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Sex and relationships education in schools with boys
Published in David Conrad, Alan White, Ian Banks, Men’s Health – How to Do it, 2018
Giving personal information is of course possible but must be done in such a way that indicates your understanding of the dilemmas faced by young men without being personal. For example, when discussing getting off a bus with an erection (an event that can be a near-death experience for a teenage boy, who must employ state of the art deception tactics or the abilities of a stage hypnotist to get himself past the thousands of pairs of eyes all fixed on his bulging trousers) you can start with such phrases as: ‘You know what it’s like when you’re sitting on a bus and you get a ‘stiffy’ . . . This suggests shared experience without necessarily tagging it as personal disclosure. It may be that not all of the boys will have had the experience, but it’s fairly certain that a number of them will, and by speaking to the group you can stake a claim for mutual sympathy by appealing to common experience.
What is hypnosis?
Published in Teri Gavin-Jones, Sandra Handford, Hypnobirth, 2016
Teri Gavin-Jones, Sandra Handford
Many people believe that hypnosis is something that is done to them. When people think of hypnosis, they generally think of a hypnotist and their subject, or patient; this might be in a one-to-one therapeutic environment or stage hypnosis for entertainment purposes. In a clinical setting, the hypnotist is a facilitator who makes suggestions that the client can accept and then begin to make the changes that he or she chooses. In an entertainment setting, the subject is a willing participant who has been given permission to do something funny, or daft, without having to take any responsibility for their behaviour.
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Published in Philip Winn, Dictionary of Biological Psychology, 2003
(from Greek, hypnos: sleep) The origin of hypnosis is generally credited to Franz Mesmer (1734-1815). Mesmer believed in animal magnetism—that all creatures have a universal magnetic fluid, disruption in which could affect psychological state. He affected to cure this by having patients sit in tubs containing iron filings and metal rods, which would enable him to reorganize the animal magnetism in his patients. While appearing ridiculous to modern sensibilities, there is something of interest in this: it is one of the very earliest instances of psychological disturbances being attributed (however oddly) to physical causes. Mesmer's cures have been suggested to have induced a hypnotic state in his patients, which permitted (in some rather unspecified way) therapeutic benefit to be obtained. Indeed, hypnotism—at least stage hypnotism—is still occasionally referred to as mesmerism, and the state of being entranced is known as 'mesmerized'. Hypnotism is still practised in the treatment of certain psychological disorders—Freud used it when he first practised PSYCHOTHERAPY but later abandoned it for other techniques—but it remains unclear what sort of state the hypnotic state is. Is there actually a changed state of CONSCIOUSNESS that can be characterized as hypnotic—a state that is not accounted for by any other SLEEP mechanisms for example? or is it the case that patients who are hypnotized are not actually in any form of altered consciousness at all but, believing that while hypnotized they are not responsible for their own actions, thoughts or speech, they are freed from inhibitions that would normally prevent them doing, thinking or saying certain things? There is no unambiguous evidence in favour of there being a special hypnotic state of entrancement.
A National Survey of Clinical Hypnosis Views and Experiences of the Adult Population in the United States
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2019
Olafur Palsson, Stefanie Twist, Marcia Walker
Stage hypnosis shows are a hugely popular form of mass entertainment in the U.S., and our survey results give an indication of just how widely attended they are. The fact that about one-fifth of all the people in the survey sample reported having attended such a show in person should be an eye-opener for the field of clinical hypnosis. Because of the ubiquity, strong appeal and sensational nature of such shows, they are likely—for better or worse—to be among the most potent influences molding the views and beliefs of the public about hypnosis. Fortunately for the field of clinical hypnosis, our findings suggest that exposure to stage hypnosis actually enhances positive views of hypnosis in people’s minds and boosts the credibility of hypnosis. This is likely because such entertainment acts amplify perceptions of the potency of hypnosis. In contrast with the results of a study 2 decades ago by Echterling and Whalen (1995), however, we did not find people who had attended stage hypnosis shows in our sample to be more interested than others in hypnosis treatment for themselves. On the other hand, we did find, like those investigators reported in their research, that people who have attended a stage hypnosis show are more likely to believe that people automatically or helplessly act on whatever they are told in hypnosis. This underscores the need to properly educate individuals who present for clinical hypnosis at the outset of treatment to correct misconceptions about hypnosis that may derive from the way it is represented in entertainment.
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Valencia Scale of Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Hypnosis–client Version in a Portuguese Sample
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2018
Antonio Capafons, Jesús Suárez-Rodríguez, José A. Molina-del-Peral, M. Elena Mendoza
Different theoretical perspectives recommend establishing rapport prior to starting an intervention that includes hypnosis by evaluating clients’ beliefs and attitudes toward hypnosis as well as providing scientific evidence to eliminate prejudices and misperceptions toward hypnosis (Capafons, 2012; Capafons, Lamas, & Lopes-Pires, 2008; Spanos, Brett, Menary, & Cross, 1987). This is an essential part of establishing rapport and a good therapeutic relationship, as it promotes realistic expectations about the use of hypnosis (Capafons, Suárez-Rodríguez, & Selma, 2015; Lynn et al., 2010), which also facilitate a better response to hypnotic suggestions as well as adherence to the intervention (Capafons, 2012; Hawkins & Bartsch, 2000; Spanos et al., 1987). In addition, it is helpful to eliminate misunderstandings about hypnosis and any associations clients may have made with stage hypnosis and lay hypnotists (Echterling & Whalen, 1995).
A pilot survey of clinicians’ experiences, attitudes, and interests in hypnosis
Published in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2022
Madeline V. Stein, Barbara S. McCann
Available data suggest that lack of training in hypnosis impacts health care professionals’ readiness to recommend the use of hypnosis. In several samples of health care professionals, willingness either to make a hypnosis referral or to employ hypnosis with patients was tied to the professional’s previous training in hypnosis (Boutin, Buchwald, Robinson, & Collier, 2000; Elkins & Wall, 1996; McAllister, Coxon, Murrells, & Sandall, 2017). Most health care professionals receive little or no education about or training in hypnosis (Coldrey & Cyna, 2004; Elkins & Wall, 1996; Stone, Sheinberg, Bertram, & Seymour, 2016). Contextual factors in prior exposure to hypnosis can influence health care professionals’ attitudes about clinical hypnosis. Exposure to the use of hypnosis in a clinical setting enhances health care professionals’ inclination toward seeing hypnosis as a therapeutic option. In contrast, previous exposure to stage hypnosis (employment of hypnosis for entertainment) led to more negative views about hypnosis as a treatment modality (Coldrey & Cyna, 2004; Eng & Cyna, 2006). In general, health care professionals favor getting more education about and training in clinical hypnosis (Coldrey & Cyna, 2004; Elkins & Wall, 1996; Eng & Cyna, 2006). The chief barriers to utilizing hypnosis cited by health care professionals are concern that hypnotic interventions would take too much time; uncertainty about special training requirements; lack of awareness about efficacy of hypnosis; and concern about the acceptability of hypnosis for patients. A small portion of survey respondents in two previously published surveys believed that hypnosis potentially could be dangerous (Coldrey & Cyna, 2004; Stone et al., 2016).