1. “I had to do it myself first”

2. HYPNOSIS The hypnotic experience is characterized by an ability to sustain a state of attentive, receptive, intense focal concentration with diminished peripheral awareness in response to a signal. (Spiegel) What does that feel like?

3. EXPERIENCE Bringing all your attention to the toes on your right foot. Allow all your awareness to rest on your toes wriggling up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down. And noticing your breath rise and fall, rise and fall, rise and fall. What do you notice?

4. THREE MAIN COMPONENTS ABSORPTION deeply engrossed in experience DISSOCIATION not here, instead there SUGGESTIBILITY open, receptive and responsive

5. PURPOSE OF PRACTICING SELF- HYPNOSIS DEVELOPING SENSE OF MASTERY HOLY COW!! THIS STUFF WORKS!!! And I can teach it others!

6. ANXIETY REDUCTION MINDBODY CALMING, QUIETING LIKE FLOATING AROUSAL REDUCED

7. PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT Mind Body experiencing the felt sense of knowing the skill of desired outcome, eg. public speaking, sports, test taking Focused, relaxed absorption confidently connected to inner, intuitive place of knowing Releasing the natural inner CREATIVITY

8. PAIN MANAGEMENT Mind chatter quieted Selective coping strategy without the “extra” eg. distraction; displacement; mindfulness

9. - REHEARSAL IN FANTASY Vividly seeing, feeling, tasting, touching, hearing, desired outcome in heightened state of alert relaxation, again and again and again Wide application eg. performance, interpersonal relating, intrapersonal relating, phobia elimination, habit elimination

10. HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE Taking responsibility for the treatment outcome. “YES, I want to change.” Re: In the psychotherapy of trauma and attachment disorders, the practice of self- hypnosis strengthens the connection between patient and therapist, supporting stabilization and opening to change

11. PERSONAL USES Utilizing soothing imagery during dental and medical procedures Distraction eg. during an MRI Intensify focus in performance, by eg.”bearing down on the gas pedal”, challenging circumstances eg strenuous hike Flow states;in psychotherapy, deeply attuned and resonating

12. Typical clinical examples phobias eg. fear of flying habit changes eg. smoking cessation, nailbiting, overeating affect regulation techniques eg. affect dial to dial up or down the intensity of affect

13. Clinical examples containment strategies for traumatic, intrusive material; closed fist technique soothing imagery and objects, music parts work eg. ego-state therapy, IFS

14. RECORDING: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Encourage frequent listening to tape. Daily practice with tape 20 seconds, quick induction, state change, eg. floating, exit, for ratification and master Chicago Paradigm Study (Fromm & Kahn) found that recordings increase the utilization of home practice

15. HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE Generalizing positive effects of hypnosis as life skill to strengthen self-agency, self- efficacy