Tackling the Toughest Issues with Hypnosis As hypnotherapists and NLP practitioners, we often look for the “decision point” with our clients. The decision point is the exact instant where a behavior turns into a problem behavior. In one example, for one client who overeats and then purges, the decision point is the exact moment when ...…
Hypnosis in Sales Persuasion and Influence Certain techniques NLP Practitioners and Hypnotists use are useful in sales and persuasion in general. As therapists, we learn how to activate the imagination fully to engage folks at a conscious level as well as an unconscious, emotional level. Since buying decisions, persuasive ability and influence are largely based ...…
What the Dentist Taught me about Hypnosis I went to the dentist yesterday and it was amazing how quickly I zonked out in the chair. It got me thinking about it… What is it about the dentist that zonked me out so quickly and what is it we can learn from that that can help ...…
Handling Abreactions An abreaction is a negative emotional response that occasionally occurs during hypnosis. It can happen as a result of spontaneous regression. Simply put, an abreaction is when someone gets upset during hypnosis. Now a lot of hypnotists are scared of abreactions but they can be handled easily. Here are some guidelines… (more text ...…
Collapsing Anchors Collapsing anchors is an NLP technique–if you look at NLP patterns, you’ll discover that many of them include it in one form or another. It’s useful for all sorts of situation including work on yourself. (more text below video) It’s based on the Ericksonian hypnosis principle of adding a resource state to a ...…
Hypnosis, Fertility and Marketing I’ve heard more than one story about Milton Erickson helping couples get pregnant. The thing is, this is not only a tremendous chance to help people but there’s a definite publicity angle that can be used to generate lots of business. Local News Stories Generate Publicity Recently, I happened to catch ...…
Hypnosis and the “Stroop Effect” The Stroop Effect tells us a tremendous amount about how hypnosis can help with ingrained habits and helps hypnosis professionals build a solid, scientific rationale for the work they do. Find out more about Hypnosis and the Stroop Effect here.…
Dealing with Resistance One of the more frustrating aspects for hypnotists is that sometimes a client asks you to help them with something and then fights you every step of the way. It’s called “resistance.” So, how do you deal with resistance? I’ve just posted a video hypnosis tip here… Dealing with resistant clients…
