Your induction sucks.
My inductions suck too. But my notes are better than my attitude problem.
My inductions suck too. But my notes are better than my attitude problem.
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I've managed to create a labrynth of book notes. Here are some of the highlights. Go support the book authors - these are (mostly) all solid.
Seriously - my highest recommendation for someone getting into recreational hypnosis. Read this book. Don't just read my notes. (But read my notes, too.)
NLP sucks. But sleepingirl does an excellent job of making it useful and cutting through the bullshit. An excellent resource.
I'm not sure I'd recommend this book. There's a few gems inside of it, but it's a bit rough in practice.
Mind Play is a great starting point for hypnokink. That being said - when suggestions aren't effective, it'll leave you a bit lost. I wrote up some notes trying to fill in the gaps that wouldn't fit into a kink-centric intro.
Buy all this guy's books. But here's my notes if you need a convincer.
Be more intentional with your suggestions, as well more aware of your subject's experience.
A gentle way to teach self-hypnosis and relaxation.
The Elman Induction is sort of like a classic car you bought off of Craigslist. No manual, but you lucked out when you got it. Graham Old breaks it down into understandable steps. (Unlike the car, which would just break down.)
Handshake inductions mystified the hell out of me until this book. A solid read.
A gentle introduction to rethinking what you're actually doing with an induction.
Fuck me. Digesting academic literature is hard. But I'll go soft on you - have my notes.
Even though this is from the late 90's, my go-to recommendation for getting into academic research.
A seriously heavy level of neuroscience antfucking looking at hypnotic correlates.
How to put Irving Kirsch and Steven Jay Lynn's late 90s model of hypnotic response into practice. Provides a useful and straightforward approach - even if the theory doesn't explain EVERY phenomena.
Man - psychology is soft (as a science) and hard (to study) all at the same time. Kirsch argues that cognition is at least a major component of classical and operant conditioning.
Should I be reading books on therapeutic hypnosis? Probably not. Do I answer my own questions? Absolutely.
Want to see Rossi and Erickson fuck everything up? Here ya go!
A reasonable take on how to do Erickonian inductions. It's not gaslighting if it's therapy.
Look I really don't want to resort to a size innuendo - but there's a lot on this website. Here's a few things worth checking out.
Notes on a spicier, useful take on how to approach street hypnosis from Kev Sheldrake - they know their shit.
I read and talk a lot of smack about models, approaches, and theories. I'm probably wrong about a lot of stuff. But at least I've read about it. I've written out my full-fat opinions on books I've read on this page.
Websites I've personally deemed to be worth your time.
Truly dedicated to the art of phenomena and ritual, from someone with a far greater understanding of psychology than my own.
A wealth of information and solid book reviews from a researcher in the field.
Really, if there's any one resource to read on Hypnosis, it's this one. A good deal of my understanding of hypnosis is copying this guy's homework.
From sleepingirl - arguably a much easier introduction to hypnosis.
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