(Hypnotherapy) Stage Hypnosis versus Hypnotherapy

(Hypnotherapy) Stage Hypnosis versus Hypnotherapy - More Methods Revealed

August 31st, 2008 admin Posted in hypnosis |

By Robert Shields

In a previous article I exposed some of the methods used by stage hypnotists and how he got members of an audience to step up on the stage and be ready to do anything the hypnotist asked of him or her.

For example, there will always be those who pretend to by hypnotised or who simply want to make a fool of the hypnotist in front of their friends. But a good stage hypnotist will be well aware of this and look for signs that will weed out those problem makers.

He may have a stooge in the audience who will secretly point out to him anyone who is misbehaving behind his back. Or, another possible sign is the audience laughing at something that is happening that the hypnotist does not see

So following the direction where the audience is looking, will tell him who is going to cause him problems and steel the limelight. Those people are quickly asked to return to their seats in the audience.

So on with the show. The hypnotist will then carry out his act appearing to hypnotise at will and getting his subjects to perform funny, but harmless acts in front of the audience.

It should be noted that NOBODY will respond to any form of SUGGESTION that is OBNOXIOUS or against his or her MORAL CONVICTIONS!

No stage hypnotist would risk his reputation by giving a suggestion to anyone knowing that that person would object to carrying it out. For example, it would be very risky to suggest to an attractive woman that she should physically take her clothes off. Ok, there are women who would gladly do that in front of an audience, but the hypnotist would not know that and would, therefore, avoid such a suggestion.

You will also note that religion is NEVER included in a performance by a stage hypnotist.

It should also be noted that in any audience, there are a small number of people who would be happy to go on stage and do silly things to get a laugh. Go to any holiday camp and you will see performers calling up on stage members of an audience and having them do silly things. There are clowns in every audience and the stage is a perfect vehicle for them, with or WITHOUT hypnosis as an excuse.

Genuine Hypnosis or Not! (to be continued - see my next article in this series or contact me)

Genuine Hypnosis or Not!

So are those volunteers on the stage genuinely hypnotised. The answer is a - Yes and No. Some are in such a deep trance that they are genuinely hypnotised. Those people usually cannot remember what they have done immediately after a show, but do remember as time passes by. (Of course, some people who do remember, say they do not because they want to cover their tracks with their friends and family to avoid embarrassment).

Others will NOT be hypnotised, but pretend they are.

I watched a show once and one woman was certainly under hypnosis whereas there was a man who was obviously not. The hypnotist got only a few laughs from the woman and made full use of the man as he was willing to do virtually anything to raise a laugh.

It should be noted that an ethical hypnotist will always establish normality, at the end of his act, in his subjects, regardless of whether he believes it necessary or not.

Ok, enough about stage hypnosis and now to Hypnotherapy.

Now for the boring part of this article.

What does a Hypnotherapist do? He or she helps people to live a normal and happy life. The definition of the word - normal - has to be left up to you for it is how you want to live your life that is normal.

A Hypnotherapist will be educated in both the application and use of hypnosis and also in the application of psychology in the form of psychotherapy.

Good Hypnotherapists have an arsenal of techniques and therapies at his or her disposal. The importance of recognising every client as an individual with his or her own personal characteristics, life experiences and most importantly a way of dealing with problems, cannot be emphasised enough.

Hypnotherapists are there to help and not to make a client feel foolish. An important requirement for any Hypnotherapist is a caring, kind and understanding nature. The need to help others is a bonus.

Also important is the training a Hypnotherapist receives. Any course taken MUST include the psychology aspect of treating clients. The reason simply being that a Hypnotherapist treats psychological problems and he or she must understand human behaviour. It is not necessary to hold a degree in psychology, but knowledge of most forms of psychology is important.

A typical treatment given by a Hypnotherapist would be:

1. A consultation when an overall assessment of a the presenting problem is taken. The consultation must include questions on family background, medication, past illnesses and a host of other things. Near the end of the consultation, the Hypnotherapist may or may not include a short session of hypnosis to boost confidence in the client and in the therapy to be given.

2. On the next session the Hypnotherapist will then use an appropriate therapy. Sometimes it includes hypnosis and sometimes a non-hypnosis technique such as Guided Imagery. If the Hypnotherapist considers it appropriate, he or she may just use this session to talk through the problem.

3. Subsequent sessions are then conducted to bring about a solution to the problem.

At no time would an ethical Hypnotherapist produce a situation where the client becomes reliant on the therapy of therapist. The goal of a Hypnotherapist is to guide the client towards self-reliance when he or she is in full control of the life he or she wants to lead.

Hypnotherapy can be used to treat almost, but not all, psychological ailments.

I hope the above helps you recognise the difference between what is perceived as stage hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. One entertains and is not what it appears to be and the other is used for healing.

Footnote: Please note that in the above article I have used the male gender throughout, but this is for easy reading and does not exclude female hypnotists or hypnotherapists.

Robert Shields teaches Hypnotherapy and his own unique Fear Elimination Therapy (remove phobias in minutes). Teaching Hypnotherapists since 1986 his

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Enhance Your Learning Ability With Hypnotherapy CD’s
By Alan Densky

Think about this for a brief moment. As you sit there and read this document, a stream of information is coming in through your sense of sight. But you are also hearing different sounds, feeling physical feelings like the pressure of your chair touching your buttocks and back, the feeling of the clothing on your body, and the air temperature and movement on your skin. You are also in receipt of information by way of your nose in the form of aromas. And of course, you’re taking in data in the form of the mixture of tastes on your lips and in your mouth.

And how about the emotional thoughts that you are currently experiencing? That’s also data that you’re processing at the moment. We exist in an information intensive world. Thanks to the Internet, almost no matter what a person might want to know is only a few clicks of a mouse away.

I recently read an article that said that even in a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere, we are bombarded by sixty thousand stimuli per second. And that’s occurring sixty seconds out of each minute, and sixty minutes out of each hour. And it goes on twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, week in and week out for our entire life.

And that is a big part of the problem. We are all being subjected to “information overload.” And that makes it very difficult to memorize all of the data that we want to memorize or need to remember.

Very often, while we are reading, we discover that our eyes have been traversing the information on the page, while our conscious mind has been off somewhere else on a tangent. When we get to the bottom of the page, we realize that our eyes have seen the words, but we have no conscious recall of what we have just read. That’s because our mind has been somewhere else mulling over a problem, or working out a project.

Today it’s common to hear even young people say things like, “I’m having a senior moment.” No matter what your age, and whether you are a student, part of the labor, or a retired person, I’m sure that you understand what I’m talking about. In our wild world it is very often very difficult to focus your concentration.

SO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS IS YOUR PROBLEM?

A. Your mind begins to meander as you study, and then all of a sudden you appreciate that you do not have the slightest idea what you’ve read.

B. When you are in a social environment and new friends are introduced to you, you find that you forget their names as quickly as you hear them.

C. You remember that you have a chore to do in another room; however, as soon as you start towards the other room you totally forget what that task is.

D. You can stay alert and take in new information. But when you take a test, “Test Anxiety” overcomes you and triggers a mental block, and you are not able to call to mind the answers to the questions on the test that you really know.

SO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS IS YOUR PROBLEM?

A. Your mind begins to meander as you study, and then all of a sudden you appreciate that you do not have the slightest idea what you’ve read.

B. When you are in a social environment and new friends are introduced to you, you find that you forget their names as quickly as you hear them.

C. You remember that you have a chore to do in another room; however, as soon as you start towards the other room you totally forget what that task is.

Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in the practice of hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming since 1978. He offers hypnosis CD’s for memory and recall enhancement. Visit his Neuro-VISION NLP site for free resources & MP3 downloads, and his Video Hypnosis Blog for tips & tricks.

The Truth About Hypnosis
By Kevin Sinclair

There are not many people who have not heard of hypnosis. However, some of the information out there that people pick up may not be completely accurate. Hypnosis has been used for years to improve the quality of life and because of this we wanted to give everyone a clear image to what Hypnosis really is and various aspects of it. There are many people in the world that want to change one thing or another about themselves or their lives. Hypnosis is one of those great tools to help a person change the things they dislike about their lives.

If you think that hypnosis is the way to make a few positive changes in your life you will want to continue reading through the rest of this article. We are sure that by reading what we have to say you will have all your questions about hypnosis answered and be able to move on to a better life. Hypnosis has been used all over the world for centuries, of course it was not the same every where but it was used in many different forms. In one place people would use what were called Sleep Chambers to help the body and mind relax and in another place they would use repetitive dancing, chanting and singing to change the person’s state of mind.

Many people think of hypnosis as something that can be done to you by a professional hypnotist or something that can be done to one’s self through self-hypnosis videos. Although this is how it is normally done, there is so much more to hypnosis than listening to a hypnotist or tape until you are in a deep trance. For hypnosis to even work correctly the subject has to be in the right frame of mind, so to speak. You see there are four different types of waves that your brain sends out, each type of wave coincides with the state of mind you are in.

If your brain is giving off beta waves this means that your mind is in the waking state. If your brain is giving off Alpha wave this means that your mind is in the Concentration State. If Theta waves are being given off by your brain this means you are in a state of relaxation or mediation and if Delta waves are coming from your brain you are in the Dream State. The best times for hypnosis is when the brain is in the concentration and Meditation State giving off either Alpha or Theta brain waves. The mind is easily influenced during the delta and theta states in which voice can be a very powerful tool.

The subconscious mind is very powerful; in fact it is the connection between the conscious mind and the nervous system. Everything you have seen, experienced and felt is locked away in your subconscious. However, the conscious mind is much different, it is thinking about the here and now and is, in a way, trapped in the moment but it is also influenced by the subconscious. When a person has a bad habit it is because the conscious mind is often caught up in things that could have unhealthy consequences.

The subconscious is aware that the conscious mind is repeating what we know as bad habits. Therefore if certain suggestions are made during a state of hypnosis to the subconscious all kinds of behaviors can be influenced and bad habits can be broken. For example: if a person is a heavy smoker and they go to a hypnotist or hypnotherapist for help quitting the professional would offer suggestions to the subconscious mind of the patient that smoking is bad. Therefore when the person comes to they will not have a desire to smoke anymore.

Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of My-Personal-Growth.com, a site that provides information and articles for self improvement and personal growth and development.

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