My Thoughts On Conversational Hypnosis

by Josephine Minton on July 6, 2010

Communication is indeed a tool that can be very powerful. This can be illustrated in the case of conversational hypnosis. Conversational hypnosis is a process wherein a person’s initial perception is altered with regards to the problem that is being faced.

The main principle in conversational hypnosis is interaction.

A session of conversational hypnosis usually starts with a stage called the affinity. Hypnosis only works if there is rapport that exists between the hypnotist and the patient.

This rapport is fostered with the hypnotist expressing to the patient that he empathizes with the patient.

To drive home the point, let’s say that a hypnotist is working with an agoraphobic person to address his fear of being in crowds. When the patient tells the hypnotist that “it is very hard to be in his situation”, the hypnotist should say in return that “I do understand what you’re going through. Yes, it is hard”.

After the hypnotist has established rapport with the patient, they can now delve deeper into the process of conversational hypnosis through distraction.

This stage of the hypnosis involves the patient trying to sway the mind of the patient to think of something else other than the problem. This is often done by asking several questions that spur the interest of the patient.

To follow through with the example I made before, in order for the hypnotist to distract the patient, he can ask something along the lines of “what do you think it would be like if you lived all alone on this planet?”

Those questions do not have to make any sense as long as the patient gets to stop thinking of his problem for the time being.

The final step is the proposition. Once the hypnotist successfully leads the patient to think of something else, then the hypnotist can introduce different suggestions to finally solve the problem.

The hypnotist can include different suggestions such as saying that “life would be better if he talked to people once in awhile”.

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