[angkor]

>>>>This is the kind of stuff for the alien-abduction crowd. “Hidden hypnosis,” as a concept is bogus.<<<<

I studied Ericsonian hypnosis and NLP formally for a year and informally for longer, and it is not “alien abduction “ or “bogus”. As you know, that’s a charge that’s been made by “mainstream” shrinks for decades.

While I don’t subscribe to every assertion in the referenced report, it *is* generally correct in laying out the technics and language patterns.

>>>All hypnosis is self-hypnosis and cannot be “imposed” by an outside force.<<<<

True. Which is why all serious practicioners of Ericsonian hypnosis and NLP recognize the essential need for rapport with the subject.

[Rudder]

the essential need for rapport with the subject.

And to have their permission.

[beckysueb]

I could never be hypnotized. I am too much of a realist. Almost to a fault. Sometimes it would be soooo good just to let it go and be a dreamer. I guess I could even be called a cynic.