W. Jeffrey Kramer, DC, PhD, ATC , CHt , NLP Chiropractor / Hypnotherapist

1. Overcoming Mental Barriers Through Hypnosis OLLI/Furman University(HFE521)Techniques for Self-Hypnosis W. Jeffrey Kramer, DC, PhD, ATC, CHt, NLP Chiropractor / Hypnotherapist

2. Self-Hypnosis Hypnosis can help you succeed where you may have never thought success was possible! Through the power of ones own subconscious mind self-hypnosis can help individuals achieve their optimal human potential. Because of its ability to reach deep into the foundations of the mind and create lasting change, it is an ideal approach to almost any challenge. Here are just a few examples…

3. Some Benefits of Self-Hypnosis...

4. Some Benefits of Self-Hypnosis... Medically-Referred Issues*: *Please note: For your safety, we require a note from your primary care provider before working with any medically-diagnosed issues.

5. Dr. Kramer’s Working Definition of Hypnosis • Hypnosis is a natural state of altered (heightened) awareness and selective hypersuggestibility whereby the subject chooses to ignore the realities of the world around to focus their attention on the imagined world and accept suggestions that appears so realistic, the body reacts physiologically as if they are real.

6. Two Very Important Points • ALL hypnosis is Self-Hypnosis AND • YOU are in control at all times

7. Techniques for Self-Hypnosis

8. Waking vs. Hypnotic State The goal of self-hypnosis is to temporarily “turn off” the conscious mind through relaxation, bypass the critical faculty (judgment of reality) and to directly address the subconscious mind.

9. Susceptibility to Hypnosis • Age • Sex • Intelligence • Occupation • Personality Today you will be as hypnotized as you chose…

10. Hypnotic Environment • Temperature – 73-75 degrees • Light • Colors • Noise • Odors • Climate • Physical condition of subject • Drugs & Alcohol • Emotions • Audience

11. Tools: Eye Fixation

12. Tools: Eye Fixation

13. Tools: Hypnodisc

14. Addressing Self in Self-Hypnosis • I am Relaxing • You are Relaxing • He/She is relaxing • Use which ever is the most appropriate for you.

15. Suggestibility Test • Chevreul’s Pendulum Test • Arms Rising and Falling Test • Lemon Test • Finger Proximity Test

16. Lemon Exercise • “Close eyes, and imagine you are in front of your refrigerator…” • “Now open your eyes and notice the amount of saliva in your mouth. It increased, didn’t it?” • “Was there really a lemon there? No, there wasn’t, but you salivated as if there were one. That’s how hypnosis works. We create images in your mind and your unconscious mind responds as if those images are real.”

17. Basic Steps for Self-Hypnosis • Rapid Induction • Convince yourself • Offer Suggestions • Awaken

18. Induction • Your getting veeeeeerrrrry sleeeeeepy. • 3 keys to successful induction • Vocal Inflection (where you put emphasis) • Question – up • Statement – neutral • Comand – down • Vocal tone (soft, relaxing voice) • Temp/Speed (slow and pause frequently) • What you say is not nearly as important as how you say it.

19. Deepening Techniques • Sky • Park • Staircase • Counting • Shrinking • Elevator

20. Test for Hypnosis • Eye catalepsy • Arm levitation • Arm rigidity • Hand clasp

21. Convince Yourself • Are you in trance – hypnotized?

22. Suggestions Hypnotherapy: • End Result Imagery (info from interview) • Ex. How will your life improve when you… • Metaphors • Symbolic stories that parallel the client’s outcome • Don’t want to make metaphor too obvious for conscious connection. • Direct Suggestions • Authoritative commands and/or post-hypnotic suggestions.

23. Metaphors • The practice of couching meaningful messages within metaphors was widely employed by the Father of Modern Clinical Hypnosis, Dr. Milton Erickson. • Technique is used as a further distraction of conscious rationalization while the important new learning is assimilated at a subconscious level.

24. What is a Metaphor and Parable? • A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels.“ Metaphor may also be used for any rhetoricalfigures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance. In this broader sense, antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy and simile would all be considered types of metaphor. • A parable is [1] a succinct story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or (sometimes) a normative principle. It differs from a fable in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human characters. It is a type of analogy.[2]

25. Bring Them Up • “In a moment I’m going to count from 1 to 5, and when I reach 5, you will be wide awake, and you will feel totally refreshed and energized, having accepted all of my suggestions and in a good mood.” • Voice gets progressively louder and faster • 1) Starting to feel energy building up; 2) Feel more and more alert and wiggle toes; 3) Half way there; 4)Start stretch out legs and arms; and 5) Open your eyes, your all awake and back in room.

27. Other Techniques for Self-Hypnosis

28. Meditation • Mental exercise designed to produce relaxation or heightened awareness • Concentrative Meditation: Attention is paid to a single focal point (i.e., object, thought, etc.) • Produces relaxation response and thus works to reduce stress • Receptive Meditation: Based on widening attention span to become aware of everything experienced at a given moment • Mantra: Word(s) or sound(s) repeated silently during concentrative meditation • Relaxation Response: Occurs at time of relaxation; internal response that prevents activation of adrenal glands

29. Guided Imagery • Guided Imagery

31. THANK YOU! CONTACT INFORMATION INSTRUCTOR NAME: Dr. Jeff Kramer OFFICE ADDRESS: 7-C Brendan Way, Greenville, SC 29615 PHONE NUMBER: (864) 242-5810 E-MAIL: drjkramer@gmail.com Best