Hypnotherapy & Self-Hypnosis

Hypnotize Yourself for Weight-loss & Self-Help

Hypnosis (from the Greek hypnos, "sleep") is often thought to be "a trance-like state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject."

Self-hypnosis usually consists of writing or adapting a script to induce hypnosis (including suggestions to help with specific problems), recording the script, and playing the tape to induce a hypnotic state. In order for hynosis to work, the subject must completely trust the source of the suggestion or be subconsciously convinced by a calm authoritative tone. That's one of the reasons that self-hypnosis is considered safe, even when done by inexperienced people -- most everyone trusts their own voice as an authority!

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Here are a few good articles on weight loss hypnosis, hypnosis training, and self- hypnosis:

In Praise of Primal
Just added to Uncommon Knowledge - 'In Praise of the Primal Lifestyle', in which Mark Tyrrell takes a look at the movement towards 'paleo' living and how it might help us all be healthier and happier in a time when many of us have strayed far from our 'roots'.
How to create stories for therapy – Clear Thinking 85
3 story generating strategies to boost your therapeutic effectiveness The right story at the right time can facilitate psychological and even physical healing. It?s possible that the ancient traditions of storytelling so rich and rife in all cultures may have been the earliest form of psychotherapy as well as vehicles for ...
Using the environment to influence people – Clear Thinking 84
Hypnosis Master Series: Learn how susceptible we are to environmental influence, and how you can use this to be a better therapist Research has shown that a subtle background aroma of cleaning liquid in the air influences people to be perceptibly cleaner and tidier than they would otherwise be. Another fascinating piece ...
How to use surprise in hypnosis inductions – Clear Thinking issue 83
3 clever ways to use subtle shock to create more effective hypnosis inductions I once wanted to win a toy on the rifle range at the fair. To win, I had to fire wet sponge pellets at a cuckoo clock bird. If I fired when the doors were shut, the pellet ...
Setting goals in therapy – Clear Thinking issue 82
5 ways to maximize client motivation towards your therapy goals Have you ever set a therapeutic goal for a client, had them agree to it, and then? find they?ve done nothing at all about it at their next session? To escape from a problem state (whether a burning ...
How beliefs work – Clear Thinking 81
In this article I?m going to talk about some of the ways in which people come to believe the things they do; how brainwashing works and the distinction you can make between belief based on emotional conditioning and knowledge based on real experience. When you understand how belief systems operate ...
Uncommon Knowledge newsletter announcement
Sorry folks, but due to illness in the production team, there will be no Clear Thinking on Tues 3rd Nov. If you're dying to read something uncommon, why not take a look at the now-extensive Hypnosis Master Series We very much hope to be back on track for the next issue ...
Why Ericksonian hypnosis is the best – Clear Thinking 80
3 smart ways to make your hypnosis work better A teenage boy finds his burly father desperately failing to push a reluctant cow into a barn. The young lad, weak from a recent bout of polio, comes up behind the recalcitrant cow and firmly tugs on its tail. The cow immediately ...
How to treat depression the easy way – Clear Thinking 79
3 steps you MUST take when treating depression Depression is a scary word. The prospect of treating depression without drugs feels daunting to many therapists. But we can really be optimistic when treating depressed people. Why? Because antidepressant medication doesn?t significantly outperform placebos (1); and doesn?t work at all for two thirds of people ...
3 simple secrets of hypnotic language mastery – Clear Thinking 78
How can a few simple exercises supercharge your hypnosis language skills? Have you ever heard someone use hypnotic language so masterfully that part of you just went, ?Wow! How on earth do you get to be that good??? Perhaps it was just a single phrase uttered by the hypnotist that completely flipped ...