously Harm 12. In Hypnosis One Will Not Be Aware of Dangers 13. Memory Retrieval Is Always Accurate 14. A Hypnotist Might Pull Some Embarrassing Tricks on You 15. You Are Not Hypnotized if You Can Hear the Hypnotist 16. Under Hypnosis You May Reveal Your Deepest Sercrets 17. Hypnosis Is Occult 5. ANIMAL MAGNETISM 1. Mesmer and Animal Magnetism 2. Meanings of Animal Magnetism 1) A General Vital Universal Principle 2) A System of Cure 3) Magnetic Somnambulism 4) A Cultural Aspect 6. HYPNOTISABILITY 1. Hypnotizability Is Differential 2. Can All Be Hypnotized? 3. The Different Depths of Hypnosis 4. Hyper-Suggestibility 5. Who Can Be Hypnotized? 1) From Natural Point of View 2) From Clinical Point of View 7. LANGUAGE AND PARALINGUISTICS 1. The Three Hypnotic Power Words 1) Imagine/Picture 9 HYPNOTIC COUNSELLING 2) You 3) Because 2. Hypnotic Language Pattern 1) Indirect Method 2) Non-Specific Suggestion 3) “Yes” Set 4) Tag Question 5) Illusory Choice 6) Double Binds 7) Nominalization 3. Words Shape Reality 4. Transforming Language 5. Hypnotic Tone 8. THE USES OF HYPNOSIS 1. Flight Phobia 2. Sports Performance 3. Weight Loss 4. Self-Confidence 5. Smoking Cessation 6. Stress and Anxiety 7. The Let-Down Effect 8. General Adaption Syndrome 9. Quick Stress Relief 10. Pain Relief 11. Fibromyalgia 12. Breaking Harmful Habits 13. Psychotherapy 14. Psychological Challenges 15. The Advantages of Hypnosis 9. THE HISTORY OF HYPNOSIS 1. Synopsis History 2. Ancient History 3. Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) 4. The Marquis de Puysegar (1751-1825) 5. John Elliotson (1791-1868) 6. James Braid (1795-1860) 7. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) 8. Hippolyte Bernheim (1837-1990) 9. Clark L. Hull (1884-1952) TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 10. Pierre Janet (1859-1947) 11. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) 12. Émile Coué (1857-1926) 13. Dave Elman (1900-1967) 14. Milton H. Erickson (1901-1980) 15. In Retrospect 10. CLIENT INVOLVEMENT 1. Professionalism 2. Outcome Oriented 3. Surprise Space 4. Greater Responsibility 5. Success Story 6. Know the Subject 11. THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS 1. State vs. Non-state Theories 2. Ernest Hilgard’s Neodissociation Theory (1979, 1986) 3. Dissociated Control Theory (DCT) 4. Dissociated-Experience Theory 5. Ego State Theory 6. Hypnosis as a Dissociative Condition 7. Mid-Dissociation 8. Gruzelier’s Neurophysiological Theory 9. Cold Control Theory 10. Physiological Theories 11. Sleep State Theory 12. Hypnosis as Modified or Special State of Consciousness 13. Hemispheric Laterality Theory 14. Systems Theory 15. Social-Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioural/Response Set Theory 16. Spanos’ Socio-Cognitive Theory 17. Kirsch and Lynn’s Social Cognitive Approach 18. Conditioning and Inhibition Theory 19. Hypnosis as an Atavistic Phenomenon 20. Psychoanalytically Oriented Theories 21. Behavioural Theories 22. Social Role-Taking Theory 23. Cognitive-Behaviour Theory 24. Ego-Psychological Theory 25. Brown and Oakley’s Integrative Cognitive Theory 26. Kihlstrom’s Third Way 11 HYPNOTIC COUNSELLING 12. THE CONSCIOUS 1. The Beginning 2. Levels of Consciousness 3. Content of the Conscious 4. Different Views 5. Relationship between the Conscious and the Unconscious 6. Dreams Are Communication Channels 13. THE UNCONSCIOUS 1. The Unconscious 2. An Historical Overview 1) Sigmund Freud’s View of the Unconscious 2) Carl Jung’s View of the Unconscious 3) The Unconscious in Contemporary Cognitive Psychology 3. The Unconscious Is Most Powerful 4. Power to Change Resides in the Unconscious 5. The Unconscious Is Faster in Processing 6. Involving the Unconscious for Change 7. Controversy 8. Dreams and the Unconscious 14. DISSOCIATION 1. Various Meaning 2. Dissociation in Psychology 3. History 4. Relation to Trauma and Abuse 5. Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders 6. How Common Is Dissociation? 7. Forms of Dissociation 8. Theories of Dissociation 1) Dissociation (Psychology) 2) Hilgard’s Neodissociation Theory (1979, 1986) 3) Dissociated Control Theory (DCT) (Bowers, 1992; Woody & Bowers, 1994) 4) Dissociated-Experience Theory 5) Hypnosis as a Dissociative Condition 6) Ego State Theory 15. TRANSFERENCE 1. Occurrence 2. Rapport as love TABLE OF CONTENTS 12 3. Rapport as bonding 4. Rapport as Addiction 5. Freudian Transference 6. Experience of Opposites 7. Pathological Transference 8. Transfer of Rapport 9. Transference in Psychotherapy 10. Rapport Impacts the Hypnotist 11. Counter-transference in Psychotherapy 16. RESISTANCE 1. Resistance vs. Reluctance 2. Resistance Is Fear 3. Sources of Resistance 1) Therapy Factors 2) Therapist Factors 3) Client Factors 4) Environmental and Other External Factors 4. Usefulness of Resistance 5. Way to Handle Resistance 1) Judo Method 2) Technique Custom Tailored 3) Distracting Technique 6. To Conclude PART II PRACTICE OF HYPNOSIS 17. INDUCTION 1. Induction 2. Induction Basics 3.