I was interested in your group and just want to introduce myself, how would one
learn and get certified in hypnosis? Is there such certification available?
Janie


Warning: Know What You Are Doing Before Attempting Self Hypnosis!!!

Everyone knows that hypnosis work, but do you know what the effects
and risks are?

While you can certainly let self hypnosis work for you, the fact
remains that, unless you are skilled in the art, and know the
counter measures to mistakes, self hypnosis should not be practiced
by everyone

Here's an exerpt from "Ultimate Hypnosis - The Previously Unknown
Techniques"

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The evidence for the effectiveness of hypnosis is mostly in clinical
reports. Clinical cases make it clear that some people are helped,
but it is hard to know what percentage of the general
population would respond satisfactorily to hypnosis. Soskis (1986)
estimates that only about 10% of us are able to use hypnosis to
avoid intense pain, as in surgery or childbirth. The fact is that
the effectiveness of self-hypnosis suggestions, such as those given
above, has not been objectively evaluated and compared to other
methods. You will just have to try it and find out how well it works
for you. Be objective.


An additional problem is that scientists have not yet separated the
effects of hypnosis from the accompanying suggestion or placebo
effects. If we think a method will work, it probably will. For
example, Theodore Barber (1969) has found that a simple request
without any hypnosis can produce remarkable changes, e.g. making one
hand warmer and the other colder or changing heart rate. It isn't
clear how the body does these things but it can be done without
hypnosis. Perhaps it doesn't matter what the real cause is; we just
shouldn't be in awe of hypnosis or a hypnotist.

My main criticism of one person hypnotizing another person is that
the hypnotist tends to become a superior-feeling,
controlling "master" while the subject becomes a helpless,
unthinking, submissive "slave." That doesnˇ¦t seem healthy. Many
people are intrigued with hypnosis; they want to use it with friends
and at parties. I suspect they want to be seen as a comedian, a
great healer, or a powerful controller. If you are not a trained
professional (and qualified to treat the problem with other
methods), you should not be using hypnotism for helping another
person. You shouldn't remove a symptom that still serves a
psychological purpose. And, you should certainly avoid using age-
regression and probing for traumatic experiences; that could
possibly cause panic and lead to a serious situation (MacHovec,
1988). Likewise, hypnosis should never be used as a form of party
entertainment. You are dealing with a human life; don't demean a
person by making him/her look foolish or by arrogantly playing
publicly with his/her private, intimate concerns.

Self-hypnosis is easy to learn, it lets you be your own master, and
it can be used whenever you need it with many self-improvement
projects. It is interesting to most people; that helps us maintain
our motivation to make difficult changes. Most experienced
practitioners say self-hypnosis is not dangerous as long as it is
used for these simple purposes and with the cautions mentioned above.



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