Simple Hypnotherapy Techniques Anyone Can Use

Simple Hypnotherapy Techniques Anyone Can Use

A lot of the time it’s the simplest techniques that work the best but we are often under the illusion that nothing that easy can work. Here are some simple hypnotherapy techniques that you can use even if you’re a novice.

Hypnotic trance induction

There are a number of these available on the internet for free or very little money. If your aim is to hypnotize yourself then you’re probably best recording them – the microphone that’s probably built into your computer or webcam will work fine for this purpose – and then playing it back to yourself. If you’re putting someone else into a hypnotic trance then you need to practice the first part (until their eyes are closed) but can then “cheat” and read from a script for the rest of the process.

Post hypnotic suggestions

This sounds complicated but isn’t. If your parents or teachers ever told you that you’d never be any good at something, they were inadvertently giving you a post hypnotic suggestion, even if you weren’t hypnotized in the first place. These kind of phrases are acted on by our subconscious as though they were true. Which means that they become a self fulfilling prophecy if we’re not careful. But it also means that we can use these suggestions on ourselves or other people to beneficial effect. For post hypnotic suggestions to work on ourselves, it’s probably easiest to use affirmations that we repeat to ourselves over and over again for a number of days or weeks or even longer. To use post hypnotic suggestions as a hypnotherapy technique on someone else, it’s just a matter of planting the idea in their mind, maybe anchoring it to an event or feeling if you want to make it stronger.

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Hypnotic anchors

Whilst anchors are more often used in neuro linguistic programming (NLP) – a close cousin of hypnosis – they also have their place in regular hypnotherapy. An anchor is usually a simple physical act such as squeezing your thumb and middle finger together when you’re reliving a heightened emotional moment or state. It’s used to quickly bring you back to that state at will. Anchors like this can be used on yourself or people you’re hypnotizing. They can also be stacked on each other so that they become a super-powerful yet simple hypnotherapy technique.