Fear acts as a warning device pushing us into action. When a threat is no longer present, the fear response is stored in our unconscious. Often we have lingering associations that trigger the same fear based response. This becomes our default response. We can create new, more productive responses to old associations.
HYPNOSIS :
Hypnosis helps us gain access to the unconscious. This is achieved by overloading the conscious mind triggering a fight/flight response. The critical mind becomes disorganized and we escape into the unconscious mind. There we experience a relaxed concentration where we are very open to suggestion.
A skilled hypnotherapist then can make previously agreed upon suggestions that re-frame an experience. The memory and the lessons of the old experience are still there but our reaction and association to it has changed.
NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming):
NLP was developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in 1975. They studied and modeled famous hypnotherapist Milton Erickson, family therapist Virginia Satir and gestalt therapist Fritz Perls. They were able to duplicate the successes of these accomplished therapists by focusing on solutions rather than the problems themselves. Per Richard Bandler,"When I studied phobias, I didn't study the people who had them. I studied the people who got over them....This approach is about being able to teach people as opposed to therapize them."
Much of the work is done cognitively but can also be combined with hypnosis.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique):
Developed by Gary Craig in the'90s, this incorporates tapping with our finger tips on energy meridians used in acupuncture. This technique truly underscores the idea of the mind/body connection. Stored negative emotion creates energy blockages within our body. By tapping on the various meridians, we release those blockages. Restoring the energy flow, releases the emotional trauma that was stored in the body. Many new studies confirm the results of this amazing approach.
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Stage Hypnosis is designed for entertainment! The stage hypnotist is looking for a particular type of person. 20% of the population are what is called somnambulists and are very suggestible and open to new ideas. The stage hypnotist is trained to pick out the somnambulists from the crowd. Even then, he will send back more than half of the people that he has brought to the stage. All the while he is starting to condition those that remain. In the end, they are doing things that they have no objection to and they probably enjoy being the center of attention.
In hypnotherapy, you are in control. You are in a state of relaxed concentration. You will not do anything that is against your wishes, sensibilities or ethics. The objective of hypnotherapy is to align unconscious habit patterns with your conscious goals.
Nature vs Nurture "In the last decade, epigenetic research has established that DNA blueprints passed down through genes are not set in concrete at birth. Genes are not destiny! Environmental influences, including nutrition, stress, and emotions, can modify those genes without changing their basic blueprint. And those modifications can be passed on to future generations as surely as DNA blueprints are passed on via the double helix." The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D.
