subject: Covert Hypnosis - How To Hypnotize Someone Using Covert Or Converstional Hypnosis [print this page] Covert Hypnosis - How To Hypnotize Someone Using Covert Or Converstional Hypnosis
Being in a state of hypnosis refers to a state of consciousness where the person being hypnotized is increasingly responsive to suggestions by means of covert hypnosis. Hypnotized folk can receive ideas, even though he is still wide awake, in other words they are not sleeping.
Hypnosis can be used to cure a number of addictions such as overating. Psychiatrists have been using various methods of hypnosis for a number of decades. One of the most reviewed and studied, is the techniques used in conversational hypnosis.
Dr Milton Erikson, a eminent analyst celebrated for his unusual techniques of studying the humand mind, pioneered the idea of covert hypnosis. Dr Erickson initially used the more established practice of hypnosis whereby the hypnotist uses a direct or rigid methodology, making use of suggestions and directions to get an individual to concentrate and focus on what the hypnotherapist is saying.
The patient focuses on the hypnotherapist's words and instructions to fall into the hypnotized state in established hypnosis. Due to the nature of established hypnosis, patients could become resistant and suggestions could be less effective.
Covert, or converstional hypnosis is more subtle. Erikson found that the unconscious mind is never in a turned off state, so it can be put into a hypnotized condition quite simply.
Erikson mastered the technique of placing folk into a hypnotized state with ordinary behavior, and a series of oral and tacit techniques.
By merely chatting to the patient, Erikson was able to induce a state of hypnosis in the patient. By just talking to the patient, Erikson was able to induce a state of hypnosis in the patient. The directives he made would appeal to the patients subconscious and alleviate the pressure by making the patient more involved in the process. If the patient wanted to stop smoking, Erikson would state something along the lines of "You can quit smoking".
He used a range of additional tactics to induce a trance in his patients. He believed that by confusing the patient's conscious mind, they would use their subconscious to make sense of what was being said. The use of long-winded word patterns and sentences were some of the methods Erikson made use of to achieve this state of puzzlement.
Another method Erikson made use of to create confusion was the handshake interruption method. By interrupting the normal flow of the handshake, the patients mind would close down and they would go into a hypnotized state.
As the label implies, under covert hypnosis, the patient is possibly utterly unaware that they are being hypnotized. The idea that the problem has been fixed is implanted in to the patients subconscious mind.
