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The Analysis-of-Induction chart that follows allows you to make important notes on a subject so that, as sessions progress, you can remember and continue to use the most effective approach for that particular individual. It also shows you the pattern of change taking place with your client from session to session.

NAME OF SUBJECT: _________________________________

DATE: _________________________________

ATTITUDE OF SUBJECT: Calm__________ Fearful___________ Nervous________ Indifferent________ TYPE OF INDUCTION USED: _________________________________ INDUCTION TIMING: Perfect_________Too Slow__________

Too Fast__________

PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS Lazy__________ Deliberate_________ DURING INDUCTION: Unnoticeable_________

SUBJECT’S SUGGESTIBILITY: _______________________________

SUBJECT’S COMFORT: Reaction to Distance ______________ Reaction to Closeness_____________ Reaction to Touch_________________ Reaction to Maternalism___________ Reaction to Paternalism____________

PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR Total Relaxation (letting go)_________ WHILE IN THE HYPNOTIC Erratic Abreactional

STATE: Movements (fear)_________________ Constant Body Movements (mistrust)______________ Other____________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ POST-SUGGESTION _________________________________ TO REHYPNOSIS: _________________________________ NOTICEABLE REACTION _________________________________ OR ABREACTION: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ ADDITIONAL ________________________________ OBSERVATIONS: ________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Following is a short explanation of the chart, section by section, to point out the various implications of each response.

Attitude of Subject

The attitude of the subject indicates how he is relating to you in the waking state, which tells you what your basic approach should be. If the subject is calm, use a maternal induction; if he is nervous, use a paternal induction; if he is fearful, project a reassuring, ma- ternal attitude with an authoritarian induction; if he is indifferent, catch him off-guard with a subtle approach.

Type of Induction Used

Simply list the kind of induction, indicating also whether the ap- proach was maternal or paternal.

Induction Timing

Your induction timing is too slow, if the subject has already en- tered the hypnotic state before you say the words, Deep sleep. If he has to wait for you to catch up with him, he may lose some of his depth. If your induction timing is too fast, you may miss the subject completely and destroy some of his expectation. A perfect induction timing occurs when the subject’s eyes close or roll upward at the in- stant the command of Deep sleep is given.

Physical Movements During Induction

If the subject makes deliberate movements, as if he is helping you, it tells you that he is either trying to be overly helpful or he is ex- tremely Physically suggestible and is taking everything you say lit- erally. If his physical movements are lazy and he shows the pulsation of approaching sleep in his movements, you have a 50/50 subject. If his physical movements are not noticeable, you have an Emotional subject.

Subject’s Suggestibility

The degree of a subject’s Physical and Emotional suggestibility should be determined by a combination of the written suggestibility questionnaires, active suggestibility tests, and observation of the client while he is in the hypnotic state.

Subject’s Comfort

In a therapy situation, physical closeness means emotional close- ness to a client. In some cases, emotional closeness is necessary for proper transference or for establishing a dependent relationship,

just until the subject develops enough confidence to handle his own independence. Physical closeness, including touching and hugging, is common when the client is a very young child. So if a child seems to want a little physical contact, it may be anti-therapeutic not to give it. However, discretion and wisdom must always guide use of phys- ical contact, especially with adults. Many times, for instance, an Emotionally suggestible subject will abreact to physical closeness, especially before he trusts you fully because he feels that it is an in- vasion of his territory. A touch on the forehead will usually indicate whether the subject is Physical or Emotional; the greater the jar from the touch, the greater the Emotional suggestibility. To ensure the subject’s comfort, you should always begin with a maternal ap- proach, which can be followed by paternalism with a Physical sub- ject. Paternalism used first, may lack results and can be very upsetting to Emotionally suggestible clients.

Physical Behavior While in the Hypnotic State

Look for:

1. Total relaxation (an indication that the subject is letting go). 2. Erratic abreactional movements (an indication of fear). 3. Constant movements of the body (an indication of mistrust).

Post-Suggestion to Re-Hypnosis

The post-suggestion to re-hypnosis is fully described in the sec- tion on The Initial Hypnotic Induction. The primary purpose of the post-suggestion is to create rapid response to re-hypnosis, not to satisfy the operator’s ego. Once a post-suggestion has been given, it must remain consistent from session to session.

Noticeable Reaction or Abreaction

A reaction has taken place when a suggestion you have given your subject is carried out, as with a post-suggestion to re-hypnosis or a post-suggestion to reaction. For a reaction to occur, the sug- gestion must slip through critical area of mind and be accepted.

An abreaction simply indicates a resistance to the suggestion. If, after you repeat the suggestion one time or a number of times, the abreaction ceases, it is a good indication that you are reaching the individual, possibly even stronger than if a reaction had taken place instead. If a subject abreacts to the same suggestion throughout an entire session without the abreaction ever easing or ceasing, you should reword your suggestion.