Hypnotherapy & Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Assignment Example

HL4 How does conscious suspension differ from subliminal suggestion and conscious acceptance? In subliminal suggestion and conscious acceptance, the suggestions are presented to the subconscious during conscious awareness i.e. when the conscious faculties are alert and vigilant. The conscious suspension is the technique of the hypnotist i.e. getting all suggestions to the subconscious without conscious intervention 2. Who would be most likely to use conscious suspension? Hypnotist would be most likely to use conscious suspension. 3. Describe the state of conscious suspension, using the working model of the mind. During the state of conscious suspension, the searchlight beam (attention) is switched off and the helicopter crew (conscious faculties) is very happy and satisfied. Unconscious and subconscious state is achieved due to lack of attention. Therefore, all the suggestions are entered to the subconscious without conscious intervention. 4. What is it about the ticking of a clock that causes attention to move away and focus on other stimuli? The monotonous ticking of a clock causes attention to move away and focus on other stimuli. 5. How does monotony contribute to the inducement of the state of conscious suspension? Monotonous stimuli offer sense of false security which leads to the state of conscious suspension. 6. What part does trust play in the inducement of the state of conscious suspension? Once conscious faculties are sure that monotonous stimuli unlikely to endanger their subject, they become complacent and irresponsible. With attention gone there can be no conscious intervention which leads to the state of conscious suspension. 7. Why do the conscious faculties intervene when suggestions are on their way to the subconscious? Conscious faculties are alert and vigilant to check the security or any danger from external stimuli. Therefore, the conscious faculties intervene when suggestions are on their way to the subconscious. 8. Using only two words, describe conscious suspension. Conscious suspension is the state of heightened suggestibility. 9. When inducing a state of hypnosis, to how many senses should monotony be applied? When inducing a state of hypnosis, monotony should be applied to all five of the ordinary senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch (feeling). 10. How would you apply monotony to the sense of feeling? To produce monotony to the sense of feeling, the subject should be made very comfortable by reducing all possible external stimuli. The pressure on the subjects body should be released by avoiding any unpleasant sensation commonly known as pins and needles. The subject should be instructed to sit properly without the legs crossed. The room environment should be calm and temperature should be maintained at constant level. HL5 1. What is emotion? Emotion is basically force generated by thoughts or perceptions. 2. How can emotion make a subject suggestible? Emotion generates a feeling of awe in order to make a subject suggestible. 3. What happens to emotion if not discharged? If the emotional force generated by thoughts or perceptions is not discharged through appropriate action, the pressure will build up and escape where it finds least barrier. If it is not discharged, building of such a force might lead to destructive level of pressure. 4. How does a hypnotist use emotion to ensure ideal conditions for his performance? Hypnotist displays posters before his performance which claims to possess mysterious hypnotic powers, the power to control minds, and the power to control the actions of others. At the actual show, special stage props, a carefully planned presentation, and the impressive appearance of the hypnotist, all play a part in contributing still further to building up emotion in the audience. 5. How is emotion generated? Emotion is basically force generated by thoughts or perceptions. As it increases in volume it needs more and more room to expand. 6. How is emotion normally discharged? In normal situations the emotion is discharged through appropriate action. The builded pressure escapes where it finds least barrier. When the asserting pressure is moderate, feelings such as satisfaction, dislikes etc. are released. 7. Love, satisfaction, envy, dislike. During which of these states would the conscious faculties be impaired? The conscious faculties would be impaired by stronger feelings like love and envy. 8. Name two states which would render the conscious faculties incapable of intercepting suggestions as they pass to the subconscious mind. Blind rage, panic, terror, passion, intense hatred etc would render the conscious faculties incapable of preventing undesirable suggestions reaching the subconscious 9. What must we do to please people? To please people we must give them, or assure to give them, things, situations, or conditions of which they have been underprivileged or deprived off. 10. What is happening to the tiny men in our working model of the mind when terror is being experienced? The unusual or the unknown can produce a feeling of awe in the majority of people. It can render the conscious faculties inefficient and incapable of carrying out their normal duties. In our working model of the mind, the members of the helicopter crew (conscious faculties) are as if drunk or drugged: incapable of censoring incoming suggestions, unable to make decisions, and possibly unaware of the subconscious responses being made to the incoming suggestions. HL6 1. Why is it impossible to predict with certainty, how a subject is likely to respond to a suggestion? Though suggestions reaching the subconscious mind without conscious intervention, provoke responses, no-one can predict with certainty, how a subject is likely to respond to a suggestion. This is because the task of influencing ones behaviour is difficult and ways in which subjects react during the inducement of the hypnotic state might vary. 2. What should a hypnotist do to make the responses to his suggestions more predictable? The hypnotist should observe closely various gestures and expressions of his subject to make the responses to his suggestions more predictable. The operator should inspect the subject carefully, noting little gestures, nervous fidgeting, exaggerated facial expressions, the way in which questions are answered etc. 3. One type of subject always hides behind a veneer of deception in order to conceal his true self. Why? If the subject misinterprets about any act of hypnotist or suspects to get ridiculed, he will try to prove himself superior than the operator. Most often he uses clever argument to prove operator is wrong. He always hides behind a veneer of deception in order to conceal his true self. 4. How should suggestions be given to the type of subject mentioned in the previous question? The correct approach to a subject mentioned in question 3 would be the relaxed, quiet, confident, unassuming approach. The operator should show an interest in all he says by acknowledgement without getting involved. The operator should appear unmoved and unimpressed by any false claims and should give a little smile of approval for correct statements made by the subject. 5. How does the tough-guy type overcome his fear of other peoples superiority? The tough-guy type overcome his fear of other peoples superiority by asserting himself and most certainly use clever argument to prove others are wrong. 6. Why does the yes-man type of subject attach so much importance to being punctual at the office? The yes-man type of subject attach so much importance to being punctual at the office because he fears losing his job should he arrive late for work. 7. What is said to rule the life of the yes-man? The life of the yes-man is ruled by fear. 8. What part does awe play in making suggestion work? The behaviour and reasoning of the yes-man is influenced by fear. Since fear provides the escape path for the constant discharge of emotion in such subjects, to make suggestion work it is necessary to use this knowledge. 9. How does the hypnotist generate emotion in the yes-man type of subject? The hypnotists whole attitude, appearance and manner must be awe-inspiring to generate emotion in the yes-man type of subject. To generate awe in the subject, the hypnotist should alter the voice, move closer to the subject and apply little tension for a while to the operators skeletal muscles and eyes. 10. When giving suggestions to the yes-man type, would you command or request? You should command when giving suggestions to the yes-man type. NLP14 1. What are Submodalities? Submodality in NLP is recognition of form or structure (rather than content) within a sensory representational system. Submodalities are the way in which we are able to code and make up the structure of all of our internal experiences as far back as we can remember. 2. Name 5 Visual Representation submodalities 5 Visual Representation submodalities are associated / dissociated, moving / still, size, shape, dull / bright. 3. What are the 2 main types of submodalities? 2 main types of submodalities are digital and analogue. 4. Using NLP, how can you change or remove phobias, irrational fears, anxiety or panic attacks? We can change or remove phobias, irrational fears, anxiety or panic attacks by changing some details of the actual coding of unpleasant memories. The intensity of emotion can be drained away from the memory resulting in the person free from troubled issue. 5. What is your understanding of Congruence? When the individual’s voice, words and body language are in accord with behaviours, strategies, and internal beliefs, the person is well equipped to get desired outcome. This is Congruence. 6. What is your understanding of Contrastive Analysis? Contrastive Analysis is a process whereby two sets of submodalities are analysed to discover the Critical Submodalities. 7. In NLP, what is meant by Anchoring? Anchoring is the actual pairing of a clue or trigger. In this process any representation, internal or external (the stimulus) gets connected and linked to and triggers a subsequent string of representations and responses (the response). 8. What is Calibration? Calibration is the process of learning to read another persons unconscious, non-verbal responses in an ongoing interaction by pairing observable behavioural cues with a specific internal response. 9. What does Break State mean? Break State means to distract or interrupt the current state to change an emotional state to achieve required outcome. 10. What do you understand by a Critical Submodality? Critical Submodalities account for the difference between two different internal representations when Submodalities are compared through contrastive analysis. NLP15 1. Why do you understand by Deep Structure? Deep Structure is the deeper underlying root cause, or meaning of a spoken word. 2. In what model would you find the process of Distortion? The process of Distortion is found in Meta model. 3. What do you understand by the term Elicitation? Elicitation is to illicit information from a client is to gather information by asking questions or by observing their behaviour. 4. What is Epistemology? Epistemology is the study of how a person knows what they know. 5. In what system would you find the term Gustatory? The term Gustatory deals with taste and naturally associated with mouth part of human body. 6. What are the four stages of the Learning Cycle? The 4 Stages of learning cycles to build embedded skills are: a. Unconscious in Competence b. Conscious Incompetence c. Conscious Competence d. Unconscious Competence 7. What is your understanding of a Meta Message? A Meta Message is a higher level message about a person and the information due to nonverbal behaviour. Meta Message is a message about a message. 8. What do you understand by Open Frame? Open Frame is setting a frame which gives a person the opportunity to raise any comments or questions about the material that interests them within a session. 9. What do you understand by Olfactory? Olfactory is the representational system dealing with smell. 10. What is a Softener? A Softener is a strategy to lessen the impact of a direct question by softening voice tone or preamble. NLP16 1. Give a quote summing up the nature of belief “Believe you can, believe you can’t – either way you’re right” – Henry Ford. 2. Define Belief? Belief is any guiding principle, dictum, faith or passion that we use to provide meaning and direction in life. 3. Define Value? Values are private, personal, individual beliefs about right, wrong, good and bad. 4. Give 4 reasons why values and beliefs are considered important in NLP? The values and beliefs are considered very important in NLP for a variety of reasons: a) They can be seen as distortions b) They can provide the opportunity and ability to create change c) They can be seen as perception filters d) They can be seen to have motivational importance. 5. Give 9 factors worth considering when thinking about how a person’s belief or value was formed? When thinking about how a person’s belief or value was formed, the factors worth considering are: a) The culture they grew up in b) Their peer groups c) Their imprint experiences d) Repetitive experiences e) Role models f) Organisational culture g) Modelling, conscious and unconscious h) The media i) Feedback from others 6. How does their language tell us when a person is talking about their values or beliefs? When a person is talking about their values or beliefs, the words “can’t” and “can” are often indicators of a belief or value. When talking with a client and the words ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, ‘appropriate’ and inappropriate’, ‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ and ‘good’ and ‘bad’ are very noticeable, this indicates that the client is talking in terms of his beliefs or value system. 7. Limiting beliefs hold people back from achieving their full potential. What aspects is it worth considering. The aspects worth considering are: a) Which of your beliefs are working well for you? b) Which beliefs are holding you back? c) What stops you believing something else? d) What would you have to do to make things change? 8. What are the 3 main reasons people limit themselves? The three main reasons that people will limit themselves are hopelessness, helplessness and worthlessness. 9. Define criteria in a NLP context? A criteria is a condition or rule which enables a choice upon which a decision or judgement can be based. 10. Does NLP have value judgments? NLP doe not have value judgments. Read More