HYPNOSIS

According to the authors of the book “Essentials of Clinical Hypnosis” Lynn and Kirsch (2006, p.3-4), they have agreed on the following description of hypnosis, which has been originally adopted by Division 30(Society of Psychological Hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association (APA):
Hypnosis is a procedure during which a health professional or researcher suggests that a client, patient, or subject experience changes in sensation, perception, thoughts, or behavior. The hypnotic context is generally established by an induction procedure.

The authors have described that, people showed different reaction to hypnosis. (Lynn and Kirsch, 2006, p.4). Some of them have responded to hypnosis as an altered state of consciousness while others described hypnosis as a normal state of focused attention that, they feel very relax and calm. (Lynn and Kirsch, 2006, p.4). In addition Kirsch has convinced that person’s ability to experience hypnosis could be prevented by different facts such as fears and phobia. (1994a, pp.142-143).
It has been explained by Kirsch (2006, p.5) that, hypnosis is not a kind of therapy, like psychoanalysis, It is a process of making therapy easier. (1994a, pp.142-143).

History OF HYPNOSIS

The origin use of the word Hypnosis extends back to the 19th century British physician James Braid (1843). (Lynn and Kirsch, 2006, p.6). But, the phenomenon that hypnosis refers and it is well known for a half a century comes under the names; animal magnetism or mesmerism. (Lynn and Kirsch, 2006, p.6).


Some Facts about Hypnosis

The following tips will give you more information and knowledge about, whether to use hypnosis or not. (Lynn, kirsch, Neufeld, and Rhue, 1996; Nash, 2001):

■ Hypnosis is not a dangerous process if practiced by qualified clinicians and researchers
(see Lynn, Martin, and Frauman, 1996).

■ The procedure of hypnosis is not a sleeplike state (Banyai, 1991).

■Those people who has experienced this process never described it as a trance but, as an
Strong attention on suggested events. (McConkey, 1986).

■ Hypnosis depends more on the attempts and abilities of the subject not on the skill of
the hypnotist. (Hilgard, 1965).

■ Hypnosis does not help you to increase the credit and reliability of one’s memory
(Lynn, Lock, Myers, and Payne, 1997).