Hypnosis induction involved various techniques that must be learned and practiced over and over again before they are used on another person. There are also some self hypnosis induction techniques that can work for a person who wants to hypnotize himself to work on certain issues in his life, in the same manner as meditation techniques. Hypnosis induction strategies usually involve a script that the hypnotist follows as well as some amount of touch, whether it is having the patient press down on the hypnotist’s hand at the beginning of the script, or if the hypnotist gently touches the person’s shoulder or hand to signal deep sleep.
Training
When considering going to a professional for hypnosis induction, the patient should thoroughly check out the therapist’s credentials. Usually it is best that the professional is a licensed therapist with an additional certification in hypnosis. Hypnosis can be a useful healing tool when in the hands of a trained therapist. However, it can be dangerous when hypnosis induction is used by someone who has not thoroughly studied its uses. There is a National Guild of Hypnotists that provides training and also oversight over the hypnotists that are trained through their program and pass their tests. A hypnotist who provides induction should have a certification from the NGH to ensure that he or she has been properly trained in the methods of hypnotherapy.
There are some people who want to learn hypnosis induction purely for entertainment purposes. There are some people who use hypnosis induction on the stage, calling people up to be their subjects and then hypnotizing them to cause them to do certain embarrassing things for the enjoyment of the audience. There are certain hypnosis induction techniques that allow people to be hypnotized in a very short period of time. However, the hypnotist must be thoroughly practiced and trained in these shorter methods so that they can perform the script naturally and smoothly during the performance with each person. Often, in a therapeutic setting, the hypnotic induction techniques are the longer scripts at first, and then the shorter scripts can be used later. In this way, the patient is gradually led into the hypnotic state the first time while a suggestion is planted that the next time a shorter version would be used to get him to the same deep trance state. Hypnosis induction is often used to help people who are addicted to some behavior since suggestions can be planted in the subconscious that can help to cure the addiction.