Episode 43 Hypnosis What it is and How it works

Hypnosis is an extremely powerful tool that can help people make changes. In this weeks episode, I explore Hypnosis, what it means, how it works and how it can be applied. Hope you enjoy!

18 century Franz Anton Mesmer… mesmerism studied by Ben Franklin

James Braid… nervous sleep define Neuro – hypnotism

Clark T Hull Experiments

Hilgard… Dissassociation  Hilgard test of hypnotizability co-developed standfordfd scale… standard induction 

Dave Ellman

ERICKSON… Altered state indirect suggestion, “metaphor” (actually analogies), confusion techniques in place of formal hypnotic inductions

CIA Disengagement of screening part of the left logical side of brain… sensory motor cortex

Stage Hypnosis

Hypnotherapy  – Analysis

Hypnotherapy – Suggestion

Exploratory Hypnosis

Hypnotic Phenomena