Provocative Hypnosis: The No Holds Barred Interventions of a Contrarian Change Artist

Provocative Hypnosis (2008)......Page 1
FOREWORD - John Grinder......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 7
PRAISE......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
01: Creating the context and frames for change......Page 20
Turning Balls into Cats is the Key to Change - The Myth of Cause and Effect......Page 26
The Power of Joyful Sadism......Page 29
02: THE MYTH OF MENTAL ILLNESS......Page 39
About Chemical Imbalance......Page 43
Getting "Real" with a Big Knife......Page 46
Let's Get Ethical!......Page 54
I Love Welfare......Page 61
Playing the Devil's Advocate......Page 64
A Charming "Suicidal"......Page 67
How to Screw Up in the Name of Good Intentions......Page 69
Failing to Succeed......Page 72
God Bless Blasphemy......Page 74
03: USING MODELING TO CREATE CHANGE......Page 77
Model 1 - Indirect Modeling......Page 79
Model 2 - Direct modeling......Page 80
Model 3 - Reenactment Modeling......Page 83
Useful Nuances......Page 85
Can You Spell Relationships?......Page 91
The Dog Inside......Page 93
Commitment is Everything......Page 95
Quick Summary......Page 100
04: WORKING WITH THE LIVING DEAD......Page 103
Case One - Frank the Multi Phobic......Page 104
Case Two - Martin the Hand Shaker......Page 110
Case Three - Caroline the Anorexic......Page 112
Caroline's Session One......Page 114
Caroline's Session Two......Page 119
Caroline's Session Three......Page 122
Caroline's Session Four......Page 125
The Identity Threat......Page 131
The Professor's Session One......Page 138
The Professor's Session Two......Page 141
The Professor's Session Three......Page 142
Wisdom of Hindsight......Page 148
Harald's Session One......Page 151
Harald's Session Two......Page 153
Harald's Session Three......Page 158
07: A CASE OF SEVERE TINNITUS......Page 159
The Girl Who Wouldn't Close Her Eyes......Page 169
Meet Thomas: The Vice Principal Everyone Hated......Page 175
What's the Value of Deep Hypnosis?......Page 186
The Importance of a Superb Pre-Talk......Page 191
How to Do a Good Pre-talk......Page 194
A Look at Hypnotic Phenomena......Page 200
Conscious / Unconscious Disassociation......Page 202
An Indirect Test for Hypnotic Readiness......Page 204
Establishing the Hypnotic Contract......Page 206
My Favorite Speed Induction......Page 207
How to Do the Hand Drop Induction......Page 212
THE MAGIC OF INSTANT SPONTANEOUS HYPNOSIS......Page 217
LET THE UNCONSCIOUS SELECT THE CONTEXT AND THE EMOTION......Page 218
Real-Life Regressions......Page 220
Pity Cry vs. a Symptomatic Trance......Page 222
How to Recognize a Spontaneous Symptomatic Trance......Page 225
How to Create Instant Hypnosis......Page 226
10: WHAT IF THEY DON'T GO INTO HYPNOSIS?......Page 229
Mindfulness Meditation......Page 236
The Surprise Handshake Induction......Page 237
How About Control Freaks?......Page 238
What About Those Who Repress Feelings......Page 239
When the Client is Totally Emotionally Repressed......Page 240
A Case of Heavy Grief......Page 244
Some Loving Sex for You......Page 245
A Severe Snake Phobia......Page 246
A Group of Fighters......Page 247
STEP ONE......Page 248
STEP THREE......Page 249
The NASA Game......Page 250
Tips from an Insider......Page 252
HOW TO SET IT UP......Page 255
2. USE THE STATE TO LET THE UNCONSCIOUS CREATE THE CONTEXTS......Page 258
3. RELEASE OF EMOTION AND RELEARNING......Page 260
What If The Emotions Don't Release?......Page 261
Anger......Page 262
Sadness......Page 263
Future Pacing......Page 264
13: THE HIGHLY HYPNOTIZABLE CLIENT......Page 265
A Depressed Guy Named Tim......Page 268
Taking Things Literally......Page 270
Susy the Insomniac......Page 271
A Cool Weight Loss Solution......Page 272
Using Hypnotic Capacity to Connect withE xperience......Page 273
Combining Hypnosis and Ordeal Therapy to Keep It Real......Page 277
Suggestibility and Compulsive Compliance......Page 283
Easy Come Easy Go......Page 284
The Client Needs to Own the Change......Page 287
Respect the Unconscious Need for Amnesia......Page 288
A Critical Modification when Working with the Highly Hypnotizable......Page 290
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS......Page 292
DEDICATION......Page 298