--The expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material usually during therapy.
--The act of repetitively affirming something to program or reprogram beliefs within the subconscious.
--Advancing someone in age level during a therapy session.
--A hypnotic technique used to guide a subject back in time (often to childhood) to relive an experience.
--To mirror someone's behavior (generally, physically) in order to move into the same line of sight and thought for the purpose of establishing rapport.
--The brainwave state associated with a light hypnotic state (8-14HZ) or beginning meditative state. Alpha is experienced when you doze off to sleep and as you awaken--also during daydreaming. This state of relaxed detached awareness is conducive for lucid and vivid visualization. But it's most important function as a brainwave state is that it provides a link between the conscious and subconscious mind. Generating alpha brainwaves is required for remembering dreams upon waking.
--States of consciousness prevalent during hypnosis, meditation or other trance inducing practices.
--A programmed stimulus (on sight, sound, word, or touch) that automatically triggers responses from the subconscious. Example: a programmed suggestion that the color blue makes you feel peaceful.
--Placing the suggestion in the subconscious during hypnosis to establish a trigger that elicits the desired response when the trigger is activated.
--Anton Mesmer's doctrine of attracting others in a physical or sensual way--mesmerism.
--Seeing the world from your own perspective.
--The same as self-hypnosis.
--Giving yourself suggestions to program or reprogram your subconscious.
--A therapeutic technique which utilizes suggestions that emphasize the negative aspects of continuing a habituated behavior in order to change the behavior.
--Bringing someone out of a trance state into a waking, alert state.
--The altering of a behavioral pattern.
--Normal, waking state produced by your thinking mind (15-40HZ). This is the state we are in as we go around functioning in the world.
--Rhythmic fluctuating electric impulses measured in hertz (HZ), which is per second cycles. They consist of beta (15-40HZ); alpha (8-14Z); theta (4-7HZ); and delta (0.5-3HZ). Measured brainwaves, essentially, tell us how fast our brain is going.
--A medium hypnotic trance state. The hypnotic state in which the subject is no longer aware of external stimuli.
--A series of suggestions designed to "condition" the subconscious mind to be more receptive to specific ideas.
--When your thoughts (consciously and subconsciously), feelings, and behaviors are in alignment with your goals.
--An optimal state of mind in which the creative process has the potential for peak efficiency. Also, the energetic force behind all movement and creation within the universe.
--Techniques used to deepen a hypnotic trance; such as: the "rigid arm" technique or the "hands clasped together" (and you can't pull them apart) technique.
--Unconscious reaction or response whose purpose is to protect the individual from anxiety-producing stimuli.
--Is the deep sleep or coma state (0.5-3.0HZ).
--Suggestion given to a subject as a command.
--Viewing the world or an event from outside oneself; to become separate from one's conscious awareness, identity, or physical feelings.
--When confronted with two alternative suggestions within a sentence, the person will likely respond to the stronger suggestion when the other suggestion is weaker.
--A branch of hypnosis named after Milton Erickson.
--The state of expecting or anticipating an outcome.
--An induction technique in which the subject stares at a fixed point or object.
--Associated; seeing the world from your own perspective.
--The point at which one's concentration is focused as directed by a hypnotist as part of the hypnosis process.
--The term used to describe someone who easily moves into a hypnotic trance.
--An induction technique which relaxes the whole body one area at a time in order to focus the mind and induce a deeply relaxed state of being.
--A therapy developed by Frederick Perls in which the sum or whole of the individual is greater than his/her constituent parts. The person is encouraged to release their emotions and to heal and integrate those parts of themselves that they may see as unaccepted/unwanted.
--A technique used to focus an individual's power of imagination on an imagined scene or journey.
--State of exaggerated suggestibility.
--A state of consciousness characterized by deep mental, physical, and emotional relaxation; focused concentration; and a slowing of brainwave activity into an alpha and, occasionally, a theta brainwave state. In this state, the highly suggestible subconscious mind comes to the forefront while the critical, judgmental conscious mind takes a back seat. Hypnosis is used in medical practices, therapy, and behavior modification.
--Someone trained in using hypnosis as a therapeutic tool.
--The use of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool.
--The theory or practice of hypnosis.
--Someone who guides another into a hypnotic state.
--Responses originating from the subconscious and manifested through finger signals or other physical means.
--Utilizing the power of the individual's imagination to bypass the critical conscious mind.
--These are suggestions that utilize metaphors or analogies to get a suggestion across that may be too difficult for a person to deal with directly.
--The part of the hypnotic process in which the subject is guided into a deeply relaxed hypnotic state. There are a variety of induction techniques.
--The science or study of muscles. Also, the testing of muscles to get answers or guidance for mental, emotional, or spiritual needs.
--Relating to the sense of touch or feeling.
--A hypnotist who uses a soft, nurturing approach.
--The philosophy of Franz Anton Mesmer which served as the forerunner for hypnosis.
--Aligning oneself in the same position or posture of a person in order to establish rapport.
--Studying and imitating the behavior of others who excel--the basis for Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
--The science of modeling people (studying and imitating) to produce similar results in others.
--Mirroring another's posture, behavior, and/or languaging to help build rapport.
--A hypnotist who uses an authoritative approach to hypnosis.
--A therapeutic technique by which a therapist guides a subject into a past life, real or imagined, to help understand or heal a current issue.
--A suggestion framed in such a way as to ask the subject for their permission to cooperate--"Allow yourself to relax completely."
--A suggestion given during a hypnosis session which is acted upon sometime after the hypnosis session.
--Progressively relaxing different areas of the body to help induce a deeply relaxed hypnotic state. Same as a fractional induction.
--A state of trust established between hypnotist and subject.
--Using a subject's imagination to imagine a different outcome for a past event.
--Guiding someone back in time during trance to relive a past event.
--Reliving a traumatic event from the past.
--Viewing events from the perspective of the person you are interacting with.
--Practicing hypnosis by oneself. Learning to move into a trance state without the guidance of a hypnotist.
--Someone who can go deeply into trance and experience complete anesthesia. Also, a sleepwalker.
--Hypnosis practiced on individuals or groups in front of an audience for the purpose of entertainment.
--The part of the mind that we are unaware of, the part of the mind that is intuitive and imaginative; artistic; uncritical; that holds all memories; that is the seat of our emotions; that directs the automatic functions of our bodies; heals us; and is the directing force of our being. That part of the mind interwoven with the Creative Level of Mind.
--A person who is undergoing hypnosis.
--Ideas given to the subconscious for the purpose of influencing behavior.
--The degree to which an individual is responsive to ideas given to them.
--The process of trading or replacing one symptom for another.
--The systematic imagining of a traumatic event over and over again with suggestions of feeling more relaxed each time to lessen the underlying feelings of anxiety.
--Brainwaves (4-7HZ) produced by the subconscious mind. Theta waves are present during dreaming and the REM (rapid eye movement) state. The theta state is also associated with memory, learning, and creativity. Theta waves are the key to opening the repository of our emotional "stuff." Theta is a deep hypnosis or meditative state.
--Viewing or witnessing events from an outside perspective.
--An altered state (alpha/theta) experienced in hypnosis.
--The process by which desires, emotions, and behaviors of one person are later shifted to another person--as from parent to child.
--A pre-programmed signal, something seen (like a color) or heard (word, phrase, or sound) or felt, that "triggers" a specific response.
--The repressed psychological material held within the subconscious mind and any other material held within the subconscious of which we are unaware.
--The process of imagining mental images to help create or change awareness or behavior.
--A trance state achieved without the benefit of induction. Natural Hypnosis. Examples: reading; watching television; driving a car; painting, etc. Any highly focused state where the mind is focused on one thing to the exclusion of all else.
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