//NLP Hypnosis


What does Hypnosis have to do with NLP? 

Hypnosis seems to be a subject that causes fear in a lot of people as they think that if they look into someone’s eyes they can be hypnotised, will have no recollection of what happened and be made to do silly things.  This is all a complete fallacy.  All hypnosis is self hypnosis and no-one can hypnotise anyone else.  In fact the use of the term ‘hypnotherapist’ is a bit of a misnomer. 

 

We all experience varying levels of trance throughout a normal day.  The deepest of those is sleep but there are plenty of other levels in an awakened state.  For example, have you ever been driving down the motorway and suddenly realised you are two junctions further on that you thought?  Have you got to the end of a TV programme and realised you don’t really know what happened in the story?  What about the ironing trance, the washing up trance, the gazing out the window trance? 

 

The main purpose of a formal induction is to communicate with the bit of your brain that has the answers to the things you want help with.  Sometimes the logical, conscious brain gets in the way and so hypnosis or trance just allows you or the practitioner to speak directly to the bit with the answers undisturbed.

 

If you close your eyes now you will still hear what is going on around you, be thinking about what to have for tea and whether you locked the door on your way out of the house this morning.  That’s exactly the same as in any level of trance or ‘hypnosis’.

 

The other bit that seems to scare people is the fear that ‘I’ll be made to do things I don’t want to do’.  No-one can make you do anything you don’t want to do.  In a formal hypnotic induction it is your choice whether or not you follow the instructions to allow you to be more relaxed and reach a deeper level of trance or not.  Whatever the level, you are in complete control of your mind and body and can make the decision to open your eyes or move around if you wish. 

 

Hypnosis is a wide and varied subject so during the NLP Practitioner course you learn a selection of methods of trance induction. Concentrating on how and when to use hypnotic techniques, and how to understand the power and benefits of trance work in connecting with your unconscious mind, you learn to both elicit and experience deep trance phenomena in a fun and safe environment. You will be amazed just how easily you can induce trance in others and yourself at a deeper and deeper level.

 

By the end of the course you will:


           * Be able to utilise self-hypnosis

           * Carry out suggestibility tests

           * Understand the different levels of hypnotic trance

           * Be able to include post-hypnotic suggestions

           * Have a practical knowledge of deepening techniques

           * Understand the power of stories and metaphor

           * Be able to utilise deep trance phenomena

           * Demonstrate group trance inductions

           * Have a background to the history of hypnosis

The hypnosis element of the NLP Practitioner course is a fully certificated and comprehensive programme that matches and adheres to international standards, recognised by the American Board of Hypnotherapy. Stephen Bates is a Registered Hypnotherapist and has been designated as an Approved Instructor of Hypnotherapy. Certain Change is also an Approved School of Hypnosis by the American Board of Hypnotherapy.

 

By the time you reach NLP Master Practitioner level, having already got a strong grounding in hypnosis with permissive and Ericksonian techniques, Master Practitioner Hypnosis looks more deeply into a number of areas including direct authoritarian methods from George Estabrooks and Dave Elman as well as progressive test inductions, direct and indirect deepening techniques and post hypnotic suggestions. 

 

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