I was WRONG - All Hypnosis IS Self-Hypnosis
Okay, okay, before you proponents of AHISH get too excited, know that there is a codicil to my declaration. The codicil is that all hypnosis IS self-hypnosis even though we are not aware that we are creating most of those trance states. In other words, all hypnosis may be self-hypnosis, but that doesn't mean we're doing it on purpose. I have a new guru - Dr. Stephen Wolinsky, who wrote "Trances People Live" (GET THAT BOOK NOW! www.amazon.com) among other books (I have been very busy buying his stuff on Amazon today). He discusses his theory that all problems are merely frozen trance states. This resonates for me on such a deep level I can not begin to tell you. You know when you get that feeling that you have found the holy grail? This is kind of one of those moments for me.
In his exceeding original seminal work, Dr. Stephen Wolinsky, a student of Erickson's, says "In my breakthrough moment, those puzzle pieces came together in an entirely new pattern: I saw that although trance states can be used to evoke resources and change on an unconscious level, they can also be - and are used - to create the symptomatology with which we all struggle. I saw that the person who brings his or her problems and symptoms to me is already in a trance state, and that it is this very trance state that is interrupting his or her experience of the present moment, blocking unconscious potentials and resources, and creating problems and symptoms. The therapeutic intervention then involves working with the trance state the person has already created (which de-hypnotizes him/her), rather than inducing or facilitating another kind of trance that may or may not be pivotal to the patient's symptom structure."
It is not a new idea that it is our job to de-hypnotize people, but I'm going to make it my business to explore this idea in serious depth. Based on Dr. Wolinsky's work, I am already formulating a system (watch out, I'm in a creative phase!) I also had another aha moment, and I believe I have come up with an induction that anybody can use on everybody. I will call it "The Rothman No-Brainer: A de-hypnotic hypnotic induction." Catchy, eh?
Now go get his book! I swear it will change your life.
Love, Steph
p.s. so if you want to still tell folks that all hypnosis is self hypnosis, you can. But you should probably include the notion that most hypnotic trance states are not knowingly created, if you want to be completely honest about it.
p.s.s I'm beginning to think that's how EFT works, too. But more on that idea later...
In his exceeding original seminal work, Dr. Stephen Wolinsky, a student of Erickson's, says "In my breakthrough moment, those puzzle pieces came together in an entirely new pattern: I saw that although trance states can be used to evoke resources and change on an unconscious level, they can also be - and are used - to create the symptomatology with which we all struggle. I saw that the person who brings his or her problems and symptoms to me is already in a trance state, and that it is this very trance state that is interrupting his or her experience of the present moment, blocking unconscious potentials and resources, and creating problems and symptoms. The therapeutic intervention then involves working with the trance state the person has already created (which de-hypnotizes him/her), rather than inducing or facilitating another kind of trance that may or may not be pivotal to the patient's symptom structure."
It is not a new idea that it is our job to de-hypnotize people, but I'm going to make it my business to explore this idea in serious depth. Based on Dr. Wolinsky's work, I am already formulating a system (watch out, I'm in a creative phase!) I also had another aha moment, and I believe I have come up with an induction that anybody can use on everybody. I will call it "The Rothman No-Brainer: A de-hypnotic hypnotic induction." Catchy, eh?
Now go get his book! I swear it will change your life.
Love, Steph
p.s. so if you want to still tell folks that all hypnosis is self hypnosis, you can. But you should probably include the notion that most hypnotic trance states are not knowingly created, if you want to be completely honest about it.
p.s.s I'm beginning to think that's how EFT works, too. But more on that idea later...
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