“How to Hypnotize” Course Author: Steven Hall MCOH MASC NLP
Today we’re looking at the first stage of the hypnotic process, the pre-induction talk. I know that you probably want to get on to the induction process, but believe me, this stage is much more interesting (and important) than many people give it credit!
The pre-induction talk is your chance to ‘prime’ your client. It appears to be an informal chat used to gather information, but it’s much more than that!
During this stage you’ll be using lots of embedded commands. Some of these will be used to aid the therapy, other to ensure a fast induction. You’ll also be increasing rapport with your client, as well as gathering important information that you can use to create the therapy. All of this goes on without your client realising… from their perspective, you’re just having a friendly chat!
So let’s get sneaky! First off, embedded commands.
Embedded commands are commands that you hide inside your normal conversation and are aimed at a client’s subconscious mind. They slip straight past conscious scrutiny and really help you to manipulate the situation in the direction you want it to go… and this isn’t just great for hypnotising somebody! You can use these for almost anything!
To make your command, first decide what you want a client to do, then hide this command inside a sentence. For example, ‘go into trance’ is a great command and can be hidden in the sentence, ‘When you go into trance you’ll still be able to hear my voice.’
You’ll need to highlight the command so the subconscious mind can pick it out from the rest of the sentence, but do this very subtly; a slight change in voice tonality will be more than enough. Don’t make this too obvious!
Next in the hypnotic language tool box we have presuppositions, you use these to offer a false choice to your client, eg, ‘I don’t know if you will go into trance immediately or take a few minutes to relax yourself into it slowly.’ Here you present two options, yet both are to go into trance, you don’t even consider the option to not enter trance, and neither will they.
Think of some useful commands you can give and practise hiding these in sentences you’re likely to use during the pre-hypnotic chat.
Obviously, you’ll also need to use this time to remove any misconception about trance, make sure your client understands they’ll hear you throughout, otherwise they’ll think it couldn’t have been hypnosis! Also be sure they know they won’t get stuck in trance and you’re not going to make them reveal secrets. This helps to put their mind at ease and makes for a much more agreeable client.
To increase rapport, listen out for the kind of words the client uses, and speak in the same language they do. People generally fall into three categories, some tend to use visual words a lot, such as ‘I see what you mean’ and they think in pictures, other think in sounds, and are likely to say, ‘That sounds good to me’ and some tend to think by feelings, they will say things like, ‘I can really grasp that concept’.
If your client is using visual phrases then you should too, this will dramatically increase rapport levels. And when a client likes you, they trust you… and it’s much, much easier to hypnotise them!
Practise standard phrases in each system so you can use the appropriate one when needed.
You should use this time to get to know our client a little better, be friendly and just let it flow, once you have rapport with your client, begin to slightly slow things down and move everything to a more relaxed place. Your client will instinctively follow your lead to maintain rapport with you. You can see this happening all around you everyday, watch couples chatting, if they are in rapport and one changes position, the other will soon follow.
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Now it’s time to start practising! Go and chat to anyone and see how long it takes for you to work out which system they’re using. Then put yourself in that system too! Gain rapport with people and see if you can make them more relaxed, or excited just by changing your own state a little at a time!
And remember to practise those embedded commands! Maybe you can have some fun getting someone to make tea or buy a round of drinks! First off, decide on the command then hide it in a normal sounding sentence.
“I successfully hypnotized my first subject using your book. He was hypnotized to a very deep trance and I was able to suggest he forgot his name and a number. It is a great feeling to achieve this!!” – Richard Jackson
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