Originally Posted by The Woodcutter (Post 5574275)

Does anyone know if hypnotism works for giving up smoking?

Originally Posted by Glasgowlass (Post 5572426)

I was for the first time the other day.....don't quite know what to make of it ?!:blink:

Originally Posted by The Woodcutter (Post 5574275)

Does anyone know if hypnotism works for giving up smoking?

Originally Posted by spartacus (Post 5572499)

I did a similar course a while back also, and practiced as a hypnotherapist for a couple of years previous to coming out to Oz. So yes I have been hypnotised.

Andy

Originally Posted by don544 (Post 5572457)

i did a clinical hypnosis course 2 years ago as part of my job.
my wife now loves house work and can't say no!!
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :D

Originally Posted by Gonnago (Post 5573816)

I started a course in 'hypnobirthing' this week - the idea that i can work with my clients, they get into a hypnotic state and feel no pain in labour. :huh: still a bit sceptical at this stage but the relaxation techniques are fantastic.

She tried to hypnotise me at the end of the class but It wouldnt work, or rather I wouldnt 'give myself up' to her, I felt to vulnerable, maybe in time it may work but im not an easy target.

Originally Posted by Whitby Wanderers (Post 5575756)

Hello guys,
i am a hypnotist amongst other things :):) and am hosting a 'stress at christmas' workshop with all proceeds to the 'heartkids' charity for children with congenital heart defects. This is a charity close to my own heart as my daughter was born with a major heart defect. You will have fun, learn tools to help you cope with whatever your particular stresses are and more importantly, will be helping the kids :)
It is scheduled for Saturday 1st December.
Pm me for more details :)
Angie

Originally Posted by spartacus (Post 5572719)

Stage hypnotists are very good at ‘reading’ people. Some people respond more readily to direct or indirect suggestion (being told what to do), and they’re able, very quickly, to whittle an initial group of thirty or so participants down to a handful who are open to being hypnotised, suggestible, imaginative and potentially entertaining.

There’s also a lot of ‘unspoken contract / agreement’ stuff going on as well. The initial selection process can be done in lots of different ways ranging from a straightforward “Who wants to be hypnotised?” through to seemingly indirect selections based on frisby / ball throwing. The end result is the same; a group of people who ‘want’ to be hypnotised.

Wanting to be hypnotised isn’t quite enough. Everybody has the ability to be hypnotised, some just take longer than others. The stage hypnotist sorts the ‘wheat from the chaff’ so to speak and ends up with a group of suggestible, imaginative individuals who’ve already indicated their wish to be hypnotised, and so are.

Stage hypnosis is for entertainment only and as such is totally different to clinical hypnosis or hypnotherapy.

Andy

Originally Posted by don544 (Post 5572548)

having done a course, the way we use to put people 'under', takes a bit of time, and if the the 'patient' is resistent to suggestion, it does not work!
really don't no how stage hypnotist's 'SEEM' to be able to click their fingers and hypnotize some one. :confused:

Originally Posted by Demeter (Post 5575943)

was hypnotised re a spider phobia a couple of years ago, can shift pretty big spiders now in fact had a pretty one in the house yesterday and put it outside no probs but still have a thing for the huntsman :( cant understand why really? because part of the course was to hold a tarantula.

and I've come across 3 of the buggers since we've been here :eek:

did the Paul Mckenna stop smoking cd stopped for 3 months but started again.

Originally Posted by annqldau (Post 5575862)

Have found local supervision group hard to find anyone interested in making our own expats one?

Originally Posted by Gonnago (Post 5573816)

I started a course in 'hypnobirthing' this week - the idea that i can work with my clients, they get into a hypnotic state and feel no pain in labour. :huh: still a bit sceptical at this stage but the relaxation techniques are fantastic.

Originally Posted by The Woodcutter (Post 5574275)

Does anyone know if hypnotism works for giving up smoking?

Originally Posted by spartacus (Post 5576214)

For phobias give something called TFT (Thought Field Therapy) a try. Very effecive. No hypnosis needed, just learn the different tapping sequences for the phobia you're suffering from, can work almost instantaneously.

Why are you still afraid of Huntsman? Maybe because thay operate in a different way to a tarantula; fast and unpredicatable as opppossed to slow and ponderous.

Andy