Comments on: Is Everyone Responsive To Hypnosis? Can Anyone Learn To Respond Well To Hypnosis?

By: Adam Eason

Adam Eason — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:50:30 +0000

In reply to Matt.

Matt, some people believe that using the clients own language helps foster rapport, yet there is very little empirical evidence to support that notion. If you believe that you are communicating in a way that is fostering rapport and have a good intention, the chances are, you’ll do so, though not necessarily because of using the same language as they used.

Remember, if someone pays to attend hypnotherapy sessions with a qualified professional, they are going to be open to the notion and have some investment in it as well as having expectation, then you develop a good working therapeutic alliance to aid and enhance the effect of the work that you do.

It is something that you’ll learn a great deal about on the course and not really something we can put into a nutshell or a blog-friendly soundbite here. Though you’ve not got long to go now… 🙂

Sean, thanks for the contribution too, good to hear from you again.

By: Sean O'Connor

Sean O'Connor — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:53:32 +0000

@Matt.
I don’t think you are overthinking at all.Erckson was I believe a firm believer in using language in such a way that the client would be more amenable to hypnosis simply because he tailored the language patterns to the person he was treating rather than using ready made scripts.It is also why, I believe a good hypnotist will get to know a bit about the client before commencing hypnotic work so that a propper degree of ra[[prt can be established.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:43:25 +0000

Since telling people of my intention to train in hypnotherapy I have had several people tell me how they do not think they can be hypnotised. On the other hand i have had a lot of people who seem hypnotised just by the very idea of someone hypnotising them if that makes sense!! One lady once told me she was out for dinner with a hypnotherapist friend and she was convinced he was putting her in a trance over dinner! Which is actually a little weird now i think about it, but the point is she clearly has a high level of hypnotisability.

Adam, In your book on self-hypnosis you often mention the importance of using language that is meaningful to ‘ones self’ as a way of increasing the overall positive effects of the session. So we effectively deliver suggestions using language that actually has some kind of personal ‘hypnotic clout’.

Is it a case of, to increase a persons hypnotisability, we need to tap into their own specific language patterns and internal representations to identify exactly what makes them tick? Then we can achieve maximum hypnotisability.

Or am i overthinking as per usual?