LAWS OF

SUGGESTIBILITY

LAW OF ASSOSIATION

10 WORDS OF AUTOSUGGESTIBILITY

LAW OF REVERSE ACTION LAW OF REPETITION

REPEATING THE
ACTION/INSTRUCTION

LAW OF DOMINANCE LAW OF DELAYED ACTION

AUTHORITY TRIGGER
 PRE TEST

HYPNOSIS PRE-TEST
WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF HYPNOSIS? TAKE THE FOLLOWING
TEST AND GRADE IT

(CIRCLE ONE)

1. ANYONE OF REASONABLE INTELLIGENCE CAN BE HYPNOTIZED. TRUE FALSE

2. ONLY WEAK-MINDED PEOPLE CAN BE HYPNOTIZED. TRUE FALSE
3. YOU CAN STOP SMOKING WITH HYPNOSIS. TRUE FALSE
4. THE HYPNOTHERAPIST CONTROLS YOUR MIND. TRUE FALSE
5. YOU ARE ASLEEP IN HYPNOSIS. TRUE FALSE
6. YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE DO THINGS IN HYPNOSIS. TRUE FALSE
7. YOU CAN GET STUCK IN HYPNOSIS. TRUE FALSE
8. STRONG-MINDED PEOPLE ARE NOT GOOD SUBJECTS. TRUE FALSE
9. MILITARY PEOPLE ARE EASY TO HYPNOTIZE. TRUE FALSE
10. ONLY ABOUT 40% OF SOCIETY CAN BE HYPNOTIZED. TRUE FALSE
11. HYPNOSIS IS LIKE A TRUTH SERUM. TRUE FALSE
12. YOU MUST BE DEEPLY RELAXED TO BE HYPNOTIZED. TRUE FALSE
13. ALL HYPNOTISTS MUST HAVE A STRONG MIND. TRUE FALSE
HOW DID YOU DO?
 INTRODUCTION

The best way to describe what hypnosis is would simply be

“being open to suggestion“. If you think of it, throughout your
day you are either open or rejecting. There is not halfway,
therefore you are in a light state of hypnosis most of your life.

Read the following paragraph and see how the mind seems to
figure things out…

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When you read you do not read every single letter. Your mind has the ability to skim over the
words and make an assessment of what it must be. This is usually done in speed reading.
 HISTORICAL DATES AND PEOPLE 1734 -1815: Dr. Franz Anton
Mesmer - Mesmer's dissertation at the University of Vienna (M.D.,
1766), suggested that the gravitational attraction of the planets
affected human health by affecting an invisible fluid found in the
human body and throughout nature. In 1775 Mesmer revised his
theory of “animal gravitation” to one of “animal magnetism,”
wherein the invisible fluid in the body acted according to the laws
of magnetism. According to Mesmer, “animal magnetism” could
be activated by any magnetized object and manipulated by any
trained person.

1784: Count Maxime discovered a form of deep trance he called

somnambulism.
1795-1860: James Braid - British surgeon and a pioneer investigator
of the term hypnosis who did much to divorce that phenomenon
from prevailing theories of animal magnetism.

1808-1859: A British surgeon in India, James Esdail, performed

2,000 operations, even amputations - with the patients under
hypno-anesthesia which is feeling no pain.

1857-1926: Another Frenchman, Emile Coue, pioneered the use of

autosuggestion and affirmations e.g. 'Day by day in every way I am
getting better and better'.

1901-1980: Milton H. Erickson MD, the recognized leading

authority on clinical hypnosis, a master of indirect hypnosis, was
able to put a person into a trance without even mentioning the
word hypnosis.
1958: The Catholic Church accepted hypnosis as a legitimate therapy.
1958: British Hypnotherapy founded.
1962: A brain operation was performed under hypnosis in Indianapolis
in the US.
1968: The British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis was founded,
exclusively for medical doctors and dentists
 TYPE OF PHYSICAL (NON ANALYTUICAL)

SUGGESTIBILITY EMOTIONAL (ANALYTICAL)

SOMNAMBULISTS

THE PURPOSE OF SUGGESTIBILITY TEST

1. To classify subjects - The suggestibility test allows you to

evaluate your client as to their level of how open they are. Are
they hesitant, rebellious or extremely open to suggestions?

2. A preconditioning tool - The tests will warm up your client

and prepare them for the upcoming session. If done properly,
with enough confidence, they will create a state of expectancy
in the client which will be very favourable for you.

3. Provides clues - As a result of the subject’s response you’ll

be supplied with the clues that will tell you whether they are
analytical or not analytical thereby showing you the best
inductions and procedures to use for the session
 Finger Exercise

“Sit back comfortably in your chair, lift both your hands and
clasp them together as if you are praying … extending your
index fingers upwards holding them about an inch to an inch
and a half apart. Concentrate on the space in between your
fingers and as you concentrate on that space I want you to
imagine that I am placing a big thick tan rubber band around
your fingertips, and as I let go of the rubber band, you notice
how it’s pulling your fingers closer and closer together, closer
and closer … tighter and tighter. Imagine that rubber band
pulling them tighter and tighter and closer and closer as your
fingers come closer together … imagine the rubber band
clearly, as your fingers come closer and closer together until
they eventually touch … and once they touch you can put your
hands down.”

Non-analytical response: The fingers move together and touch.

Analytical response: The fingers do not move at all or very
little.

There are three results for this test. If your client's fingers go
together fairly quickly they are considered non analytical. If
they stay straight up and do not go together at all or they move
just a little bit then they are analytical. In some cases their
fingers will actually go the opposite direction. In this case it
usually means that your client is either fighting your
suggestions or is still very nervous or scared. If this happens
you should take a few moments to find out what is going on
such as what they are afraid of or why are they resisting you.
As you can see as a result of this test there is no pass or fail…
No matter how they respond the test tells you much about
their makeup
 ANALYTICAL VS. NON ANALYTICAL

NON-ANYLITICAL - There are two basic ways of doing this, in most

cases all we have to do is relax the mind which will work for about
80% of society. These are who are called the “non-analytical” people.
This is very similar to when you come home after a long day of work,
you sit back in the recliner, turn on the TV and just let yourself
escape into your favourite television show or listen to your favourite
music giving your mind a rest. During the middle of this deep
relaxation, your child comes in and asks you if he or she can have a
cookie. You were so relaxed you may mumble something but not
even realize that they were there.
Some people call this “zoning out”. It’s just that simple; by relaxing
totally, suggestions are able to get past the conscious mind into the
subconscious where they can be acted upon.

ANALYTICAL - As for the other 20% of society, they are classified as

analytical people. The analytical mind is one that is very difficult to
relax. It enjoys keeping itself busy. By using relaxation techniques it
will become bored or restless and in most cases will not react
favourably to deep relaxation. With these people, you want to use a
different technique which is keeping their minds busy or occupied.
Imagine yourself trying to do your taxes and have a conversation
with a child at the same time especially if you are on a deadline, you
find yourself so focused on your job that it is almost impossible to
keep both things going at once. In order to finish your taxes, you
must focus on it, neglecting the conversation or the other way
around. This is the same principle we use to hypnotize the analytical
mind. We give it a job to do. Imagine the guard writing facts and
figures on a blackboard … As he is doing his task you are simply
walking behind him carrying the suggestions into the room to the
subconscious mind. The conscious mind knows you’re there, it can
hear you and even see you but it is so involved in the task that it is
doing that it allows you to go past with little to no hindrance
whatsoever.
. Remember, for analytical clients you should keep their minds busy
rather than relaxing them. The way the induction is designed is to
give the client something to think about, such as a task that they
must complete. The way the analytical mind works is that when it is
given a task, it is determined to finish it at all costs so while they
begin the task, you simply begin to read your suggestions to them.
They will hear you but not pay attention to what you are saying
because they are focused on the job given to them. This way your
suggestions go directly to the subconscious mind with little to no
interference.

It is important to understand before we begin instruction on this

section that approximately 80% of society is non-analytical and
approximately 20% of society is analytical. Now even though only
20% of society is analytical, the analytical session is effective on
everyone. The reason for this is that the purpose of the analytical
session is designed to keep your clients’ mind busy in giving them a
task to do while you are simultaneously delivering the helpful
suggestions that they require. It is very simple to keep someone’s
mind busy and it can be done to anybody however not everyone can
relax or even enjoys relaxing.
 STEPS OF SELF HYPNOSIS

INDUCE

Induction refers to preparation of the mind to go into a hypnotic

trance.
DEPTH TEST
DEEPENING

The process through which the mind enters somnabulistic or deep

state of trance or focused attention within the subconscious.

ANALYTICAL VEHICLE
SCRIPT
The mind and body are are in deep state of trance and completely
relaxed, acutely aware of subconscious mind and able to sort
information there in.

AUTOSUGGESTION
Auto suggestions are trigger words that trigger and sustain the
desired changes n the mind.

SURFACE
The process of bringing your awareness and focus back to your
presesnt ,awake moment.

all you need to remember for these self hypnosis steps is the acronym, IDEAS..
 Inductions are the various ways used to relax the subjects and
assist them to become open to suggestions. There are many
different ways to get them there and they are limited only to your
imagination.
A depth test is exactly what it sounds like, an exercise that is used
to find out what level of hypnosis a subject is in. You will learn
about all the different levels of hypnosis in the next section.

To the average client or outsider when listening to a hypnosis

session it may seem as if there is no rhyme or reason why you say
certain things at certain times, that the success or failure of a
session depends on sheer luck or how they would be feeling at a
certain time.
This is far from the truth, as there is a science to bringing
someone into hypnosis. The trained hypnotherapist can bring the
client to the exact level of hypnosis he or she needs to be at, for
the specific subject they are being hypnotized for. The way this is
done is through depth tests.
 DEEPENERS There are many different levels of
suggestibility and depending on why they are being
hypnotized, you may have to take your clients to a deeper
level at times. An example would be that in order to be
operated on (someone without medication) you will need to
take them to a much deeper level than if you were simply
hypnotizing them for smoking cessation which can be done
in a very light stage. In order to bring someone DEEPER we
have many vehicles that can be used. The whole concept of
going DEEPER is relative … How do you actually go
“deeper”? Does anyone really know how? Is there such a
thing? It’s hard to really define but by having a client
successfully complete a task given them, the expectancy of
being successful tends to relax them more, or open them up
more than they were before

ANALYTICAL VEHICLES When hypnotizing an analytical

subject use one of the keep busy analytical vehicles to keep
their mind busy as you are giving them suggestions. You are
keeping their conscious mind occupied during the exercise
while you are speaking directly to the subconscious mind
that always hears and pays attention.
HYPNOSIS
SCRIPTING
 INDUCTIONS

Progressive Relaxation (Non-analytical)

read ....(pause)

Close your eyes and relax. Take a deep breath … and now take a
second deep breath … very good, on your third deep breath, hold it
for about three seconds … and exhale and relax.

I’m going to have you relax, every part of your body starting from the
top of your head all the way down to the bottom of your feet …

and as you relax each part of your body, I’d like you to use
your imagination … visualize … and even feel … each part of
your body relax and let go completely …each part of your
body, starting with the top of your head … your scalp ...and
your forehead … your eyebrows... and your eyelids … and feel
that relaxation going down through your cheeks and your
nose … just so.

...relax your mouth and especially... relax...all those muscles

around your mouth and lips … relax and make sure your
teeth are not clenched together … and just relax … relax your
chin and your jaw … and allow all of those muscles in your
face to just let go..relax

… now your neck relaxes … starting with the front part of

your neck … and the back part of your neck … relaxes..all the
way down to your shoulders … just feel your shoulders relax
completely … get rid of any tension that might be in your
shoulder area … it must feel good to do that …

and your arms relax … starting with your upper arms … going
down to your elbows … relax your wrists … your hands … and
even the fingers just relax and let go …
 INDUCTIONS

Progressive Relaxation (Non-analytical)

Notice how deep and regular your breathing has become …

so much more than just a few moments ago when we began … feel your
breathing … feel the rhythm of your breathing …

notice the contraction and expansion of your diaphragm and your chest … and
allow your chest muscles to relax completely … all the way down to your
stomach … just feel your stomach muscles relax and let go … get rid of any
tension that might be in that area … just allow everything to let go completely
…

and your back muscles relax … those larger muscles in the upper part of your
back … going down your spinal column … into your lower back … and allow all
those smaller muscles in the lower part of your back to relax as well …

and your hips relax … and especially your legs … starting with your thighs …
your knees … and feel that relaxation going down into your calves … and your
ankles … relax your feet … and even your toes just relax completely … as you
begin to drift into a deep relaxed state … just letting yourself go … letting your
mind and body become one … just feeling so good …

Now In just a moment I’m going to count from 20 down to 1 ... and as I do … you
can allow yourself to relax at your own pace … but before I do that I’d like you
to use your imagination … I’d like you to imagine a custom cloud snuggling up
to your body in the shape of a chair … and imagine that this chair has arms on
it ... it’s a very warm and comfortable cloud … it’s your personal cloud … notice
how it snuggles up to your body … now it is going to take you to a very
beautiful place … a special place in your life … a place where you’re happy … a
place where you feel good … and a place where you’re totally relaxed … So as I
begin counting just allow yourself to relax completely on that comfortable
cloud and let it take you to that wonderful place where you’re happy … relaxed
… and very calm … Just allow yourself to be there for a moment as I begin to
count … and you allow yourself to go deeper and deeper into relaxation. 20 ...
just let yourself go completely … 19 ... 18 ... all the way down deep … 17 ... 16 ...
deeper and deeper … 15 ... 14 ... just let yourself go … 13 ... 12 ... give yourself
the permission that this is what you want to do … 11 ... 10 ... allow yourself to
let go … 9 ... 8 ... deeper and deeper … 7 ... 6 ... all the way down deep … 5 ... 4 ...
tired and drowsy … 3 ... 2 ... so very relaxed … and finally … 1 ... deep … deep …
relaxation.
 INDUCTIONS

Eye Strain Method

(Analytical or non-analytical)

Close your eyes and relax …now take a deep breath …

and a second deep breath … and on your third deep
breath hold it for about three seconds … and exhale and
relax …

Now I’d like you to open your eyes while keeping your
head facing straight … I’d like you to focus your eyes on
the spot on the wall in front of you … (Have a spot pre-
chosen, slightly above eye-level on the wall in front of
them) keeping your head straight I would like you to
gaze at that spot by slightly straining your eyes to focus
upwards while your head is facing straight … don’t focus
too hard, just look at it in a lazy, relaxed way … in just a
moment I am going to count from 20 down to one …

and as I do, on each number that I say, you will close

your eyes as I say it, then you’ll allow your eyes to open
again, continuing to gaze at that spot … and as you
continue closing and opening your eyes, your eyes will
become very tired .. and at some point, maybe at 17 …
maybe at 15 … maybe even at 10 … your eyes will become
tired and you will not want to open them anymore … it
will become inconvenient … tiring … and when that
happens just allow your eyes to stay closed … and you
will continue to relax deeper and deeper …
 INDUCTIONS

(As soon as their eyes stay closed, stop counting and

proceed to the next paragraph) So now let’s go ahead and
begin …

20 … (Count silently to yourself 3 … 2 … 1, then continue

to the next number) 19 … 18 … tired and drowsy …
17 … 16 … eyelids so very heavy … 15 … 14 … allow your
eyes to remain close as soon as you feel like it … 13 … 12
… just let yourself go … 11 … 10 … 9 … deeper and deeper
… 8 … 7 … 6 … let your eyelids become very, very heavy …
5 … 4 … 3 … your eyes are wanting to remain shut now …2
… and finally … 1 … close your eyes all the way now …

That’s good … now keep your eyes closed … and continue

to relax deeper and deeper…
 DEPTH TEST

A depth test is exactly what it sounds like, an exercise that is used to find out what level of
hypnosis a subject is in. You will learn about all the different levels of hypnosis in the next
section. To the average client or outsider when listening to a hypnosis session it may seem
as if there is no rhyme or reason why you say certain things at certain times, that the
success or failure of a session depends on sheer luck or how they would be feeling at a
certain time. This is far from the truth, as there is a science to bringing someone into
hypnosis. The trained Hypnotherapist can bring the client to the exact level of hypnosis he
or she needs to be at, for the specific subject they are being hypnotized for. The way this is
done is through depth tests.
 DEPTH TEST

Depth Test

I would like you now to think about (any flower)Daisy, a

beautiful Daisy. This Daisy has 10 petals on it. I want you to
visualize that you’re pulling out each petal, one by one,
thinking that the number 10 is the most relaxed that you can
be … and number 1 the least relaxed you can be … while
pulling the petals out, stop at the number that best reflects
how relaxed you are right now . . . (Wait a few seconds and
give them time enough to complete the task) Now, remaining
totally relaxed … tell me, what number are you relaxed at?
 DEEPENERS

There are many different levels of suggestibility and depending on why

they are being hypnotized, you may have to take your clients to a deeper
level at times. An example would be that in order to be operated on
(someone without medication) you will need to take them to a much
deeper level than if you were simply hypnotizing them for smoking
cessation which can be done in a very light stage. In order to bring
someone DEEPER, we have many vehicles that can be used. The whole
concept of going DEEPER is relative … How do you actually go “deeper”?
Does anyone really know how? Is there such a thing? It’s hard to really
define but by having a client successfully complete a task given them, the
expectancy of being successful tends to relax them more, or open them up
more than they were before. This is how it is attained.

Expectancy - When you are told that …“In a moment when I count to 10,
you will feel your arm rise in the air and when it does you will go deeper
into hypnosis“… you are expecting your arm to go up … if it does, then you
believe in the Hypnotherapist since he said it would happen … and it did ...
therefore it is logical that you must go deeper as he stated. This is the
concept of expectancy and how one actually goes, or brings them deeper.
 DEEPENER

Deepener 1

I’d like you to imagine that it is a warm summer day and that you
are standing on a grassy knoll overlooking the ocean. The waves
meet a beautiful pink sandy beach below you. You want to go to
this beach and feel the warm sand on your feet. The only way
down is a large stone stairway that descends beside the knoll. You
know that the stones that create the stairway will be smooth and
warm when your feet touch them.

There are 20 steps to reach the beach. In a moment, I will count

these steps for you and as I do you will walk down each one
becoming more and more relaxed as you go. On the last step, when
your feet finally sink into the warm sand, you will be in a deep
state of relaxation. Okay, now, we’re going to begin.

The stone stairway is welcoming as you peacefully descend onto

the first step. 20 . . . You are deeply relaxed 19 . . . You feel yourself
completely letting go 18 . . . 17 . . . 16 . . . Deeper and deeper into
relaxation. 15 . . . This step takes you even deeper. 14 . . . 13 . . .
Relaxed 12 . . . 11 . . . Letting go completely 10 . . . 9 . . . Deeper and
deeper 8 . . . 7 . . . More and more relaxed 6 . . . 5 . . . so relaxed now
4 . . . 3 . . . almost to the bottom now 2 . . . deep, deep relaxation 1 . .
. All the way down now into deep … deep relaxation.
 DEEPENER

Deepener 2

As you sit there, very comfortable and relaxed - I want you to

visualize a staircase in front of you … A beautiful staircase with a
beautiful bannister running down alongside and a deep, rich
carpet underneath your feet …

As you look down the stairs you notice that there are ten steps
leading gently down … Ten steps leading down, down, down …
These are the steps that will lead you deep into relaxation … and in
a moment, as I begin to count you will walk down those steps and
you will find that the deeper down you go, the more comfortable
and the more relaxed you will become.

So take hold of the bannister and begin to slowly descend the

stairs starting with the top step… 10 - Deeply relaxed … 9 - Let
yourself go more and more … 8 - More and more relaxed … 7 - Deep,
deep relaxation … 6 - 5 More and more relaxed … 4 - Deeply
relaxed, soooo comfortable … 3 - More and more relaxed … 2 -
Almost at the bottom now, just one more step to go … and 1 -

Deep, deep relaxation, all the way down… Now that you have
reached the bottom step, and you are totally relaxed … just allow
yourself to let go completely as you go deeper and deeper…
 ANALYTICAL VEHICLES

When hypnotizing an analytical subject use one of the following vehicles to keep
their mind busy as you are giving them suggestions. You are keeping their
conscious mind occupied during the exercise while you are speaking directly to the
subconscious mind that always hears and pays attention.
 ANALYTICAL VEHICLE

I’d like you to imagine that directly in front of you within your
arms reach is a white, dry-erase board. I’d like you to imagine that
you are picking up a black marker and drawing a large circle in the
center of the whiteboard about 15 inches in diameter.

It is important that you do not damage the circle in any way

throughout this whole exercise. It must remain intact. Now I’d like
you to imagine that you are drawing a capital letter A in the center
of the circle, but you draw it small enough that it does not touch
the circle at any point so as not to damage the circle.

Draw it as perfectly and as crisp as you can. Now with your non-
writing hand, imagine that you are picking up an eraser and
erasing the letter A that you just drew … being careful not to
damage the circle ... Good … Now draw a capital letter B but this
time draw it backwards ... Smaller than the circle … careful not to
damage it … as perfectly as you can … good …

Now erase the capital letter B … Now draw a capital letter C

backwards … taking your time … concentrating on your task … and
now erase the letter C …

Now hold on for a few moments while I further explain your

instructions. When I tell you to go ahead … you will continue
drawing each letter of the alphabet in the circle, starting with the
letter D backwards, and then the letter E, drawing each letter
backwards and then erasing it, and then the next one ... Being
careful not to damage the circle … taking your time to draw them
as perfectly as possible … but once I have you begin … once you
start, I want you not to listen to me anymore, not to follow my
instructions …
 ANALYTICAL VEHICLE

I will be speaking to you of course, and you will be hearing me …

but try not to follow my instructions as I will be speaking directly
to your subconscious mind which always hears and always pays
attention ... Your job will be to continue drawing each letter of the
alphabet backwards until you get to the letter Z ... Once you have
drawn and erased the backward letter Z you can then listen to me
once again … because at that point you will be very relaxed and
open to suggestions

So let’s go ahead and begin now by drawing the letter D backwards

… smaller than the circle, and erasing it … paying no further
attention to me … then drawing the letter E backwards … and
erasing it … and then the next one. With each letter, you draw in
the circle … and each letter you erase … you become more open to
suggestions... With each letter you draw and each letter you erase,
you are more peaceful, more relaxed ... The closer you come to the
letter Z the more open you become … with each letter you draw
you are becoming more accepting … absorbing all of the positive
suggestions you are about to receive … With each letter you draw
you come closer, and closer to attaining your goal …

(Begin Suggestions / Script Here)

 AWAKENING

AWAKENING

It is important upon awakening your subjects that you always do it in a positive manner so they
come out of the session feeling wonderful and energized.

script
In just a moment I am going to count to five … and at the count of five you will come all the way
back from hypnosis to the here and now … feeling totally relaxed and wonderful in every way. 1.
You are beginning to emerge from hypnosis … 2. Feeling totally relaxed … 3. Your mind is clear
and alert … 4. Your eyes are starting to open … and … 5. Eyes wide open, fully awake … and
feeling fine. (Good Morning…

GETTING STUCK IN HYPNOSIS

Occasionally a client will not open their eyes after a session. It is important for you to realize as
the Hypnotherapist that it is impossible to remain stuck in hypnosis. So usually when a client is
not opening their eyes it is because they are enjoying it, and are so relaxed that they prefer to
remain there, or there is always a possibility that they may have fallen asleep. In the event that
this happens, attempt once more to count them out of hypnosis. If they still do not awaken and
you think they may be asleep, call them by their first name. Normally when somebody hears
their name even if they are asleep they’ll open their eyes and respond.

If they still will not awaken you can say to them “I see that you are very relaxed and are enjoying
the session, I am leaving now but you can stay here as long as you’d like to.” Usually, by the time
you stand up they will have their eyes opened.

Remember, they “can” hear you; they just choose to not open their eyes. If that doesn’t work you
may want to say something like, “It’s lunchtime now and I am going to go to lunch. I’m hungry
and I’m sure you’re getting hungry, too”
 SCRIPTS

1. What is the main topic of this script?

2. How do I achieve my desired outcome?
3. What’s the most important point I choose to cover in this script?
4. What suggestions can I use that will appeal to the broadest audience?
5. When do I know I’ve included enough? Where do I research this topic?
6. Is there another consulting hypnotist who might be able to help me?
7. What library books, magazine articles, self-help cassette tape programs,
etc.
might I use as research material?

Thoughts are made up of two parts; knowledge bits and energy. No human
behaviour can occur without thought first occurring. Thoughts are
instructions from the mind that process through the brain and then make it
possible for specific body parts to act in some way. The logical left brain
provides knowledge bits. We most closely associate our consciousness with
the left brain. Before we can store any idea in the subconscious memory the
idea must first be processed consciously. We consciously believe an idea by
identifying with it emotionally. The emotionally-driven right side of the brain
provides the energy charge making an idea “believable.” We must balance
logic and emotion to create “actual” truth in the mind. Hypnotists can help
clients evoke productive change by teaching them how to combine logic
(knowledge bit(s)) with constructive emotion/sensory activities (energy)
 ANCHOR

Anchoring good feelings to replace bad

Anchoring Script creates a link between an internal feeling and an external

event such as a touch or a sound.

three unbreakable laws to anchoring anyone in any social situation are:

1) STATE TRUMPS STRATEGY
2)YOU ARE NEVER USING ANCHORING IN ISOLATION
3)ANCHORING IS ABOUT THEM, NOT YOU..
The script shows how to use anchoring in therapy.

This Anchoring script is a powerful way of eliminating old hurts and fears.

The anchoring script

How to create Anchors

Recall a positive state
Ask the person to recall a time when they felt 'in control', or 'powerful' or 'in
charge.
Get them to really get into the feeling that they felt at that time, to not just
think about it, but to experience it, to 'be there.

Intensify the positive state

Then ask them to intensify that feeling, to double it and double it again.

Get them to become immersed in the emotion, in the feeling. When they are
right in that emotional state you should be able to see physical changes,
in their face, or how they hold themselves or in changed breathing patterns.

Anchor the positive state

When they are in a positive state, create the anchor. Familiar things like a
clenched fist already have associations so it is better to create a unique
anchor.
This anchoring script uses pressing a fingernail against the thin skin at the
top of the thumbnail to create the link.
 Now think back in your life... think back to a time when you had a
success... think back to time when you had control... when you felt good
about something you had done.. something you achieved... remember that
time... allow all of it to come to mind now... remember how you felt... what
you saw... what you heard... immerse yourself now in that experience....
build it up in your mind until it is like you are there... back in that
moment...

Anchor to a time when they felt strong and in charge

feel it in your body... what it felt like to be there... to be a winner... a

success...

Get the feeling

Bring to mind some object... some symbol... some thing that you associate
with that time and that feeling...

Get an image
And now focus on that symbol... and feel the feeling... and make that
feeling stronger and stronger... that feeling of success of triumph of
winning.... whatever it was

Intensify the feeling

Now as that feeling grows stronger... as that symbol gets clearer... feel the
power in you.... and as it builds... PRESS your LEFT THUMB and INDEX
FINGER TOGETHER... press the index finger into the tender flesh at the side
of the thumbnail or the top of the thumbnail... dig the nail in if you can...
get a painful feeling...

Set the anchor

let the power grow... and as it does press those fingers tighter and
tighter... And then release that hand... and let all the tension go... and just
relax.... the whole of your body

Test the anchors...

Now slowly open your eyes...
And try to think of that old situation again... feel what you get now... be
aware of how it has changed...
[It is sometimes necessary to set and fire the anchors several times to
clear everything]
 Recall the negative state

Then get the person to go into the bad feelings they want to get rid
of.
This anchoring script allows the person to safely be in that negative
experience,

to feel it as something outside of them assures them that they can

deal with it.

Mix the positive and negative states

Then while the person is experiencing the bad feelings - fire the
anchor.

This will cause the feelings of power and competence to get mixed
up with the bad feelings.

The result is that the bad feeling is experienced differently and

thus loses its power to hurt.

The Anchoring Script shows how to do this procedure.

 HABIT MANAGMENT

First induce hypnosis.

And now I would like you to allow your subconscious mind to allow you to see
yourself standing at the top of a flight of steps … I want you to be aware of how
safe and comfortable you feel … as you continue to listen to my voice … and follow
my simple instructions which are all for your benefit and well being. As you allow
your mind’s inner eye to follow the flight of steps down … you can become aware of
the door at the bottom … I would like you to tell me when you can see the door.
Await response. That’s good … You are doing very well …

I wonder if you can tell me what colour the door is? Await response. That’s right …
the door is a colour that your subconscious knows is relaxing for you … a colour
that allows you to feel safe and secure … Now I want you to begin to step down
each step … and as you step down each time I want you to say inwardly to yourself
… I am going deeper and deeper into hypnosis … and then say out loud the number
of that step as you descend from ten all the way down to one … relaxing deeper
and deeper with every step … with every breath that you take. So begin now … take
your time … and when you get to the bottom you will be even more deeply relaxed
than you have been before … When you reach the bottom you can tell me by just
saying ‘I’m there.

Wait for the client to complete the sequence. That’s so good … you really are doing
so well … Now you are standing before that (colour) door … Once again I want you
to be aware of how safe and secure you are feeling.

Nothing bothers you or disturbs you at all as you continue now to listen to my
voice … each word that I speak soothing and relaxing you even deeper now.

The door in front of you is the door to that part of your inner mind where all the
very positive parts of you are centred … All of your strengths and your
determination to succeed are here …

All good feelings about yourself and recognition of yourself as a very special unique
human being are here … always ready to help you with any problem … to give you
the benefit of what is your own wise inner mind … These are the parts of you that
will always give you good counsel as they have only your best interests at heart …

These are those parts that makeup what some call their own wise inner advisor …
that part that tells you the right thing to do …

Sometimes that part is so difficult to hear above the clamour and clatter of other
considerations … but today it will be speaking to you with total clarity as you now
call upon it for the help that you need now. Now see that door slowly opening …
and you can see within all of those parts … welcoming you as you step forward into
that com fortable room to join with all of your own positive personality …
 Perhaps you can now sense that aura of well being here as you
surround yourself with positivity … determination … courage and
that powerful force that really is yours within. Now I want you to
look across the room … to where in the back wall … you can see
another door … This door is coloured the deepest black … and I
wonder whether you can see how large is the lock on that door
keeping it securely closed. Behind this door is another part of you
… a part that is not to be denied or underestimated. This is that
part of you that continues to encourage you to indulge in (habit
or behaviour) that you really do want to break away from. This
part hides away in that room so that it can do its worst … locked
away from those positive parts that could so easily destroy it so
that it would never bother you again … But now … I am handing
you the key to that lock and you can enter into the room beyond
… taking with you all of your powerful and positive forces of
courage and determination to succeed … confidence and self-
esteem…

knowing that combined now … you can and you will confront that
part and defeat its evil and destructive influence. Now take the
key and put it into the lock … Notice how easily that lock opens
as you with all your strength push the door open and enter into
the room beyond to confront the part that is that habit. Describe
habit or behaviour. Now you can see it there as it cowers in the
corner … terrified at the array of positive forces that you have
with you now … surrounding you in a cocoon of positive radiance
…

Now with the help of your own inner mind and all of your
positive forces … you can tell that part that you want no more of
it … that it has no place in your life … that you now banish it
forever unless it agrees now … to cease once and for all that
destructive and sad behaviour and instead take on another role …
a more positive role … that will be of use to you … a role that you
can choose for it right now … Perhaps it can help you with your
confidence … or with your self-esteem…
 Whatever you choose it must obey or be gone forever.
Now with all of your forces beside you … you can ask that part if it
is willing to do that which you are asking of it … Do it now and tell
me when you have that agreement. Await positive response. If
there is any doubt, impress upon the client that this is his
subconscious and that he is in control and must be obeyed. Okay …
now you have that agreement … and now that part is willing

to join with those other positive elements of your unique and

special personality … so you can welcome it in … Allow all those
other parts of you to join with it and make a fuss of it as you and
they lead it away from this place into the other room … that place
where only positive and beneficial elements can be … that problem
resolved and forgotten. When you are satisfied that all is done that
needed to be done … then you can once again close and lock that

black door sealing off that place where only negativity belongs …

and as you seal that door you seal behind it the memory of what
was a problem before but is now no more … Notice now that the
door is changing colour … no longer black and threatening for that
power for bad is no more … It is gone and forgotten. Now, leaving
your own inner mind more powerful and more dynamic than it was
before, you can return now to wakeful awareness …
aware that you have all the confidence all of the determination and
all of those good and beneficial thoughts about yourself that will
sustain you and strengthen you in everything you do. I will count
from one to five and with each count, you will drift back upwards
bringing with you a feeling of strength and of self-awareness of you
as a stronger and more positive person … a feeling that will grow
stronger and stronger with every day: One … Two … Three … Four …
eyes beginning to open and Five … eyes open and fully awake.
Trance termination
I want you now to take a deep breath … and then as you breathe out
you will go ten times deeper into relaxation … and you can
concentrate fully on that thing which is so important … that habit of
overeating … eating unhealthy and fattening foods … some thing
that you really do want to change … but there is something stopping
you. As you allow that relaxation to deepen even further … you will
be aware of when I say the word ‘now’ … When you hear that word
you will relax … doubling your hypnosis each time. Now I know that
changing that overeating habit really is important to you … I would
also like you to know that what I have so often found … is … that
there is an unconscious part of you that is pre venting you from
making those changes. Now if that is the case here … now … I would
like to ask that part of you … to come forward and make itself
known, to you in some safe way that you can understand … so
please … (client’s name) … go deep inside now into your own inner
mind … wherever you need to go to become aware of that part of
you that is responsible for this habit of overeating. Now it is
difficult for me to know how you will experience that part of you
that is responsible for your overeating … it may be a familiar
experience or one that is unique to you … something that you see in
your mind’s eye … perhaps a picture … a face … or a scene … It could
be any visual image … or perhaps it may make itself known to you
as a voice or a sound … it could be your own voice or that of another
… or perhaps you will experience it as a feeling or emotion of some
kind … so as you go into your inner mind … I am asking with respect
that that part that is responsible
I want you now to take a deep breath … and then as you breathe out
you will go ten times deeper into relaxation … and you can
concentrate fully on that thing which is so important … that habit of
overeating … eating unhealthy and fattening foods … some thing
that you really do want to change … but there is something stopping
you. As you allow that relaxation to deepen even further … you will
be aware of when I say the word ‘now’ … When you hear that word
you will relax … doubling your hypnosis each time. Now I know that
changing that overeating habit really is important to you … I would
also like you to know that what I have so often found … is … that
there is an unconscious part of you that is pre venting you from
making those changes. Now if that is the case here … now … I would
like to ask that part of you … to come forward and make itself
known, to you in some safe way that you can understand … so
please … (client’s name) … go deep inside now into your own inner
mind … wherever you need to go to become aware of that part of
you that is responsible for this habit of overeating. Now it is
difficult for me to know how you will experience that part of you
that is responsible for your overeating … it may be a familiar
experience or one that is unique to you … something that you see in
your mind’s eye … perhaps a picture … a face … or a scene … It could
be any visual image … or perhaps it may make itself known to you
as a voice or a sound … it could be your own voice or that of another
… or perhaps you will experience it as a feeling or emotion of some
kind … so as you go into your inner mind … I am asking with respect
that that part that is responsible