HYPNOSIS •Your attention is more focused •You're more responsive to suggestions •You're more open and less critical or disbelieving The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being. Although hypnosis may have the potential to help with a wide variety of conditions, it's not a magic bullet. It's typically used as one part of a broader, more comprehensive treatment plan rather than as a stand-alone therapy. It seems to work best when you're highly motivated and your therapist is well trained and understands your particular problem. Although hypnotherapists, each have their own style, expect some common elements: 1. •A typical session lasts from 30 to 60 minutes. 2. •The number of sessions can range from one to several 5. Myths about hypnosis If you've ever seen hypnotism used as entertainment in a stage act, you've probably witnessed several of the myths about hypnosis in action. Legitimate clinical hypnotherapy practiced by a qualified professional is not the same process as that performed on stage. Myth: When you're under hypnosis, you surrender your free will. Myth: When you're under hypnosis, the hypnotherapist controls you. Myth: Under hypnosis, you lose consciousness and have amnesia. Myth: You can be put under hypnosis without your consent. NLP Or imagine what you would do if you ordered a bread machine and it arrived without instructions... This of course, pales in comparison to the immense complexity of our brains, each of us possess the most sophisticated computer ever conceived... with no users manual! Is it any wonder that changing how we do the simplest task, often meets with failure? So what is NLP? Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the study of how humans think and experience the world - It does this by using models of how your mind works. From these models, techniques for quickly and effectively changing thoughts, behaviours and beliefs that limit you have been developed. Someone wanting to learn to drive a car well might approach a expert in the field. Instead of asking "How do you drive?" or copying what they did, they would learn faster by understanding the underlying structure of the experts skill, such as how the expert approaches driving in their mind, their beliefs and attitudes about driving, and the strategies they use making decisions. NLP uses something called sub-modalities in it’s model. By understanding how we perceive the world through our five senses, we can then understand why some people respond resourcefully in a situation and others do not. You can learn how those who remain resourceful set up their representations, and then do the same! Here’s an example; Imagine seeing an enormous spider dangling directly in front of your face. Now clear your mind. It is common for people who have a phobic reaction to spiders to picture the spider completely oversized and far too close. Spiders are tiny, well-mannered creatures that are far more frightened of you than you need be of them, but try telling that to someone with that particular phobia! So, why don't these phobic people notice the images they're creating? The popular belief is that we don't pay much attention to what's going on in our unconscious. Because of the enormous amount of information our brain has to process each day, it's probably best that we don't spend much time dwelling on it. So what do we do about our friend with the phobia? Give them an extra-strength can of Raid for a house warming gift? Instead NLP asks the question; "If one person can have fun playing with their pet spider, what can we learn from them that we can teach the phobic person?" The spider-lover would most likely have an image representing spiders that was proportionally correct and at a reasonable distance (and possibly some other factors). Knowing the difference, the NLP practitioner can then use one of many techniques to help the phobic person relearn their reaction to spiders so that it is of a similar nature to the spider-lover's. Phobia treatments often take less than half an hour, creating a powerful change with minimal time and effort invested. NLP is based on many useful presuppositions supporting the attitude that change is imminent. One of the most important of these is this; NLP is about what works, not what should work. In other words; If what you're doing isn't working, try something different, anything... whether you think what you were doing previously should have worked or not. Flexibility is the key element in a given system. The person who is the most likely to do well is the one who responds easily to changing (or unchanging) circumstances. That's one reason that NLP makes such progress in difficult areas. Innovators like to try out new things with little regard as to "truth" or "reality". NLP is interested in results, in giving people what they really want from life. Is there areas of your life that you would like to move forward in? Move beyond your comfort zone of fear and into the world where what you want from life is waiting right now. Call me for a free assessment of your goals and what I think might be required for you to reach them. If you can follow instructions and you are ready for change it might take less time than you think.
Hypnosis, also referred to as hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion, is an altered state of consciousness. This state of consciousness is usually achieved with the help of a hypnotherapist and is different from your everyday awareness. When you're under hypnosis:
When you are in a hypnotic trance your Conscious Mind that normally acts at the gatekeeper for your unconscious mind is off duty and relaxed. Since there is no-one standing guard suggestions can go directly to your Unconscious Mind. Since your Unconscious Mind is responsible for about 90% of your behaviours, unwanted behaviours can over a period of time be eliminated.
•You can usually resume your daily activities immediately after a session.
Reality: Hypnosis is a heightened state of concentration and focused attention. When you're under hypnosis, you don't lose your personality, your free will or your personal strength. No-one can make you do anything under hypnosis that you wouldn't normally do. Those people who get up on stage and quack like ducks would if given a couple of beers happily quack like a duck anyway. Stage show hypnotists handpick their victims making sure they are extroverts who will happily play along for the audience.
Reality: You do hypnosis voluntarily for yourself, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. A hypnotherapist only serves as a knowledgeable guide or facilitator.
Reality: A small number of people who go into a very deep hypnotic state experience spontaneous amnesia. However, most people remember everything that occurred under hypnosis.
Reality: Successful hypnosis depends on your willingness to experience it. Even with voluntary participation, not everyone can be led into a hypnotic state.
If you drove a car for the first time without instructions how far do you think you'd get?
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