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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they
will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
Abraham Maslow
Clinical Hypnotherapy: Past and Present.
Clinical Hypnotherapy induces an "altered state of consciousness and heightened
responsiveness to suggestion; Encarta Encyclopedia. The therapist engages the
attention of a subject and assigns certain tasks to him or her while uttering
monotonous, repetitive verbal commands; such tasks may include muscle relaxation,
eye fixation, and arm levitation. Clinical Hypnotherapy also may be self-induced,
by trained relaxation, concentration on one's own breathing, or by a variety of
other practices.
Another reliable source Webster's Dictionary defines Clinical Hypnotherapy as, "a
sleep like condition psychically induced, usually by another person, in which the
subject loses consciousness but responds, with certain limitations, to the suggest
ions of the hypnotist." As I stated previously, the general population holds these
believes that these sources are correct.
Evidence suggests that clinical hypnotherapy has been practiced in some form or
another for since the beginning of recorded history, such as in coal walking,
Holy-men and Holy- women have preformed trance and other form of hypnosis for
eons. The earliest recorded history of clinical hypnotherapy begins in 1734 it
began with a man named Franz Anton Mesmer. Although he was eventually disavowed by
the scientific community because of his unorthodox methods, he seemed more of
mystic than a scientist, he’s generally known as the father of hypnotism. Mesmer
called his methods Mesmerism, thus the word mesmerizes, but the name didn't stick,
it later changed to hypnosis, its name being derived from Hypnos, the Greek god of
sleep. He believed that hypnosis was reached by using a person's "animal
magnetism". He used "mesmerism" to cure illness.
In 1795 an English physician named James Braid, who was originally opposed to
Mesmer's methods became interested. He believed that cures were not due to animal
magnetism however, but the power of suggestion. This was the generally accepted
opinion of the scientific community.
Then in 1825 Jean Marie Charcot, a French neurologist, disagreed with "The Nancy
School of Hypnotism", which followed the guidelines of James Braid's ideas.
Charcot believed that hypnosis was simply a "manifestation of hysteria". He
revived Mesmer's theory of animal magnetism and identified the three stages of the
trance; lethargy, catalepsy, and somnambulism.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) was not a scientist who worked with hypnosis.
Although he had nothing to do with the hypnotic development itself, his Stimulus
Response Theory is a cornerstone linking and anchoring behaviors, particularly NLP
(Neuro-Linguistic Programming).
Emily Coue (1857-1926) a physician formulated the Laws of Suggestion which are
greatly used in the hypnotic community. Her first law is The Law of Concentrated
Attention: "Whenever attention is concentrated on an idea over and over again, it
spontaneously tends to realize itself". The second law is- The Law of Reverse
Action: "The harder one tries to do something, the less chance one has of
success." Finally, the last law is The Law of Dominant Effect: "A stronger emotion
tends to replace a weaker one.
“Milton Erickson (1932-1974), a psychologist and psychiatrist pioneered the art of
indirect suggestion in hypnosis. He is considered the father of modern hypnosis.
His methods bypassed the conscious mind through the use of both verbal and
nonverbal pacing techniques including metaphor, confusion, and many others. He was
definitely a major influence in contemporary hypnotherapy's acceptance by the
American Medical Association.
Friends there are numerous misconceptions about clinical hypnotherapy that are
totally without basis. Such as, "Hypnotized persons will tell secrets or will
always tell the truth." The truth is, hypnosis will not cause a person to tell
information the do not want to tell and a person under hypnosis can purposefully
lie or remember in a distorted fashion. Another myth about hypnotism is, "Hypnosis
won't work on highly intelligent people." In reality innate characteristics such
as intelligence do not at all affect hypnotism. Any person however can resist
being hypnotized either actively or passively, if they desire. I believe that
hypnotism would be a more commonly used method in medicine if it were not for all
the myths going around about hypnotism. They are probably the result of the very
limited knowledge of exactly how hypnosis works.
Hypnosis has been used to treat a variety of physiological and behavioral
problems. It can alleviate back pain and pain that comes from burns or cancer. It
is controversial as to whether this actually works or not, but it is believed that
it can be used to insure normal and safe childbirth. Hypnosis sometimes is
employed to treat physical problems with a psychological component, such as a
circulatory disease known as Reynaud’s Syndrome. It has also been used to initiate
behavioral changes, for example cigarette smoking, overeating, insomnia, and the
overcoming of phobias. Clinical hypnotherapy has been shown to be a fairly
valuable medical tool.
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