Hypnosis Therapy Certification Hypnosis Therapy Techniques & Approaches 2

Question 1

Which induction technique uses a pendulum or moving object to fixate the client's gaze and promote eye fatigue?

Accepted Answer

Eye fixation

Answer

Eye fixation inductions use a focal point such as a swinging pendulum to cause eye strain and facilitate trance entry.

Question 2

The 'Elman Induction' is best characterized by which approach?

Accepted Answer

A rapid, authoritarian technique achieving somnambulism quickly

Answer

Dave Elman's induction is a fast, structured, authoritarian method designed to bring clients to somnambulistic depth in minutes.

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of a 'convincer' in a hypnosis session?

Accepted Answer

To demonstrate to the client that they are hypnotized and build responsiveness

Answer

A convincer, such as arm catalepsy or finger lock, builds the client's belief in their hypnotic state and increases suggestibility.

Question 4

In Eriksonian hypnosis, 'utilization' refers to which therapeutic principle?

Accepted Answer

Using client resistance, behaviors, and experiences as resources within the hypnotic process

Answer

Utilization means incorporating whatever the client brings—including resistance or symptoms—as material to facilitate therapeutic change.

Question 5

Which technique involves the hypnotherapist suggesting that the client's hand will automatically rise toward their face, signaling trance deepening?

Accepted Answer

Arm levitation

Answer

Arm levitation suggests ideomotor movement where the hand rises toward the face, reinforcing trance depth and responsiveness.

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