subject: Covert Hypnosis--make Sure You're Using The Proper Hypnosis Techniques [print this page] Covert hypnosis is an art that is often not understood. The reason why so many covert hypnosis courses misrepresent hypnosis tactics is because the persuasion strategies portrayed are taken from therapy. This means that there are some covert hypnosis teachers teaching people that therapeutic language patterns can be taken outside of clinical settings and applied to the power of persuasion.
This is entirely untrue. You can not use hypnosis techniques that were intended for one function and apply them to an entirely different purpose. It is a fact that this is subject to debate, but what is even more true is that you can easily verify this for yourself by simply attempting to use therapeutic hypnosis tactics to hypnotize people out of of clinical settings. You will immediately notice that you simply do not get any results.
Most people, however, continue to use Ericksonian hypnosis for persuasion in spite of the fact they aren't profiting from these hypnosis techniques that were created for therapy. The reason people keep trying to use conversational hypnosis is because they believe the reason why they are failing to get any results is due to a lack of mastery of the hypnosis techniques on their part. True, it does take a very long time to perfect Ericksonian hypnosis techniques, but no matter how much time and energy you spend perfecting Ericksonian hypnosis techniques, you will never be able to use this kind of hypnosis for anything that it was not initially created for.
Ericksonian hypnosis was invented for the purposes of therapy. Milton Erickson cured people of headaches and helped people with chronic pain. Of course, there is absolutely nothing improper with using hypnosis for therapeutic reasons, because it can help people live improved and more satisfying lives. However, as far as the power of persuasion goes, we must use the type of hypnosis that was invented for persuasion to help us with the power of persuasion.
People have wasted thousands of dollars and have spent countless hours attempting to master Conversational Hypnosis for the wrong reasons. This is why over the last decade, many covert hypnosis experts have forsaken conversational hypnosis and have begun to master the disguised forms of hypnosis, as it's the invisible forms of hypnosis that are most suitable for the power of persuasion.
If you take a shark out of the ocean, the shark will die because it has been removed from its environment. This same principle applies to Ericksonian hypnosis because out of a clinical setting, Ericksonian hypnosis will die and will not yield any results within the realm of covert hypnosis because it is a form of hypnosis taken out of its environment. This means that in order for hypnosis techniques to work, that you must contemplate if the type of hypnosis you are going to use was initially invented for the outcomes you are trying to achieve.
