NOW Mind Body Healing

  Intake and Interview T he entire process before an individual becomes your client is the Intake and Interview. As such, everything you have done thus far – explaining to (introducing & educating) the individual about hypnosis as well as conducting the suggestibility assessments – are part of this process. While the primary purpose of the intake and interview process is to collect information, there is more to it than just gathering information to help you prepare for the actual hypnotherapy session. Four Goals of the intake: 1.              Eliminate fear and misconceptions about hypnosis. You do this through your explanation of what hypnosis is and is not. It is essential that we “demystify” the many misconceptions the public has with regards to hypnosis. Remember: -  Hypnosis is a naturally occurring phenomenon. We have all experienced it, and in       fact we experience this on a dail...

  4 components of hypnosis (#3 & #4) Following up from the previous entry. 3. Mind-Body connection  (Body is robotic) The body is robotic refers to the idea that the body responds to whatever the mind thinks. Our thoughts, though usually treated as if they are “not real” because they are not visible and cannot be held or touched (i.e., physical/material), are actually “real” in that it produces a bodily (physical) response. Most people have been conditioned to consider only the materialistic (something that can be perceived by our senses (especially sight and sound) to be “real.” However, a different perspective would suggest (even if we do not enter the realm of spirituality or metaphysics) that our thoughts (and feelings) are also real even though they are non-material/physical. One of the ways of explaining this is in the example of watching a movie. While it is all acting and images projected on a screen, our thoughts or perception of what’s happening (be it actio...