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Hypnosis -- The Simple Truth Exposed
By Alan B. Densky, CH
THE DEFINITION OF SELF HYPNOSIS: Self-Hypnosis is a state of hyper-suggestibility where the consciousness and the subconscious dissociate. It is an altered state of consciousness where the Read more...
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Stage Hypnosis Versus Hypnotherapy
Stage has certainly established its place in the world of entertainment. For the most part, this does nothing to negate, deny, or belittle the success or the reputation of clinic hypnotherapy.
Without question, the two procedures are very different. Stage is done in a very spectacular way, and is meant to achieve impact. Grandiosity and exaggerated gestured are used for maximum effect, and the entire process is conducted in a very loud and imposing way. This is necessary in this arena because the stage hypnotist is expected to put on a show for a large audience.
Stage hypnotists will often have their participants do very bizarre things on stage, also for impact. This can range from barking like a dog, to thinking they’re Elvis Presley. By contrast, hypnotherapy uses a very different, very subtle approach in achieving the state of hypnosis, and hypnotherapy is used for a very different purpose.
The extravagance that is applied in stage is not in any way indicative of what hypnotherapy is or can do for someone. Unfortunately there is sometimes an uncomfortable relationship between stage hypnotists and hypnotherapists. There are some therapists that believe stage hypnotism gives hypnotherapy a bad image. Stage hypnotists would retort that it is they who demonstrate the powers of to the masses, and that therapists should be grateful for this.
Of course if a person’s perception of is based solely on their exposure to stage hypnosis, then they obviously will have a very inaccurate or incomplete perception. However I believe that most people today understand that there is a difference between using as a means of entertainment, and using it as an effective treatment.
When mature adults make a conscious choice to seek the entertainment value of a stage performance, and choose to participate to whatever extent they are comfortable with, I don’t see a problem. At best, people will understand and embrace the difference between stage
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The Application Of Hypnosis In Learning And Behavior Modification
By Robert Greenshields
It might not be a far fetched statement to say that hypnosis is one of the most misunderstood and possibly misused techniques in today’s self-help arena. It has been shrouded in a mystique that has Read more...
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Effecting Changes Through Hypnosis
By Intelligence Understood
Even if we don't want to admit it, we all have something that we would like to change about ourselves. Lets face it - no one is perfect. Each of us, no matter how great of a person we are, could do Read more...
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