1 (b) Find the next two terms and form of the general term for the following sequence: Solution: Step 1: The numbers increase by 3 at a time so the next two numbers in the sequence are 5 + 3 ...
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James Rolph and Hypnosis Without Trance. Unauthorised copying and distribution are prohibited
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Acknowledgements Acknowledge ments There have been many people who have assisted, both directly and indirectly, with the creation of this programme – I would especially like to thank the following: Anthony Jacquin, Nick Davies, Alan Whitton, Adam Cowming, Martin Matthews, Ian Mansell, Marcus Lewis, Peter Crossland, Lexi Rolph, Gary Colfer and Simon Goodlad.
Overview of Contents
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Welcome to the Programme
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What You Are Learning " "
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Maps and Belief Systems "
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Formal Hypnosis Altering Reality and Hypnotic Phenomena
Why Learn Hypnosis? "
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Hypnosis in The Real World The Origins of Hypnosis Without Trance Solving Problems
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Trance and Beyond " " " " " " " " "
‘Trance’ and the Special State Model How Useful is the Trance Model? Problems with the ‘Trance’ Frame Everyday Consciousness and the Organisation of Reality Hypnosis is a Process An Initial Definition of Hypnosis A Definition for ‘Trance’ Trance is not Hypnosis and Hypnosis is not Trance Trance as a Hypnotic Phenomena
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On Learning " " " " "
Theoretical Versus Practical Get Out There and Do Stuff! Error is Necessary for Learning Practising on Friends and Family The ‘Experiment’ Frame
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Definition of Hypnosis " " " " " " " " "
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The Hypnotic Partnership " " " " " " "
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The Classic Misconception Hypnosis is a Cooperative Process The Role of the Hypnotist The Role of the Subject The Importance of the Partnership Frame Introducing Buy-in Avoiding Resistance
The Ideodynamics Model " " " " " " " "
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Deeper into the Definition of Hypnosis Shifting Reality The Test for Hypnosis The Keys of Verbal and Non-verbal Communication Beliefs and Imagination Primacy of Beliefs The Power of Imagination An Enhanced Definition of Hypnosis The Hypnotist’s Job
Altered Subjective Realities (Hypnotic Phenomena) A Definition for ‘Ideodynamic’ Ideodynamic Categories Ideomotor Response and Application Ideosensory Response and Application Ideoemotive Response and Application Ideocognitive Response and Application Utilising the Ideodynamics Model
The Hypnotic Loop " " "
What is a Hypnotic Loop? How Hypnotic Loops Work Facilitating Loops
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Hypnotic Focus " " " " "
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Definition of Hypnotic Focus Hypnotic Focus and Critical Faculty Present and Anticipated Experience No Depth to Hypnotic Focus Recognising and Managing Competition for Focus
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Utilising the Hypnotic Loop Model Loop Entry Points Loop Awareness The Usefulness of Loop Thinking
Revisiting The Map Model Framing Some Examples of Framing Applying Framing to Hypnosis Framing for The Hypnotist Some Frames Are More Useful Than Others Experimenting and Playing With Frames Framing for the Subject Framing Beyond Hypnosis
Plausibility " " " "
The Importance of Plausibility Utilising the Plausibility Frame Building Plausibility Framing in Overt and Covert Hypnosis
Phase 1: Set-Up and Pre-framing Phase 2: Managing Buy-in Establishing Hypnotic Focus Phase 3: Generating, Testing and Managing the Loops Phase 4: Closing final loop and Handing Back Phase 5: Credit and Empowerment
The Importance of Step 1 Introducing Hypnosis Seeding the Idea Buy-in The Big Because Hooking Curiosity Cold ‘Street’ Approaches Eliciting the Subjects Position Framing Hypnosis as a Participatory Experience Looking and Listening for the Position WIIFM Framing The Clear and Congruent ‘Yes’ The ‘Not-Hypnosis’ Frame Introducing the Yes Set
The Importance of Step 2 Hypnotic Focus Revisited Buy-in and The Game Frame Red Flags and Green Flags Flag Tests Closed Questions and the Clear and Congruent ‘Yes’ Some Flag Test Questions – The Imagination Set Directional Flag Tests and Building Response Moving the Subject and Feeling the Response Physical Re-patterning – Taking the Subject out of their Game
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Witchdoctoring Visual Focussing Pacing Current Experience Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic Pacing Pacing and Leading Reinforcing Hypnotic Focus with Leading Paying Attention to Feedback Discouraging the Subject’s Commentary
Certainty and Intent Inside Knowledge Transferring Hypnotic Focus Working with the Hypnotic Loop Model Engaging Imagination Leading not Pushing Engaging Imagination with Metaphor Monitoring Focus Multiple Descriptions (Belt and Braces) Testing Necessity for Testing Soft and Hard Tests Digital and Analogue Test Escalating from Soft to Hard testing Testing to Reinforce the Loop Eliciting Reality Reports Leveraging the Principles of Commitment and Consistency Neuro-handles Watching for Physiological Response Escalating To a Very Strong Challenge When to Lead and When to Push
Expansion and Transference within the Same Category of Phenomenon Expanding Phenomena Transferring Phenomena (Same Category) Transferring Phenomena (Different Category) Reinforcing New Loops Following Transfer Managing Thinking Space Increasing Space as a Soft Test Pre-engineering Links Retro-engineering Links Retro-engineering (Same Category) Retro-engineering (Different Category) 11
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Phase 4: Closing final loop and Handing Back " " " "
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Nesting Hypnotic Loops The Hypnotic Ladder
The Necessity of a Closing Ritual The ‘Big Breath’ Close Demonstrate the Return to Reality The Past Tense Question
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Giving the Subject the Credit Giving the Gift of a Brighter Future Building Your Reputation The Win/Win Frame Avoiding the Svengali Frame (it will damage you!)
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Suggestions and Directions " " " " " "
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The Contrasting Structures of Direct and Indirect Suggestions The Function of Indirect Suggestion The Scale of Direct to Indirect When to be Direct and When to be Indirect
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The Difference between Suggestion and Direction When to Use Directions Directions for Testing and Building Responsiveness Directions for Practical Purpose The Key Element in Good Directions Communicating Directions
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The Focus of This Section On Learning Hypnotic Language
The 2 Levels of Information in Language Leveraging the Limits of Processing Power Bypassing the Critical Faculty Subordinate Clauses of Time Ordinal Numerals Use of “or” Awareness Predicates ‘ly’ Words Change of Time Phrases Commentaries
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Soft and Hard Linkage Forms ‘And’ Linkage ‘Connection in Time’ Linkage Hard Causal Linkage
Marking Out for the Unconscious Mind Using Tonality to Analogue Mark Embedded Command Other Forms of Analogue Marking Simple Analogue Marking
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The Question Reflex Open and Closed Questions Leading Questions and Clean Questions When to be Clean and when to Lead Uroborus Pattern Using Tonality to Turn Questions into Commands Tag Questions
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Creating Anticipation “Here’s the thing…” Anticipation = Receptivity “An interesting thing has just happened…” Paying Attention and Seeing the Anticipation
Stepping the Subject from their Standard Reality Dissociative Words
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Shifting Tense to Shift Reality Use of ‘Was’ to Dissociate Using ‘Was’ in therapy Generating Amnesia 14
The Difference Between Creating Associations and Pacing and Leading Creating in the Abstract Associations in Amplifying Experience Utilising Inevitable Experience Associations in Loop Transition Post-hypnotic suggestions The Classic Trance Trigger as an Example Post-hypnotic Suggestions for Entertainment Skits Post-hypnotic Suggestion in Therapy and Changework
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Words That Amplify ‘The More, The More’ pattern
Non-verbal Communication Cognitive Landscape Non-verbal Pacing in the Amnesia Sequence Clear and Congruent Gesture Pacing Gesture with Gesture Verbally Pacing the Non-verbal – “that’s right” Don’t Mirror! Pacing Through Shared Attention
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Show the Subject What You Want Pantomiming Struggle The Affect of Pantomime on Voice Tone Flourishing Use of Clicks to Create Moments Vocal Expression as a Vehicle for Suggestion
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How the ‘Divide and Conquer’ works Illustrating the Pattern Creating Confusion The ‘See-Saw’ effect
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The 3 Element Transition Model The 3 Elements in Loop Transition 3 Element Loop Transition Illustrated Detailing Element 1 - ‘in a moment, but not yet’ Detailing Element 2 – Association Detailing Element 3 – ‘Only as quickly’ pattern Using Element 3 to expand existing L Using only Elements 1 & 2 to Nest a Hypnotic Loop Using all 3 Elements to Nest a Hypnotic Loop The Safe Context for Effective Pre-engineering
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‘Try’ ‘Can’ ‘Allow’ Present continuous tense ‘Now’ A Digression on Playing with Time ‘As If’
Illustration the Pattern How it Works Evoking Consistency and Utilising Inflexibility of Thought
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The Positive/Negative Debate Positive And Negative Defined The Argument against Negative Suggestions The Argument Dismissed
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Positive Suggestions are Stronger Reinforcing Negatives with Positives Crafty Uses of Negative Structures
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Defining Congruence Believing in your Communication Being Congruent With Your Role as Hypnotist Believing Your Suggestions The Concept of Being ‘The Hypnotist’ Adjusting your Attitude to be The Hypnotist Method Acting the Role The Danger of Lacking Confidence Doing and Becoming
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Being Alive Within the Hypnotic Interaction The Problem with Scripts The T.O.T.E. Model The Steersman Utilisation Exemplifying Utilisation Utilisation through Pacing and Leading “That’s right … But…” Utilising Sounds to Engender Relaxation An Ericksonian Example A Calofian Example Pace and Erase using “But…
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Revisiting the Hypnotic Partnership Lead With Certainty Sending the right Meta-Message Developing a Functional Attitude Yin and Yang Balance
Introducing the Curiosity Frame The Function of the Curiosity Frame Establishing and Reinforcing Frames through Congruent Behaviour Going There First The Manner of Curiosity
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Internal Dialogue and Critical Faculty Giving the Internal Dialogue Something to Do Banishing Internal Dialogue Interspersing “Your thoughts are gone” Inviting Specific Analysis
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‘Control the Eyes, Control the Thought’ Mental Processing and Eye Accessing Curtailing Eye Accessing Curtails Thought Accessing Controlling Eye Movement if Amnesia Effects Eye Fixation Dampens the Critical Faculty
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Narration of Action is Pacing Absence of Narration Evokes the Critical Faculty Keeping the Experience within the Loop
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Commitment and Consistency Consistency Beyond the Moment The Classic Problem Utilising Reality Reports to Solve the Classic Problem
Misdirection for Distracting the ‘Conscious Mind’ How to Misdirect Getting them Out of their Own Way The Benefit of Confusion Overloading with Ambiguous Touches Filling the VAK Channels Overloading With Tasks
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“You don’t have to say anything” Laughter is a Green Flag Flattery Focussing Tip - “become fully absorbed” Focussing Tip – “wrapped around that single idea“ Create Practise Opportunities – Get Your 10’000 Hours!
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Workshop Demo " " " "
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Pub Hypnosis 1 " " "
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Hand to Table Stick Pint Glass to Table Stick Anti-drink Forcefield
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Playing Card Stick Hand to Head Stick Stuck to Chair Name Amnesia
Business Card Stick Hand to Head Stick £20 Challenge Stuck Feet Invisibility
