CHT CHT Hypnotic Suggestion and Scripting

Question 1

What is the key difference between direct and indirect suggestions in hypnotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Direct suggestions are explicit commands while indirect suggestions imply the desired response

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Direct suggestions are subtle while indirect suggestions are explicit

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Direct suggestions only work in deep trance while indirect work in light trance

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Direct suggestions require written consent while indirect do not

Question 2

Which suggestion style is most associated with Milton Erickson's approach to hypnotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Indirect permissive suggestions

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Authoritarian direct commands

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Binary scripted commands

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Rote standardized suggestions

Question 3

What is a post-hypnotic suggestion?

Accepted Answer

A suggestion delivered during trance that influences behavior after the session

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A suggestion given after the session ends verbally

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A suggestion that reinforces the depth of hypnosis

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A suggestion reserved for the final session of treatment

Question 4

What is the purpose of an ideomotor response in hypnotherapy?

Accepted Answer

To allow unconscious communication via involuntary physical signals

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To deepen trance through rhythmic physical movement

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To test whether the client is faking hypnosis

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To measure trance depth on a numerical scale

Question 5

Which language pattern involves presupposing the desired outcome has already occurred?

Accepted Answer

Presupposition

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Double bind

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Implication

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Embedded command

Question 6

What is a hypnotic double bind?

Accepted Answer

A choice between two options that both lead to the desired therapeutic outcome

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A technique that binds two unrelated suggestions together

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Two contradictory suggestions used to confuse the critical mind

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A command that is repeated twice for reinforcement