hypnotherapy inductions
There are many different types of inductions and as far as I'm concerned this is where the more is by far the merrier. I typically only use only a few but I know I have numerous different ones available to me in case one does not work with a particular client or in a specific situation (I was demonstrated hypnosis to a psychologist in a very noisy restaurant).
Also having so many different induction at my disposal allows me to have total self confidence in as much so far I have never met any resistance in my clients. In my pretalk I emphasize that I have so many different ways of guiding people into trance and if one does not work we will use another even though I have never had to use a second method.
Here are names of and links to various inductions (more to be added all the time):
- Active progressive relaxation induction
- Passive progressive relaxation induction
- Dave Elman relaxed eyelids (rapid induction)
- Dave Elman pretense (rapid induction)
- Multiple embedded metaphors
- Ericksonian conversational induction
- Ericksonian handshake induction.
- Ericksonian Catalepsy to Heighten Responsiveness induction
- Ericksonian utilization induction
- Ericksonian "I don't know when you're going to enter a deep trance..."
- Ericksonian the Rhythm Induction: Yo-yoing Consciousness to Get into the Therapist's Rhythm.
- Ericksonian the Rhythm Breathing Induction.
- The "Yes" set as induction.
- Hand levitation induction
- "S-o-o-o Sl-e-e-e-e-p-p-y" induction.
- James Braid: Eye Fixation
- The rainbow induction
- Balloon induction
- A stage induction I
- A stage induction II