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Spanky New user Oklahoma City 81 Posts |
I was just wondering, what sort of differences in approach do you have to do from stage hypnotism than when you are hypnotizing someone in private. Mainly because I have no difficulty hypnotizing people on a stage setting, but when it comes to one-on-one hypnotism, I can never seem to get them as deep, and I only have a success rate of around 50%. Any comments or ideas? Thanks
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Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts |
Without watching you work, this is a tough one to answer. First question, in the one-on-one situations, why are you hypnotizing the person - what is their motivation to BE hypnotized? Remember, the stronger their motivation to be hypnotized, the higher your levels of success.
Second question - what are you trying to accomplish in these sessions? Third question - by what criteria are you judging the depth of your volunteers/clients? Fourth - are you varying your inductions as all to fit the responses of the individuals that you are working with, or are you doing a "one trance fits all" approach? If that's what you are doing, there's your problem and you really need to do more research and/or get some more training because someone missed a few lessons on working within the client's model of the world when you went through your training program. Fifth - you DID go through a training program... right? Lee Darrow, C.H.
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Spanky New user Oklahoma City 81 Posts |
Normally the reason I hypnotize people in that situation is because they want to see what its like. Normally its just friends and such. So I take them through a long pretalk spiel about what its like and how it works and such, and then I do some concentration tests and then induce them, then I spend twenty minutes or so on progressive relaxations and things like the staircase deepening technique, and then I might do the whole 'Island paradise' skit thing, where they are relaxed and they feel hot and cold and itchy from the sand, etc...
I do change it around for each person, but only to the point of order and speed, I don't do completely different things for completely different people- unless you are talking about the emotional/ physical types of people and how they respond, because I have learnt those techniques and them I do use. Its just that, as opposed to when the volunteers have an audience, they don't seem to be as involved with the sensations, like they usually don't shiver and don't do things like fan themselves, which trhey would do on stage. Is this possibly because they don't have an audience and aren't acting up because of it? And yes, I've gone through trainng programs, and I'm a certified hypnotist, but I'm not going to pretend I have mastered it yet. |
Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts |
Excellent answer. Thanks. Here's part of the problem, as I see it from the limited info I have (I haven't seem you work, so this is a guess based on what you have posted so far):
You are not pacing and leading as well as when you are working with your stage volunteers and your expectations may not be as high due to some of the lower reactions you have been getting, lately. Remember YOUR belief is part of what leads the volunteer into a good response. Also, you may well be partly right about the physical reactions, the fanning and the like, but, if you really build the illusion, using suggestions from all four of the primary sensory systems (it's tough to work in taste, generally, but if you can do it, rock ON!), the better you will do and so will they. Remember, too, if these people have seen your shows, they expect you to work in a similar manner to the way you work on stage. If you vary that, you are NOT working with their expectations and expectation is one of the key elements in achieving a good trance where you get a high level of utilizable response to your suggestions. Hope this helps! Lee Darrow, C.H. Watch for an announcement on an upcoming 2-day stage hypnosis seminar that I will be teaching in the Los Angeles area in July!
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Spanky New user Oklahoma City 81 Posts |
It does help. thankyou.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Also you may suffer from a professional detatchment that does NOT exist with friends and family.
For example I have hypnotised literally thousands of strangers. My sister, who wants to be hypnotised more than anyone I can think of it is a lost cause. Why is that? Because she knew me when I had trouble walking, so how now is this guy gonna hypnotise me? Friends and family are the TOUGHEST usually. Not because of anything negative, just because they know YOU as YOU and not this presance on stage or an office. Part of the trance, heck probably 90% of it is expectation. That lacks with friends. Kind of when you are working for an advanced degree and you already have a job. Then the next day after graduation the employer still thinks of you as the person they hired and NOT this guy with an advanced degree. People look at you as the person they met. Tough to avoid this. When you meet people who only know you as a hypnotist, then life is easy! So my suggestion is to get new friends and family. The fact that you are certified and still seeking knowlege I RESPECT so much I can not tell you. I am glad to see it. Please also remember that with time, comes credability. As you may have learned recently, people may again wonder about credability. In other words I am sure you are doing fine! Most of all don't let it bother you. Learning constantly is something we all have to do. Just keep confident.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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