Hypnosis Hypnosis is a practice designed to enhance human concentration, reduce any form of distraction, and increase responsiveness to alter behavior, feelings, thoughts, and psychological state. Hypnosis on itself is not a therapy, or a treatment. It is a technique used to induce other forms of therapies, or therapies. Traditional hypnosis was conducted with a practitioner who had the ability to understand how people subconscious mind worked. It used people’s inward focused attention to unearth their subconscious for identification and resolution of what was beyond their conscious control, behavior, somatic tissues and emotional problems. Hypnosis was administered with particular word, also known metaphors to hypnotize patients (“Psychologists Anywhere Anytime,” 2015). Hypnotherapy was mainly used to help smokers quit smoking. Since it was beyond their control hypnotic power was useful in chasing the bad habits. Other uses included stress management, losing weight, boosting self-confidence, and fighting fear. Critical function of the body is reduced (“Traditional Hypnotherapy,” 2015). Hypnotic induction is the process of creating environment for hypnosis to take place. Induction was the processed used to draw the hypnotic victim into unconscious …show more content…
People differ in degrees they respond during induction. They key to hypnosis susceptibility depends on the on the level one is hypnotizable. These are the mental stability indexes of the hypnotized. While some therapist attributes them to the level of thinking, the most probable reason is the mood and the environment set for the practice. Once the therapist establishes the patients’ emotional status, appropriate mood can be created to facilitate the process (“Psychologists Anywhere Anytime,” 2015). People out mood, are always less suggestive needs more time as compared to those who have elated emotions. Therapist need to understand their patients before starting the therapy