Hypnosis
* Is There are many levels and uses of hypnosis.
* allows remarkable dissociations, particularly with respect to sensations of pain.
* appears to be most like an altered state of suggestibility.
* can assist or accelerate any natural body reactions or ability
  - people in making positive changes in their lives
* can be a tremendous facilitator of therapy
  - useful part of exploratory psychotherapy
  - dangerous
  - quite effective with milder types of depression and anxiety
  - scary to some people
  - useful to gain access to the memories of someone suffering from traumatic amnesia
  - block pain even under very dramatic circumstances such as open heart surgery
  - both stimulate and inhibit gastric acid secretion
* can help by reprogramming the subconscious
  - develop memory and increase concentration
  - in certain situations
  - release unwanted patterns like post traumatic stress reactions
  - to boost creativity by accessing intuition, memory, and concentration
  - with relaxation, breathing and pain
  - promote accurate memory and raise to consciousness long forgotten information
  - release causes for fears and phobias, then permanently release the fear
  - relieve and even cure phobias and allergies as well as helping to remove fear and pain
* comes from the root word hypnos which means sleep.
* completely safe tool used to make positive changes.
* creates a bridge from the conscious mind to the subconscious and the power of the universe.
* dates back to the days of the Egyptian pyramids.
* deals with accessing the unconscious mind.
* denotes a trance.
* does prove to reduce stress levels of various people, as seen by the surveys
  - seem to reduce one s stress level
* encourages an altered state of consciousness , by definition.
* enhances both the storage and retrieval of data.
* gateway to the unconscious mind.
* helps relieve pelvic pain due to functional causes unamenable to surgery
  - some people stop smoking
* helps to get all parts balanced
  - teach one to use positive self-talk and positive expectations
* highly subjective, personal experience.
* includes many different ways to set that daydream-like state of mind or trance into being.
* involves suggestion.
* is about subconscious response
  - accumulative in it's powers
  - also helpful with dental anxieties, procedures and phobias
  - as old as humans
  - capable of lowering stress
  - clinically useful in almost every aspect of medicine
  - effective for the treatment of dermatological conditions in three specific ways
  - generally experienced as restful and relaxing, it is different then slumber
  - great for the insomniac
  - human activities
  - in fact a method to encourage people to imagine experiences suggested by the hypnotist
  - indeed very relaxing, making sleep come easier and has no harmful side-effects
* is just as likely to bring forth false impressions as true accounts of past events
  - one commonly known form said to be used by secret government agencies
  - meditation
  - merely a tool to encourage altered states of consciousness
  - most effective when the mind is in alpha state
  - much more than hypnotherapy or stage hypnosis
  - nothing more than a relaxed state of focused attention, similar to daydreaming
  - often a fantasy or imaginary experience
  - one of a number of psychiatric treatment techniques
* is one of many tools and techniques used to uncover information or to work out problems
  - used in cigarette cessation
* is one of the most effective ways to deal directly with the unconscious level of the mind
  - safest and economical treatments for stress
  - way of regressing people
  - probably more a matter of applied psychology than anything else
  - really self-hypnosis
* is simply a means of focusing attention
  - relaxation process
  - state of deep mental and physical relaxation
  - an altered state of natural consciousness
* is the manipulation of concentration levels
  - primary method used to contact the subconscious mind
  - state that a person experiences
  - very much like daydreaming
  - way to reprogram the triggers that cause impulse eating
* mental condition
* often works really well to help people get old relationships off their mind.
* opens the doorway to the subconscious mind where all our memories are stored.
* perfectly natural, normal state of mind
  - normal state that just about everyone has experienced
  - safe technique that anyone who can concentrate for a few moments can learn
* permits the mind to disengage to some extent.
* reveals the personal side of people.
* simply involves going into a relaxed, yet focused, state of awareness.
* skill that is developed through years of study and dedication
  - learned, enhanced, and developed with time and experience
* taps the power of the imagination.
* technique in which an individual s susceptibility to suggestion is heightened.
* temporarily bypasses the conscious mind allowing access to the subconscious mind.
* term derived from the Greek word for sleep.
* tool sometimes used in the treatment of tension headaches and migraine.
* trance-like state between sleeping and waking
  - that can be brought on by a person trained in special techniques
* vehicle for self exploration and change.
* very natural state of mental awareness
  - useful adjunct in the treatment of somatization disorder
* well-documented method for reducing discomfort during painful procedures.
* widely accepted method for helping people make changes.
* works because it is possible to reprogram the subconscious mind
  - with some people
  - within the unconscious mind