Conversational Hypnosis is Part of Milton Erickson Legacy

October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Conversational hypnosis is part of  Milton Erickson legacy of research and experimentation from the previous mid century until today. You really can't establish the history of  conversational hypnosis without giving credit to Erickson. The article below appearing on Conversational Hypnosis.org highlights a few of  Erickson's accomplishments. Conversational hypnosis is part of Milton Erickson legacy and hopefully always will be.

"The philosophy of Milton Erickson was undoubtedly shaped by his medical condition and lifelong struggles that would energize his mind and created some of the most fascinating discoveries in the realm of conversational hypnosis. With his creation and introduction of conversational hypnosis Milton Erickson not only got the ball rolling on the possibility of subliminal suggestions regardless of the affiliation and discovery of the individual being hypnotized, yet also solidified his role as a great teacher and lifelong student of hypnotherapy. Conversational hypnosis and Ericksonian hypnosis became one of the most widely utilized tools of psychologists and psychiatrists as well.

Ericksonian Hypnosis and Covert/Conversational Hypnosis

"The school of subconscious thought is referred to as Ericksonian hypnosis and is widely received as a valid and viable entity in both psychology as well as psychotherapy. Milton Erickson’s career was constantly in a state of flux regardless of his inability to use his body 100% of the time. Any human being that could accomplish and create so much, like the founding of conversational hypnosis or covert hypnosis, with so little, obviously deserves both respect and honor long after his passing.

"Milton Erickson passed on March 25, 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. Milton Erickson gave many benefits and contributions to the world of conversational hypnosis otherwise known as covert hypnosis have paved the way for recent explorations into the mind and most importantly the subconscious mind for a plethora of research institutions throughout the globe."

Great Legacy

As the world opens up to the possibilities of inward thinking to heal, the role of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis owes a great deal of gratitude to the pioneer that was Dr. Milton Erickson. Milton Erickson was a true pioneer and was often heard recanting tales of his extreme youth crossing the Mississippi from the eastern coastline into the great big open sky country of the Western states. Milton Erickson has a great legacy…"

School of Ericksonian Hypnosis

"…The reason that conversational hypnosis is so widely used today is in its ease of use. The psychologist that made famous the art of conversational hypnosis was also responsible for many other hypnosis activities such as; conversational hypnosis and covert hypnosis."

Where Can Conversational Hypnosis Take You?

This article could start you out on a path you may have only dreamed of. Certainly Erickson dreamed of it and you can make them happen any time you want. Learn the truth about why conversational hypnosis is part of Milton Erickson legacy and how it can become your reality.


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    Erickson Targeted His Family and Friends with Conversational Hypnosis

    October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

    Erickson targeted his family and friends with conversational hypnosis during it's beginning stages. His mind was deeply curious and he found many opportunities to use his family and friends as test subjects for his psychological experiments. Today we bring you more information about the founder of conversational hypnosis Milton Erickson from the International Conversational Hypnosis Society. 

    More About Conversational Hypnosis

    "Placing someone into a favorable state through hypnosis induction and conversational hypnosis is very beneficial indeed. Let us start off of this review on the world of hypnosis induction and conversational hypnosis with a word of caution. The sublime forces that mandate whether or not a theory is turned into a valid and valued practice are a top-down affair."

    Accepted Vernacular

    "You’ll never see, in the history of mankind, when a far-out theory as conversational hypnosis, turned into a viable and accepted vernacular, by the mainstream. It always takes either one or a few high-brow figures in order to turn the corner and this is exactly what Milton Erickson ran into when he tried to get his conversational hypnotic theory into practice."

    Wake Up!

    "The time was the middle of the century and Dr. Erickson was busy fighting for his own use of his lower extremities, with polio. Milton Erickson was confined to his room and more specifically his bed as the disease kept his body down but not his mind. He would hear the comings and goings of family and friends as they passed like ships through the night in the other room and he paid close attention to their methods of conversation." 

    Hypnotherapy and Mind Control Practices

    "The birth of this form of hypnotherapy and mind control practices came into being as Dr. Erickson started to experiment with his mind. Milton Erickson was then interested with entertaining guests and family members in the parlor of his family’s Eastern home. After arriving in the Wild West with his family Erickson started to really experiment with his hypnosis induction and conversational hypnosis techniques."

    First Phase

    "The hypnosis induction theory was the first phase of Milton Erickson’s hypnosis exploits. The great physician, who was only in medical school at the time, targeted his family and friends for his conversational hypnosis tactics. Meeting with moderate success Erickson then elongated his theory and created an institution towards modern hypnotherapy constructs and opened up a new world to all that dared to come to this strange place, the human mind."

    Conversational Hypnosis, Practice Practice Practice!

    As you begin to learn conversational hypnotic techniques you will want to practice on as many people as possible. Milton Erickson targeted his family and friends with conversational hypnosis because they were already suggestible and they were often the only ones readily available.

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      Covert Hypnosis Techniques Anyone Can Learn

      September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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      There are many programs that claim to offer covert hypnosis techniques anyone can learn but if you are as skeptical as I was at first you will want to do some research before buying into these claims. The article below comes from a site that does offer a covert hypnosis program however I was more interested in their explanations of covert hypnosis and the information they present to support what a hypnotist needs to do.

      I like the way they presented this information and that it is not geared towards sexual seduction or other inappropriate uses. When you read the article below (covert hypnosis) you will realize that there are covert hypnosis techniques anyone can learn.

      Covert Hypnosis

      "Covert Hypnosis also known as conversational hypnosis is the process in which one gains control over the others mind without their knowledge just by making conversations by the listener’s subconscious mind. The ultimate aim here is to change the opinion of the person in question by manipulating their thoughts and making them do things your way."

      "In this process the hypnotizer changes the thought pattern of the people, their behavior, emotions and perception of life on a subconscious level. Unlike with conventional hypnotherapy sessions covert hypnosis does not involve closing of the eyes or any kind of moving pendulum or strange hand gestures."

       

       

      Suggestive Commands

      "The commands or suggestions given by the person hypnotizing to the person being hypnotized are more of a metaphor and presented in an indirect fashion, although in certain cases they are also given directly. Stories are one of the tools of covert hypnosis which can be effectively used to convey your actual message across and help remember it with much more probability."

      "The initial step in covert hypnosis though is to build a rapport with the listener. It is easy to do it with friends and family but also not that difficult to do it with strangers. All you have to do is use some compliment on them or laugh at their jokes to build a comfort level with your unknown listener. It is not necessary that you go too deep into building a connection with your listener."

      Building Rapport

      "The next step after building a rapport with the person to be hypnotized you have to try and switch off the listener’s critical mind. It is nothing but diverting the listener’s mind from its normal thinking state to an imaginary thinking state. You can always start by using some scenarios and asking them questions like “What if…” or “Imagine this…” This immediately shuts off their critical mind and lets their imagination dominate their thought process."

      "After successfully taking the listener off his/her critical mindset you may now make your irresistible commands and describe the things you want him/her to do. The effectiveness of this method depends on a lot of things that you put in to it. It depends on the way you transform their mind from critical thinking to imagination and the kind of statements you make to convince them well enough to perform the task you give them."

      Covert Hypnosis Is Easy

      I used to be skeptical about the covert hypnosis techniques but I've actually used it myself many times and now I can honestly say there  are effective covert hypnosis techniques anyone can learn to use in any situation.

       


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        Conversational Hypnosis Breaks Through Mental Barriers

        September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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        Conversational hypnosis breaks through mental barriers by overcoming a persons "BS detector" or by grabbing their attention so completely that their focus remains on the source of their attention. Kevin Hogan, expert hypnotist demonstrates this effective technique in the article below with his story about the cover of Cosmo in the airport.

        Is This Conversational Hypnosis?

        "Seduction can be defined in one of three ways. Seduction can be used to lead someone astray from their principles, much like Darth Vader attempted to do to young Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. I'm not too big on revealing secrets on how to win converts to the dark side…."

        "Seduction can also refer to inducing or tempting someone to have sex, much like Delilah did to Samson in The Bible. This area of seduction is certainly more interesting and playful than leading someone astray from their core values…but still not really where my core interest lies."

        "No, the seduction I refer to in The Art of Hypnotic Seduction is the inducement and enticement to win over someone to your side…or to your point of view. But what about the "hypnotic" part?"

        "Hypnosis can be defined as a "narrowing focus of attention" or "resonating with the anti-suggestive barrier of the mind." In the first case, a narrowing focus of attention, I think of walking through the airport today and seeing Carmen (Electra) on the cover of Stuff magazine."

        "I walked into Simply Books to find the August issue of Cosmo (they interviewed me for this months issue) but my mind totally spaced the world out as my mind was captured by Carmen on the cover of Stuff. (Carmen stars on a TV show called Living Large…something I've never seen or heard of but I will check it out…) I was literally hypnotized by the cover of Stuff magazine. Who was on Time? Newsweek? Good Housekeeping? Sports Illustrated? Business Week? Yahoo? Money? …I have no clue."

        "No one who walked into Simply Books did. It was just you and Carmen right there at the check out counter. I walked over to Carmen and picked her up. There was a little "tag" above her shoulder on the right side of the magazine that said, "Unfold for More". So, I did, opening the magazine to see a Carmen with even fewer square inches of garment on than the cover boasted. In the upper right hand corner it said, "Stop staring and buy the magazine." 

        "It was absolutely brilliant. I almost took it to the checkout counter when I remembered that I subscribed and I thought it would be nice to have it in the mailbox today. That's the hypnotic power of magazine cover…not a real, living, breathing…person… That's hypnosis."

        "Hypnosis is all about narrowing another person or group of people's attention to where what you are saying is the only thing they are paying attention to and then when you give the suggestion to "stop staring and buy the magazine," they do so."

        Breaking Through the Barrier

        "Hypnosis is also about resonating with the antisuggestive barrier of the mind. Each person has a metaphorical "mechanism in the mind" that "protects" the mind from all that might be bad for them. My antisuggestive barrier instantly filters out telemarketers, stock brokers, television preachers, anyone who knocks on my front door, and hundreds of other stimuli."

        "In other words, there is a "wall" in my mind that is very tall…a "BS detector" that goes off like a fog horn when I see, feel or hear anything that my BS detector has coded as EVIL. (The BS detector of course is often wrong…it's just a detector like the ones at the airport. It's a warning device that there MIGHT be something wrong here…but certainly not always."

        "If you can make it past my BS detector without setting it off, you will have my full attention and it will not likely be diverted anywhere else.) That's hypnosis, too. When the BS detector says, "I like this guy," I might just filter out the rest of the world and you will have my complete and undivided attention."

        Conversational Hypnosis Breaks Through Mental Barriers!

        There is no doubt that conversational hypnosis works by breaking through mental barriers. We all use our brain to automatically filter out what we don't care about or are not interested in. When conversational hypnosis is used correctly it bypasses that filter and gets the person to focus on whatever you want them to.

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          Scientific Research Supports Conversational Hypnosis

          September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

          Many people do not know that scientific research supports conversational hypnosis. Why is that? Because most people still believe hypnosis is what happens during a Las Vegas stage act. They are uninformed about the wonderful benefits of conversational hypnosis and hypnosis in general. Many patients have experienced dramatic positive changes. The article below on conversational hypnosis was published on the International Converstional Hypnosis Society blog and there we found plenty of great information. We want to bring these techniques out in the open and educate others that scientific research supports conversational hypnosis. 

          Conversational hypnosis is supported by years of scientific research

          The Ability to Utilize Conversational Hypnosis Therapy

          "While there are plenty of methods in which to learn conversational hypnosis therapy it is important to start from the very beginning. Milton Erickson was one of the first founders of hypnosis induction. While conversational hypnosis therapy is a branch of a larger hypnotic school and is not under the command or control of one researcher or physician it is important to remember that it was Dr. Milton Erickson who cleared the way for the benefits and fruits of his labors that many researchers and institutions are experiencing throughout the world presently. Without the insight and the forward thinking of Dr. Erickson hypnosis induction could have been missed and an entire science of revolutionary therapeutic psychology and psychotherapy could have been skipped over."

          Great West of the United States Hotbed for Conversational Hypnosis Therapy

          "With the necessary homage paid to Dr. Erickson complete it is now time to understand what rapid hypnosis induction is all about. The ability to hypnotize somebody through induced methods such as a light thumb-nail scratching on the wrist or a series of words based on chaos has been an amazing concept since the early 1940’s."

          "From dark and hidden from the public and most of the time unsympathetic eyes of the citizens of the Great West of the United States all the way to secretive and clandestine labs in the southwest of France, individuals and researchers have been amazed at what they have been finding in the world of conversational hypnosis therapy."

          Gold Watch as Hypnosis Induction

          "Hypnosis therapy is concerned with the discipline of therapeutically assessing patients or individuals with their mental or physical problems through hypnotic suggestion. Does this mean that every individual patient has to be stretched out on a couch and a gold watch pendulum-like swinging to and fro in order to induce one into a trance-like meditation? That’s pretty close and a very good example of how people do get into a trance with TRADITIONAL hypnosis, but is not the only way."

          "Object-focusing is still one of the most-preferred methods of inducing a trance into the world of hypnosis but the main factor for new-aged conversational hypnosis therapy has to do with creating chaotic mediation. That’s what’s so bloody-interesting about conversational hypnosis as there are so many vehicles in which two induce a trance-like state it is hard to mention even just a few of them!"

          The fact that hypnosis is used in psychotherapy should tell you that what some think of as a stage act is something completely different. It also indicates that hypnosis needs to be used carefully and responsibly. It is not some game for untrained individuals to "try". If you are interested in learning these techniques that have the potential to change a persons life, look for programs that stress responsibility and have a reputation for excellence because even though scientific research supports conversational hypnosis there are many fakes out there who will just take your money and teach you nothing.


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