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I had to do it myself first
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HYPNOSIS

• The hypnotic experience is characterized by an
  ability to sustain a state of attentive,
  receptive, intense focal concentration with
  diminished peripheral awareness in response to a
  signal. (Spiegel)
• What does that feel like?

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EXPERIENCE

• Bringing all your attention to the toes on your
  right foot.
• Allow all your awareness to rest on your toes
  wriggling up and down, up and down, up and down,
  up and down.
• And noticing your breath rise and fall, rise and
  fall, rise and fall.
• What do you notice?

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THREE MAIN COMPONENTS

• ABSORPTION deeply engrossed in experience
• DISSOCIATION not here, instead there
• SUGGESTIBILITY open, receptive and responsive

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PURPOSE OF PRACTICING SELF-HYPNOSIS

• DEVELOPING SENSE OF MASTERY
• HOLY COW!! THIS STUFF WORKS!!!
• And I can teach it others!

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ANXIETY REDUCTION

• MINDBODY CALMING, QUIETING
• LIKE FLOATING
• AROUSAL REDUCED

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PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT

• Mind Body experiencing the felt sense of knowing
  the skill of desired outcome, eg. public
  speaking, sports, test taking
• Focused, relaxed absorption confidently connected
  to inner, intuitive place of knowing
• Releasing the natural inner CREATIVITY

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PAIN MANAGEMENT

• Mind chatter quieted
• Selective coping strategy without the extra
  eg. distraction displacement mindfulness

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- REHEARSAL IN FANTASY

• Vividly seeing, feeling, tasting, touching,
  hearing, desired outcome in heightened state of
  alert relaxation, again and again and again
• Wide application eg. performance, interpersonal
  relating, intrapersonal relating, phobia
  elimination, habit elimination

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HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?PRACTICE
PRACTICE PRACTICE

• Taking responsibility for the treatment outcome.
  YES, I want to change.
• Re In the psychotherapy of trauma and attachment
  disorders, the practice of self-hypnosis
  strengthens the connection between patient and
  therapist, supporting stabilization and opening
  to change

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PERSONAL USES

• Utilizing soothing imagery during dental and
  medical procedures
• Distraction eg. during an MRI
• Intensify focus in performance, by eg.bearing
  down on the gas pedal, challenging circumstances
  eg strenuous hike
• Flow statesin psychotherapy, deeply attuned and
  resonating

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Typical clinical examples

• phobias eg. fear of flying
• habit changes eg. smoking cessation, nailbiting,
  overeating
• affect regulation techniques eg. affect dial to
  dial up or down the intensity of affect

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Clinical examples

• containment strategies for traumatic, intrusive
  material closed fist technique soothing imagery
  and objects, music
• parts work eg. ego-state therapy, IFS

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RECORDING THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

• Encourage frequent listening to tape. Daily
  practice with tape
• 20 seconds, quick induction, state change, eg.
  floating, exit, for ratification and master
• Chicago Paradigm Study (Fromm Kahn) found that
  recordings increase the utilization of home
  practice

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HERE, THERE EVERYWHERE

• Generalizing positive effects of hypnosis as life
  skill to strengthen self-agency, self-efficacy