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What is Hypnosis - Origins of Hypnosis - Hypnosis FAQs - Pivot Grammar & Surround Sound Hypnosis - Creating Hypnosis CDs - Recommended Hypnosis Books - The Unintentional Delivery of Post Hypnotic Suggestion - Negative Commands/Suggestions by Doug O'Brien - Patterns of Indirect Suggestion by Doug O'Brien

 

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What is Hypnosis
The term hypnosis can conjure up all kinds of different associations for people from the stereotypical idea of a person swinging a pocket watch, to stage hypnosis in the style of Paul McKenna, to picturing a Hypnotherapy session where a person imagines being put under. I have always wondered to myself under what exactly?
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Origins of Hypnosis
It’s generally acknowledged that hypnosis owes its existence mostly to a 18th century healer named Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). Mesmer was interested in Paracelsan astrological principles, and the suggested direct influence of heavenly bodies on the human condition. This was a pretty radical view for its time and Mesmer was known for applying ...
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Hypnosis FAQs
Answers to popular Hypnosis questions: What is the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy? Will I be awake during a hypnosis or hypnotherapy session? Will I lose control? Can anyone be hypnotised? read more: Hypnosis FAQs

Pivot Grammar & Surround Sound Hypnosis
Pivot grammar is used on “This Healing Space” Hypnosis CD by Nick Kemp. Pivot grammar has been defined as “a loose grammar governing two word utterances by children”. I first came across pivot grammar a number of years ago and immediately had the idea of using this language in the form of “a loop” on “This Healing Space” CD.
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Creating Hypnosis CDs
When I first trained in NLP, I was especially interested in Milton Erickson and his approach to hypnosis. I read whatever I could get hold of and started exploring to see what existed in terms of hypnosis tapes. I use the word "tapes" as there was not a great deal on CD. To my amazement what existed in both mediums I didn't find that impressive.
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Recommended Hypnosis Books
A selection of recommended books on the subject of Hypnosis.
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The Unintentional Delivery of Post Hypnotic Suggestion
It is not necessary for hospital staff (or any other person for that matter) to be formally trained in hypnosis in order to deliver effective hypnotic suggestions to another person. These things are already happening pretty much all the time already. It is with this in mind that I am sure that I am not the first person who suggests that giving staff formal hypnosis training would actually act to help them stop giving hypnotic suggestions to their patients that inadvertently interfere with their well being.
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Negative Commands/Suggestions by Doug O'Brien
Ericksonian Hypnotic Language Patterns: Negative Commands / Suggestions. Before we look further at this category of language pattern a quick word ... By the term "Negative Suggestion" we don't mean something nasty. We're not in the business of suggesting negative things to people, like suggesting to someone that their nose will fall off.
What we're instead doing is giving a positive suggestion hidden within something that sounds like you're not saying that.
Confused? Great. So glad I could help.
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Patterns of Indirect Suggestion by Doug O'Brien
Patterns of Indirect Suggestion – A.K.A.: Ericksonian Language Patterns. In a therapeutic setting we strive to achieve the client's goals with elegance. Sometimes, however, change is difficult and resistance, conscious or otherwise, is a natural response. By using the following language patterns we are able to bypass the conscious resistance and to communicate with the subconscious mind.
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