Advanced Hypnotherapy - Assignment Example

Advanced Hypnothrapy Lesson 5 List the visible signs of hypnosis? The visible signs of hypnosis are as follows: • Observable facial flush is observable on a significant number of people. • A flickering of the eyelids is observable on a significant number of people as they enter the hypnotic state. • Inversion of the eyes coupled with a slight parting of the eyelids so that the whites of the eyes are observable. • Some people can be observed to make involuntary facial grimaces throughout the session. • Head sags and lies to one side. Mouth gapes slightly. • Some client’s will be observed to swallow as if actually swallowing something as they enter hypnosis. • Breathing slows down and becomes shallow. 2]Describe the sequence of a hypnotherapy session. The following sequence of suggestions was delivered in clearly articulated, slow, rhythmic monotone. Many of the suggestions were repeated two or three times: these suggestions appear in brackets. Sequence of suggestions As you listen to my voice you will begin to feel drowsy ... You will become very, very tired and you will go to sleep still hearing my voice and all the sounds around you ... When you are asleep, you will remain asleep until I awaken you, unless you sense that you are in any kind of danger, when you will automatically, and immediately, wake up and remove the danger ... I am now going to guide you into sleep ... Deep, deep sleep ... Listen to my voice ... Listen to my voice and all the sounds around you and let your mind go free ... Free to follow my voice ... As you listen to my voice and all the sounds around you, your body will relax and your limbs will begin to feel heavy ... Heavier and heavier ... Your feet are now beginning to feel heavy ... Heavy, heavy ... The sensation of heaviness is very pleasant ... The sensation is gradually increasing ... The sensation of heaviness is growing ... Your ankles and legs are now beginning to feel heavy ... Heavier, heavier ... Your ankles and legs are beginning to feel heavier ... Heavier and heavier ... (The pleasant sensation of heaviness is increasing) ... (Your hands and wrists are beginning to feel heavy ... Heavy, heavy, heavier and heavier) ... The sensation is spreading ... (Your arms and shoulders are beginning to feel heavy ... Heavier, heavier and heavier) ... The pleasant sensation of heaviness is spreading over your entire body ... (Your face, your lips, your whole body is beginning to feel heavy ... Heavier and heavier) ... The pleasant sensation of heaviness is increasing throughout your whole body ... You are beginning to feel drowsier ... Drowsier ... Drowsier ... (The feeling of drowsiness is increasing) ... (You are now beginning to feel tired) ... Your whole body is feeling tired ... Very, very tired ... And you want to go to sleep ... Your whole body is feeling very, very tired and you want to go to sleep ... Go to sleep now .. Go to sleep now and listen to my voice ... You are sleeping ... You are hearing my voice and all the sounds around you ... (You will continue to go deeper and deeper into sleep, hearing my voice and all the sounds around you) ... (As you sleep and listen to my voice, your mind will respond to all my suggestions) ... (From this moment on and always in the future, the thought of a cigarette, cigar, pipe, any form of tobacco-smoking will fill you with disgust) ... Any tobacco smoke entering your mouth, will taste vile - exactly like burning rubber ... (From this moment on and always in the future, any tobacco smoke entering your mouth or nostrils, will taste and smell exactly like burning rubber). I am now going to make you forget for ever, ideas you have had in favour of smoking ... From this moment on and always in the future, it will only be possible for you to argue in favour of non-smokers and no smoking ... (From this moment on and always in the future, if ever you are offered a cigarette, or any means of smoking, you will refuse to accept) ... (From this moment on and always in the future, if ever you experience any nervous agitation or craving to smoke, you will breathe deeply, taking ten deep breaths) ... (As the air passes deep into your lungs you will feel the craving leaving you, and you will feel your nerves grow calm) ... From this moment on and always in the future, if ever you experience any nervous agitation or craving to smoke, you will breathe deeply, taking ten deep breaths ... As the air passes deep into your lungs, you will feel the craving leaving you, and you will feel your nerves grow calm ... Every time you do this, you will become even more firmly established as a non-smoker ... I am now going to count up to ten ... As I count, your mind will become adjusted to new attitudes, and on the count of ten you will be a non-smoker ... And you will remain a non-smoker ... As I count, your mind will become adjusted to new attitudes, and on the count of ten you will be a confirmed non-smoker ... And you will remain a non-smoker ... (You will be a non-smoker) ... One ... Two ... Three ... Four ... Five ... Six ... Seven ... Eight ... Nine ... Ten ... (You are now a non-smoker) ... I am now going to count backwards from ten to one ... On the count of one, you will wake up and return to normal, feeling fine, happy and relaxed ... And you will be a non-smoker ... (I am now going to count backwards from ten to one ... On the count of one, you will wake up, return to normal feeling fine, happy and relaxed) ... (I am now going to count backwards from ten to one ... On the count of one, you will wake up and return to normal, feeling fine, happy and relaxed ... And you will be a non-smoker ... (You will be a non-smoker) ... Ten ... Nine ... Eight ... Seven ... Six ... Five ... Four ... Three ... Two ... One ... Wake up ... You are now back to normal, and you are a non-smoker ... Open your eyes slowly, and rest until you feel fully awake. 3] What considerations must you make when designing a hypnotherapy induction script. When designing a hypnotherapy induction script we would develop a specific script to alleviate the current effect of the original cause by showing the cause to be an unusual event. 4] Write a deepening script based upon going down in an elevator. Keep the script short but demonstrate the main points that are required and show were you would introduce repetition. Let yourself relax even more …… In a moment or two I will count down from TEN to ZERO. This time I want you to imagine a very wide staircase … with a firm handrail running down the side of it …a very firm and safe handrail. This staircase leads down to calmness … the stairway leads down to peacefulness … the stairway leads down to relaxation. As I count down from TEN to ZERO each number going down is a step down the staircase … each number is a step down the staircase … so just listen to my voice and as I count down from TEN to ZERO think of each number as that step down into calmness … every step down relaxes you more. TEN … relaxing … letting go NINE … feeling more and more relaxed … moving easily down EIGHT … another step down calmness SEVEN … deeper and deeper … holding the rail firmly … relaxing as you move down SIX … deeper down FIVE … letting go FOUR … deeper … deeper … deepest THREE … calmer … calmer … calmest TWO … more and more relaxed ONE … all the way down to ZERO … fully relaxed Now that you are totally relaxed … now you can completely let go … every word that I say is relaxing you more and more … and every breath that you draw is relaxing you more. This is the state called hypnosis … it is a very pleasant … very relaxing feeling. Sometimes there are signs and symptoms that the state is present … sometimes you feel a small tingling sensation on your face … sometimes you are aware of a heaviness to your limbs … sometimes you are aware of a calm feeling … sometimes you can be aware that your eyeballs have actually rolled up behind your closed eyelids … but there is always this feeling of calmness … always this feeling of relaxation. You are enjoying those feelings of calmness and relaxation now. Lesson 6 1] Name six presenting problems that you would definitely treat with suggestion therapy? Suggestion therapy would help in alleviating fear of dogs, simple esteem building, inducing local anesthesia suitable for physical surgery, eradicating bad habits like smoking and drug abuse etc. It also can help the clients who are suffering from an embarrassing tendency to blush when introduced to people for the first time. 2] Why is suggestion therapy inappropriate in certain circumstances? Suggestion therapy does no more than provide relief from the symptoms by suppressing them. The treatment is symptomatic without treating cause. Therefore, suggestion therapy inappropriate in certain circumstances where cause has to be dealt with. Read More