Hypnosis and the Power of Suggestion
Year One – Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills – Module One
“What Is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis is a state of mind brought about by the use of set techniques. It allows individuals to increase their responsiveness to suggestion, This suggestion can allow beneficial changes to the participant in their thought process, behaviour and their physiological state. Since hypnosis occurs spontaneously in therapy, and in ordinary life, it is important to understand the role in which the patient has regarding the service of hypnosis. We must understand that everyone is their own individual and that everyone is different from one to another, likewise everyone will have a different experience as they progress from the state of alertness to a deep trance.
Suggestion is all around us where ever you go. We even do it to each other without having to verbally say anything. If someone is standing at a bank machine waiting to draw money out and someone behind is smoking, even making eye contact and looking at the smoke is making a suggestion that you don’t like that, consciously making the other person either carry on doing it or blowing their smoke into another direction. Hence the reason why there is such a big increase in the amount of conscious women, you see all these adverts from selling women’s underwear, shampoo and even in the daily paper, makes not all but some women feel conscious about themselves how others see them, as it is wildly advertised that all women look like this. In theory giving the suggestion to women that if you buy this pair of underwear your look and feel just as good as me, or if you use this shampoo your hair will look as vibrant and as perfect like mine. So suggestion is a very powerful tool and in order for someone to benefit from hypnosis they need to be suggestive. The reason suggestion and hypnosis works well together is once someone is in a
“What Is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis is a state of mind brought about by the use of set techniques. It allows individuals to increase their responsiveness to suggestion, This suggestion can allow beneficial changes to the participant in their thought process, behaviour and their physiological state. Since hypnosis occurs spontaneously in therapy, and in ordinary life, it is important to understand the role in which the patient has regarding the service of hypnosis. We must understand that everyone is their own individual and that everyone is different from one to another, likewise everyone will have a different experience as they progress from the state of alertness to a deep trance.
Suggestion is all around us where ever you go. We even do it to each other without having to verbally say anything. If someone is standing at a bank machine waiting to draw money out and someone behind is smoking, even making eye contact and looking at the smoke is making a suggestion that you don’t like that, consciously making the other person either carry on doing it or blowing their smoke into another direction. Hence the reason why there is such a big increase in the amount of conscious women, you see all these adverts from selling women’s underwear, shampoo and even in the daily paper, makes not all but some women feel conscious about themselves how others see them, as it is wildly advertised that all women look like this. In theory giving the suggestion to women that if you buy this pair of underwear your look and feel just as good as me, or if you use this shampoo your hair will look as vibrant and as perfect like mine. So suggestion is a very powerful tool and in order for someone to benefit from hypnosis they need to be suggestive. The reason suggestion and hypnosis works well together is once someone is in a