Hypnosis

“Why Is The Initial Consultation So Important ? What Factors Will An Ethical Therapist Cover At This Time ? The initial consultation is important for both the therapists and the client to establish whether there is rapport between both parties, to put the client at ease and to ensure a realistic and effective plan of action to help the client achieve their goal. This is often offered as a short appointment of maybe 30 minutes, free of charge. I think by offering this service clients would have more

waves into a state of alpha known also as a trance state in Hypnosis. The difference is--is that Hypnosis (an all Hypnosis is self-hypnosis) is directed with a focus of intention towards a specific state of mind or a goal. Rather than being "directed" purely by an outside force, you are the "director" of your mind movie. So why not make your mind movie an Academy Award Performance?? Hopefully you have read the previous blog on what Hypnosis is and isn 't so you can more fully understand the wonderful

concentrating on your breathing”. These screeds can contain imagery but the words are more directional, sometimes this style may appear a little severe but can be very effective especially when the aim of the hypnosis is habit changing e.g. stopping smoking. Two others who have helped shape modern-day hypnosis are Dave Elman renowned for his authoritarian and direct approach and Milton Erickson famous for his permissive and indirect

authority they had over their client increased their chance of success (hypnosis for change: 26). The phrases used are: Close your eyes now or you will listen to my voice and my voice will make you relax. Dave Elman was an influential figure in the Authoritarian approach. Elman was born in North Dakota on the 6 May 1900. As a teenager Elman became an entertainer, he was a talented saxophone and violin player. He also staged hypnosis acts, this was however short lived. In 1948 Elman was producing a

Why is the initial consultation so important? What factors will an ethical therapist cover at this time? Introduction When a client first goes to a hypnotherapy appointment, the main reason why they are there is to receive help with a problem or issue that they would like to resolve. The very first hypnotherapy consultation is important for therapists to use this time to understand the client’s needs and make sure they have the best plan of action to help the client achieve their goal. In this

achieve is building a rapport with the client this is vitally important if the following hypnosis/counselling sessions are going to be successful. By building a rapport with the client we are hoping to put them at ease and we are starting to gain their trust, if the

Why is the initial consultation so important? What factors will an ethical therapist cover at this time? Maggie Romain-CHELM1A 13 In this essay I am going to look at the importance and purpose of the initial consultation between the client and the therapist and what happens during this preliminary session. I will also cover the ethical definitions that will need to be explored and established, to ensure the safety

as the use of body language is not an option when their client’s eyes are closed. There are broadly two different styles of hypnosis used today. They are the authoritarian direct approach and the permissive indirect approach. The authoritarian approach to hypnotherapy was a technique developed by the late Dave Elman who practiced and taught this style of hypnosis until his

Self-identity is singular. The belief in this existence of one’s self, presupposes all our experiences of consciousness. We all hold that this identity is ours alone. I speak of my experiences as experienced by me. I would seem to be talking nonsense , if I referred to myself in the plural or spoke of how the multiplicity of ‘me’s’ experienced an event. Although most will submit to the existence of levels of consciousness, we categorize those people who exhibit distinct personalities as non-ordinary

same in other psychodynamic therapy (Wormnes, et al., 2000). There are four psychodynamic techniques used in psychodynamic hypnotherapy, these being, free associations, dream interpretation and interpretation of transference and defences. During hypnosis, free associations will often present themselves in the form of images that are closer to primary process thinking as well as the unconscious, and hence defences and