Ericksonian Hypnosis

This kind of hypnotic trance has been developed by an American psychologist, Milton Erickson. The hypnosis is the limit of the boundary of the fantastic. Erickson, as if it did incidentally, plunging the patient into a trance during a single discussion. The patient does not realize - while during the discussion, still sitting in the same place, eyes wide open, he answered the questions - he was under hypnosis. Today, many scholars have adopted this method. I will immediately tell you what to expect after knocking on the door of their office.


The session begins with what is called the "adjustment". During the discussion, the therapist takes the same body position as you. If you remember, then it is useless to continue. If however you do not realize, after the "mime" the posture, the hypnotist begins to adapt his breathing. Is it consistent breathing to yours, or it starts to move one of its members on your breathing, for example, waving his hand on the measure, or even begins to speak only when you breathe (because we say the words ending). When the therapist said something just as you exhale, it is readily apparent in the illusion that you are your own inner words.

By taking the rhythm of the patient, the psychotherapist "follows" a moment later he "passes". For example, two-breaths are continuing a moment together, then the hypnotist slowly begins to change the rhythm of his breath. If the patient also changes in relation to the latter, this means that the latter "follows" or the connection is successful.