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Age Progression –
A technique of hypnosis used to
guide the subject forward in time to experience the effects of changes.
Age Regression -
Guiding a hypnotized person backwards
in time by his/her age
Alpha -
The state of brain waves associated
with a light hypnotic state (8-14Hz) or meditative state early. Alpha experienced
when falling asleep and sleep and wake up – even to dream. This relaxed
state of consciousness is conducive to independent display lucid and lively.
But the most important function that the state of the brain is that it
establishes a link between the conscious and the unconscious. Generation
of alpha brain waves is necessary to remember dreams upon waking.
Altered Consciousness -
Synonymous with alpha; terminology
used to refer to the state of mind we experience during hypnosis,
meditation, or any form of trance
Anchor -
A specific stimulus/ sight, sound,
word or touch that automatically brings up a particular memory and state
of body and mind. A programmed stimulation (sight, hearing, speech
or touch) that will automatically trigger responses in the subconscious.
Example: suggestion programmed that the blue color that makes you feel
comfortable.
Anchorage -
Anchoring -
Establishing a trigger which, when
activated, will trigger certain responses, happens randomly in life,
but can be suggested during hypnosis
(see triggers)
Aversion Suggestion -
A technique that uses suggestions
that emphasize the negative aspects of behavior continued used to change
behavior.
Awakening, Emerging -
The act of bringing a person out
of trance and into full conscious awareness
Behavior Modification –
Modify a pattern.
Beta -
Normal wakefulness produced by your
thinking mind (15-40Hz). It is the state who are as we travel worldwide
operation.
Brainwaves (or brain waves) –
Rhythmic fluctuating electrical
pulses measured in hertz (Hz) which is the second cycle. They consist of
the beta (15-40Hz), alpha (8-14Z), theta (4-7HZ) and delta (0.5-3 Hz).
Measuring brain waves, essentially tells us how fast our brain is in progress.
Compounding Suggestion -
This technique is used to increase
the reliability of a suggestion, especially a post-hypnotic suggestion.
The technique consists of providing the client with the suggestion so that
she can experience the phenomena or suggested behavior during or after
the session. Most commonly the suggestion is given during the session
and the client responds to it immediately, and then the suggestion is given
again, and the client responds to it immediately once again. The
process of having the client respond to the suggest repeatedly, usually
a minimum of three times, reinforces the suggestion given, and makes it
more reliable.
Conditioning -
A series of suggestions to “condition”
of the subconscious mind to be more responsive to specific ideas.
Congruence -
When goals, thought and behaviors
are in agreement
Critical Factor –
The comparative part of the mind
that allows our conscious mind to logical compare incoming information
with already accepted belief and knowledge.
Deepening -
Attaining a more profound trance
state. Any technique used to increase suggestibility in a hypnotized
individual.
Delta -
Brainwaive level we enter during
deep sleep, total unconsciousness (0,5-3.0 HZ).
Direct Suggestion -
Suggestions given as commands
Dissociated -
Viewing/experiencing an event from
outside one's own body. Example: Seeing yourself on a movie screen.
Floating above an event and seeing yourself. Contrast with Associated
Ericksonian Hypnosis –
A non-authoritarian branch of hypnosis
named after psychiatrist Milton Erickson.
Eye-Fixation Technique –
A technique of induction which the
subject relates to a fixed point or object. Primarily used by James Braide
Esdaile State - See Hypnotic Coma State.
Expectancy -
Having expectations of a certain
outcome
False Memories -
Fantasies that are experienced during
a mishandled regression which are believed to be repressed memories rather
than fantasies
FMS -
Abbreviation for False Memory Syndrome
Guided Imagery -
The focused use of your power of
imagination (not fantasy) It sets up an energy pattern in your mind and
body that can have a profound effect on your state of well being.
HypnoBirthing™ -
A system of using hypnosis and self-hypnosis
developed by Marie Mongan to provide a birthing mother with a natural and
comfortable birthing experience without the use of drugs.
Hypnosis -
A trance state. The art and
science of altering the perceptions, processes, and states of mind
of the self or others.
According to The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition Copyright © 1994, Columbia University Press Encyclopedia.com - Hypnosis is:
An altered state of consciousness characterized by focused concentration similar to that experienced when daydreaming or concentrating and oblivious to distraction. It allows access to the highly suggestible subconscious mind by quieting the conscious mind. Research has shown electrical changes in the brain during hypnosis; the brain waves of a hypnotized person are usually different from those of a person in the normal waking state. Most people can be hypnotized, although the ability varies from person to person. Techniques vary but usually involve deep relaxation accompanied by the focusing of the mind (as on an object or the voice of the hypnotist). Hypnosis is occasionally used as an aid in medical practice, especially for anesthesia and pain relief; in psychotherapy, e.g., to help patients recall traumatic events and overcome denial; and to assist people in breaking unwanted habits (e.g., smoking, overeating).
Hypnotherapist -
A trained
professional who uses hypnosis to help people with self-improvement and/or
for therapeutic purposes
Hypnotherapy -
The use of hypnosis for self-improvement
and/or for therapeutic purposes
Hypnotic Coma State -
A hypnotic state first used by Dr.
Esdaile to induce anesthesia in his patients before the use of chemical
anesthesia. Other than automatic anesthesia and catatonia, this state
of consciousness servers no other purpose, except that it is a relaxed
and comfortable state to be in. However, the name is a misnomer,
because this is not a true state of hypnosis, because the essential feature
of any level of hypnosis is that it would be a heightened state of suggestibility.
Once one is in this state they are no longer responsive, nor are they suggestible,
hence this is not a true state of hypnosis, although it is widely regarded
to be so. This is also called the Esdaile State.
Hypnotic Suggestion
-
Any statement,
action or stimuli given by oneself, or someone else intended to either
induce hypnosis or take advantage of the heightened state of suggestibility
that is hypnosis, such as telling a hypnotized individual that she will
have more confidence, lose weight or stop smoking.
Hypnotist -
(NGH Certified Hypnotist, Consulting Hypnotist) -
NGH trained
professional who utilizes non-therapeutic hypnotism to help their clients
inculcate positive thinking and the capacity for self-hypnosis wherein
they coach, teach, guide, instruct, or train motivated individuals to achieve
their goals.
Hypnotist - One who guides another person into hypnosis
Ideomotor Responding -
The response of the subconscious
and manifests itself through finger movements, the nod of the head, or
other physical media.
Imagery -
Using the imagination to fantasize
or remember events.
Indirect Suggestion -
Permissive suggestions, the
use of metaphors, analogies to convey a suggestion that may be too difficult
for a person to deal directly.
Induction -
A technique that guides (induces)
a person into a hypnotic state
Initial Sensitizing Event -
Initial Sensitizing Event (ISE)
The event in the client's life that started or caused the problem, being
usually a perception that lead to an emotional response of some kind.
Kinesthetic -
The sensory modality of touch, muscle
tension (sensations) and emotions (feelings).
Old Tapes -
A term frequently used to describe
memories that are replayed in the imagination in a manner that influences
behavior and/or attitudes
Original Sensitizing Event -
Alternate name for initial sensitizing
event
Pacing -
Matching another's behavior, posture,
language/predictates in order to build rapport.
Parts Therapy -
A complex hypnotic technique where
the hypnotist talks with various parts of the mind, such as the inner child
or aspects of the inner adult
Past Life Regression - (plr) (past
life exploration, past life recall)
Regression into real or imagined
past life
PLR -
Abbreviation for Past Life Regression
Pre-Talk -
Information provided to increase
an individual's ability to become hypnotized, generally consisting of information
aimed at overcoming fears and misconceptions about hypnosis.
Pre-Hypnosis Interview -
The discussion that transpires between
a hypnosis client and the hypnotist in which the hypnotist learns about
the history of the client's problem: (1) the nature of the problem,
(2) when the client believes the problem began, (3) what the client has
done to address the issue in the past, and (3) any important information
about current circumstances, (4) any future events related to the issue.
Post-Hypnotic Interview -
This is a period directly after
the hypnosis process has been completed when the client talks about or
asks questions about the session. A summary or discussion about certain
parts of the session pointing out and reviewing certain points of interest
for the client. There may also be recommendations about how to proceed.
Post-hypnotic Suggestion -
A suggestion given during the trance
state which is acted upon after emerging from the trance state
Progressive Relaxation -
An induction involving the progressive
relaxation of various parts of the body
Rapport -
A comfortable feeling between client
and hypnotist resulting in a level of trust, resulting in greater ability
to respond to suggestion. The natural process of matching and being
in alignment with another.
Reframing -
Using the imagination of a subject
to imagine a different result for a past event.
Regression -
Going back in time during trance
to remember past events, and replaying them in the imagination, often with
accompanying emotions self hypnosis: a self-induced trance state.
Revivification -
In a true hypnotic age regression
session the client is able to hallucinate re-experiencing a past event.
This is not pretending or memory at work but rather a reliving of the event.
It can seem very real to the client.
Self-Hypnosis -
Any time an individual uses techniques
or tools to induce hypnosis in herself, for example entering hypnosis by
way of post-hypnotic suggestion, or listening to a audio recording made
for the purpose of inducing hypnosis.
Subsequent Sensitizing Event (SSE)
-
Events that occurs after the Initial
Sensitizing Event that reinforces the beliefs, emotions or symptoms associated
with the Initial Sensitizing Event. There is usually more than one
SSE.
Stage Hypnosis -
The public use of hypnosis purely
for entertainment purposes
State -
The combination of a person's immediate
thoughts and physiology at any given moment.
Subconscious -
The part of the mind that we are
not aware of the role of the mind that is intuitive and imaginative, artistic
criticism, which holds all the memories, which is the seat of our emotions,
which directs the functions of automatic our body heals, and is the driving
force of our being. This part of the mind closely tied to the creation
of the mind.
Subjects (of hypnosis) -
A term used by many to describe
a person who is in hypnosis
Suggestibility -
How and to what degree a person
is able to accept suggestion. The greater the suggestibility that
an individual is experiencing, the greater the effect that suggestions
offered will affect that person's perceptions of reality.
Symptom Producing Event (SPE) -
This is either an Initial Sensitizing
Event or Subsequent Sensitizing Event that occurs at the same time the
problem, issue or symptom occurs in the life of the client, it is usually
the event that either causes the problem or reinforces the cause such that
it becomes an active issue in the client's life.
Systematic Desensitization -
Use of programmed imagery in a systematic
way to help desensitize someone from fear, anxiety or phobia
Theta -
Brainwaves (4-7HZ) produced by the
subconscious mind. Theta waves are present during sleep and REM (rapid
eye movement) state. The theta state is also associated with memory, learning
and creativity. Theta waves are the key to open the store our emotional
material. Theta is a state of deep hypnosis or meditation.
Time Distortion -
The term for a unique phenomenon
where we lose conscious awareness of how much time has passed (examples:
5 minutes can seem like 20 minutes, or vice versa).
Timeline -
The unconscious arrangement of a
person's past memories and future expectations. Typically,. this
is as a "line" of images.
Transference - Transfer the process by which the desires, emotions and behavior of a person who subsequently moved to another person – from father to son or client to therapist
Triggers -
Something seen, heard, felt, etc.,
which "triggers" a response, urge, memory, or emotion, etc., such
as turning the key in the car might "trigger" a smoker to light up a cigarette.
UltraDepth® Procedure -
An altered state of consciousness
attained by way of a hypnotic procedure, requiring first somnambulism,
and then the Esdaile State (also known as the Hypnotic Coma State).
Visual -
Sensory modality of seeing.
Visualization -
The process of imagining mental
pictures to help create or alter consciousness or behavior.
Waking Hypnosis –
A state of trance attained without
the benefit of induction. Natural hypnosis. Examples: reading, watching
television, driving, painting, etc. Any highly focused state of mind focused
on one thing at the exclusion of everything else.
Waking Suggestion -
Suggestions given to someone in
a normal state of consciousness, where no attempt to induce a recognizable
state of hypnosis has transpired.
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