Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Truth About Conversational Hypnosis

By Willie Shuster


Good communication is probably the cornerstone of every kind of human relationship and it can be a very powerful tool sometimes. A great example for this is with conversational hypnosis. Conversational hypnosis is basically the alteration of one's initial perception in order to lead to the solution of an outstanding problem like a fear.

Just like any form of communication, conversational hypnosis relies on the concept of interaction.

Conversational hypnosis starts with the stage called affinity. Before attempting to suggest a solution, the hypnotist has to first establish some kind of rapport with the patient.

This can happen if the hypnotist makes the patient understand that he understands his situation completely.

To drive home the point, let's say that a hypnotist is working with an agoraphobic person to address his fear of being in crowds. When the patient tells the hypnotist that "it is very hard to be in his situation", the hypnotist should say in return that "I do understand what you're going through. Yes, it is hard".

The next step in conversational hypnosis is the distraction. After the hypnotist gets the trust of the patient, the hypnotist now goes on to distract the patient by directing the patient's mind to a different thoughts other than the problem.

This is done so that the patient can let go of his problem for a minute and unwittingly explore the idea of different solutions.

Still using the same kind of scenario that I mentioned earlier, the hypnotist can try to make the patient think of something else other than his fear of people by asking "what it would feel like if he was to live all alone in the entire earth?".

Those questions do not have to make any sense as long as the patient gets to stop thinking of his problem for the time being.

Finally, once the patient is thinking about something else other than his problem, the hypnotist can now start working towards providing the solution of the primary problem.

The hypnotist can include different suggestions such as saying that "life would be better if he talked to people once in awhile".




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