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clients have learned that the therapist can be
respond to, utilize and redirect that
trusted, then the therapist can begin to direct
uniqueness. Individualize your therapy to
them toward topics and experiences that they
meet the needs of the client. Re-education
otherwise would avoid.
occurs in terms of the client's life
experiences, his understandings, memories
Therapists who insist that everything
and attitudes; it cannot occur in terms of the
they present is good and acceptable - and
therapist's opinions of how the client
must be accepted because it is always
should live their life! induce hypnotic subjects, in response to
hypnotic suggestions, to perform acts of an
Give the client complete freedom, or
objectionable character, even though many
create an illusion of complete freedom. You
of the suggested acts were acceptable to
can give the client a feeling of choice even
them under circumstances of waking
though you are determining it. Effective
consciousness. Apparently, in attempting to
therapists seem to be especially adept at
induce felonious behavior by hypnosis, the
presenting information within a context that
danger lies not in the possibility of success,
has personal significance or importance.
but in the risk to the hypnotist himself.
They allow their clients to experience things
that demonstrate the truth of what they are The subjects demonstrated a full
saying in a direct and undeniable fashion. capacity and ability for self-protection, ready
Clients learn things that are therapeutic; they and complete understanding with critical
are not cured by therapists, the therapy judgement, avoidance, evasion or complete
process is always a learning process. Always rejection to instrumentalization by the
avoid perfectionistic drives and wishes on hypnotist, and for aggression and retaliation,
the part of the clients and motivate them to direct and immediate, against the hypnotist
begin with the achievement of lesser goals. for his objectionable suggestions and
Achieving the lesser goal creates a more commands. Neither is hypnosis injurious or
confident output of effort that leads to detrimental to the subject in any way, nor
reaching larger and more significant goals. can it be used for anti-social or criminal
As we begin to think of ourselves as purposes.
educators, the utilization of technique and
Briefly, there are not injurious or
the general set of underlying attitudes
detrimental effects upon the subject other
becomes more comprehensible and usable.
than those that can develop in any other
The major shortcut to the process of normal interpersonal relationship; hypnosis
gaining access to the client's subconscious is cannot be used for anti-social or criminal
hypnosis. Hypnosis can accelerate the purposes. In over 30 years of experimental
therapist's understandings of and response to and clinical work with hypnosis I have not
the messages sent by the client's been able to discover any harmful effects....
subconscious.
Milton Erickson, M.D.
QUOTES FROM MILTON ERICKSON,
Hypnosis does not create new abilities.
M.D.
All hypnotic phenomena depend upon the
Because subjects remain the same people
use of normal capacities in new ways.
when hypnotized, their tendency to protect
Similarly, hypnosis does not create
themselves remains operative as well. For
automatons who respond unthinkingly to
this reason, hypnosis cannot usually be used
any and all suggestions. Subjects will reject
for destructive or harmful purposes with
suggestions that they find unacceptable.
normal individuals, even unintentionally.
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Milton Etickson, M.D.
One hundred percent of normal people
The findings disclosed consistently the
are hypnotizable. It does not follow that one
failure of all experimental measures to
hundred percent are hypnotizable by any one The subject cannot be forced to do things
individual at any given time. Practically all against his will, but rather he can be aided in
normal people can be hypnotized, though achieving desired goals. We both know that
not necessarily by the same person, and the knowledge is in your subconscious mind.
practically all people can learn to be Your subconscious will know what to do
hypnotists. and how to do it.
Milton Erickson, M.D. Milton Erickson, M.D.
Any really cooperative subject may be Anyone who sets out to become an
hypnotized regardless of whether he is a effective Hypnotherapist is undertaking an
normal person, a hysterical neurotic or a incredibly difficult and complex journey.
psychotic schizophrenic client. Gaining the perspective and skill necessary
to engage in effective hypnotherapy is, in
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and of itself, a monumental endeavor.
Adding the task of becoming a proficient
You cannot hypnotize any client who is hypnotist who can use the hypnotic process
subconsciously unwilling to be hypnotized. in a therapeutic setting probably magnifies
Any unwillingness on the part of the several times the effort and dedication
subjects will cause them to become required.
unresponsive and to awaken.
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Milton Erickson, M.D.
The whole field of hypnotic research is
In the light of present day knowledge still so undeveloped that there is very little
hypnotism is looked upon in intelligent general understanding either of how to
circles as a normal though unusual and little hypnotize a subject satisfactorily, or of how
understood phenomenon of the human mind, to elicit the hypnotic phenomena which are
dependent wholly upon the cooperation of to be studied, after the subject has been
the subject, and which can be practiced by satisfactorily hypnotized.
anybody willing to learn the psychological
The readiness to accept and to examine
principles and techniques involved.
each item of behavior that seems related to
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hypnosis is most important, we need to take
the attitude that there are things we do not
know or understand, and because we do not
I am not greatly concerned about the
understand them, we ought not attempt to
depth of trance the client is in because I find
offer comprehensive formulations of
that one can do extensive and deep
hypnosis as a total phenomenon, but rather
hypnotherapy in the light trance as well as in
endeavor to identify manifestations as such
the deeper medium trance. One merely needs
and examine their relation to each other.
to know how to talk to a client in order to
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secure therapeutic results.
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The able hypnotist is the one who is able
to adapt technique to the personality needs
of each subject. Thus, some subjects want to fundamental problem facing us all, i.e., how
be dominated, others coaxed, still others to overcome our client's feelings of
persuaded. A good Hypnotherapist varies the helplessness in specific situations and train
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