Handshake ‘Induction’ – Bandler, Erickson and Elman Versions

The legendary ‘handshake interrupt’ induction… There seems to be much interest in this in the worlds of Hypnosis and NLP, but what many people don’t realise is that what is most often shown as Milton Erickson’s handshake interrupt, is actually NLP co-founder Richard Bandler’s version (Derren Brown often uses a variation on the Bandler version…

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Hypnotic ‘Induction’ and Spatial Anchoring – The Bubble Induction Video

OK, so you all know that I am no great believer in ‘trance’ as a basis for hypnosis, but I have gone ahead and called this the ‘Bubble Induction’ anyway 🙂 just for the sheer convenience of having a label for the process. This is by no means the most flashy piece of hypnosis, but…

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Rapid ‘Induction’ Rituals

OK, so you think I’ve gone nuts!? Or been seduced by the ‘dark side’!? No, it’s OK… this is still Hypnosis Without Trance! So why, then, am I here demonstrating and talking about rapid inductions? Well, it certainly isn’t because they have anything to do with ‘trance’! I’m talking about rapid inductions because, trance or no…

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Hypnotist Jeffrey Stephens – Context & Intent… and a Live Conversation!

Hello HWTers! *Video Below!* But first… exciting news! Recently I have had a number of interesting conversations with U.S. Jeffrey Stephens. Jeff is a guy with a lot of passion about hypnosis and a lot to say on the subject – not to mention being a practitioner of phenomenal skill! On the surface Jeff’s approach…

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Stealing Hypnosis… Featuring Jorgen Rasmussen!

Hello HWTers! So… have you ever seen a hypnotist ‘stealing hypnosis’ from another hypnotist? Well, neither had I until last year at the Change | Phenomena conference when it happened to me! I was delighted to witness the incredible Jorgen Rasmussen bringing up on stage a volunteer that I had previously ‘hypnotised’ several hours before, then rapidly…

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HWT – Pain Control!

I have had a lot of people write to me recently asking about therapeutic and changework applications for Hypnosis Without Trance, and have recorded a video on the subject which I will be releasing soon in 2 parts.  One particularly interesting email came from a chap who had recently bought the Hypnosis Mastery Programme and…

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Number Amnesia – Ideomotor Method

This clip was taken at the ‘No-Fail Protocol‘ workshop held in April 2010. It is a classic ‘Name Amnesia’ piece, but what is different here is that I am using ideomotor phenomena to set it up (ideomotoer to set up ideocognitive). The reason for this choice was that this volunteer had already shown great competence…

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Invisibility Revisited

When I put the invisibility video up before, it received pretty ‘lukewarm’ reactions.  At first this surprised me (because negative hallucination is such a strong phenomenon), but looking back it makes sense for 2 reasons: I had left off the suggestion sequence that sets up the phenomenon (things lose their impact outside of context). The…

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What if it doesn’t work?!

Having formally taught this Hypnosis Without Trance method a few times now, it is coming to my attention that many people have a concern (maybe even an anxiety), that they are going to set up the process and have it ‘fail’ at a critical moment, leaving them looking foolish or incompetent.  I totally get this…

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Curiosity and Fascination as Tools for Hypnosis

What I have included here is a little snippet from the audios covering the concept of Curiosity Framing! This is something that I use a lot when hypnotising (so much so that I do it without thinking), and I think that it is a really valuable little tool for absorbing the subject in the process. Check out the audio clip and, as usual, I am happy to hear your comments on the blog.

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