by Steve Adams 11 years ago
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The only difference between clinical and stage hypnosis is the outcome.
Clients will come to a hypnotherapist for an outcome that usually involves an internal change. The preframe for the sessions might include highlighting the difference between the two.
Rapport is a vital part of any hypnosis session, and NLP has some great tools and techniques you can use for building rappoert.
There is a huge range of sopund equipment available on the internet, and your choice will depend on the size venues you intend working. A radio mic system is ideal, for both demos and street hypnosis as it wilol make a huge difference to the quality of sound if being recorded on video.
Demonstrations of hypnosis are not covered by the 1952 Hypnosis Act.
Demos are a really great marketing tool, and if done well will almost certainly lead to new clients.
Demonstrating some simple suggestibility tests, and rapid inductions, then providing the demo subjects with positive suggstions (Confidence, refresehd, powerful, empowered etc) will strengtehn the audiences belief system.
At the end of the demo, it's an idea to ask each individual person what their own experince was like. This will confirm everything you said in your pretalk, and show thatthe experience of hypnosis is a very pleasant one.
These tests apply both tostage and clinical, although clinical suggestibility tests tend to more gentle, and are carried out during the induction process rather than before a session.
There are a great number of these tests, and its a matter of personal; preference which ones you use.
The eye lock test is a great way of ensuring the client is responding to your suggestions, and strengthens the clients belief system.
The language models used in hypnosis play a vital part in succesful inductions, and successful lasting change work.
The Meta model is useful for obtaining very detailed specific informatio about the clients issue. Remember that the presenting problem may not be the real issue.
Secondatry gain can be exp[lored using the meta model.
The Milton model was created as a result of the founders of NLP, Richard Bandler and John Grinder studying the work of Milton erickson, a very successful hypnotherapist.
Clean language is a further tool developed initially by David Grove, where you can allow the client to disclover more information about a specific issue using very simple questions, leading to the client creating a metaphor for their issue, which can then be incorporated into a hypnosis session.
