“What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. Introduction In this essay I will discuss the psychological and physical aspects of this state and then discuss the role of Relaxation within the practise of hypnotherapy. What is Hypnosis? The word Hypnosis comes from the Greek work Hypnos for sleep. A hypnotic state is in fact a naturally occurring state of mind.
Our brain would be exhausted if it had to remember to breathe every time the body needs oxygen. I read that Sigmund Freud was one of the first people to raise the idea of the subconscious. He called this mind the ‘id’ - an idea that hypnosis places the unconscious mind at an otherwise unreachable level. It opens up the subconscious mind to the suggestion by the hypnotherapist. I believe that these suggestions can help people make positive changes within themselves.
Toni Harrison NEWCA1A 12 Module One Page 1 “What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. Introduction Over the years there have been many assumptions made regarding hypnosis. Beginning with shamanism, which is something I will discuss in the first part of this assignment, leading to modern hypnosis in the life and work of Franz Anton Mesmer. For some people these assumptions remain uncorrected, for others however, they gain a much deeper insight into the fascinating world of hypnosis. This includes the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and also the role of relaxation and its importance within hypnotherapy.
Relaxation techniques have been recorded being used since 2000 B.C. Aristotle is known to have identified the process of eye movement in REM sleep whilst studying resting and sleeping processes. Other combined physical/psychological therapies use similar methods including meditation, Yoga and massage. Relaxation is the most important technique for the process of hypnosis, “Wolpe wrote ‘Patients who cannot relax will not make progress by this method’” when he described hypnotic trance “’Those who cannot or will not be hypnotised but who can relax will make progress although apparently more slowly then when hypnosis is used’” (Heap & Dryden, 1991). Only when a person is fully relaxed can they be induced into a hypnotic state, and it is this hypnotic state we need to reach the unconscious mind, although the benefit of relaxation alone can bring relief to sufferers of stress conditions.
What is hypnosis? Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. There are many definitions of the hypnosis. According to some of them hypnosis is the natural state of the body, one of the many levels of the consciousness when person is functioning in the automatic mode (Hadley & Staudacher, 1996; Hadley J. & C., 1996), guided induction of various states of consciousness (Halsband, 2011) or natural psycho physiological reaction caused by the specific psychological interactions between the hypnotiser and person being hypnotised (Gapik, 1984).
What is Hypnosis? Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in therapy. What is Hypnosis? Many people don’t really know what hypnosis is. Hypnosis has for years been associated with the mysterious sideshows you may have witnessed where members of the audience are invited to the stage to carry out strange acts following instructions from the ‘hypnotist’.
Title: “What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. This essay will explore the vast world of Hypnosis and its various interpretations using available literature, as well as touch on its history in an attempt to shed light on its modern day practice and theory. It will also present the intrinsic aspects of hypnosis and then focus on the role that relaxation has and continues to play in the success of this therapy. Heap (1995) states that “Hypnosis is a psychological phenomenon, not a therapy, and ......... it is a complex and contentious subject about which there is much misunderstanding and disagreement ............”. In support of this view other authors Karle and Boys (2010) note that hypnosis or hypnotherapy is not a system of therapy but a technique or procedure by means of which therapy is delivered.
Name: Sarah Page Course Code: READI1S 12 Tutor: Robert Whittington ……..Words “What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. The essay will firstly attempt to explain briefly what is hypnosis and then look at more depth into what the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis look like and finish with a discussion of the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. Hypnosis is a state of mind brought about by the use of a set of techniques. It is not a strange or mysterious phemominon which many may believe before they understand or study hypnosis. Every human has been in a hypnotic state many times in their lives for example when driving a car and not actually remembering how you arrived at your destination or daydreaming.
The Psychoanalysis Perspective Abstract. Sigmund Freud, the Father of Personality Psychology, highlights many theories in his writings. Most noted in this paper was the Psychoanalytic Perspective, which gives an in-depth view of determinism, the importance of conflict, early experience, infantile sexuality, and most illustrious the importance of unconscious motivation. This theory assumed that there exist three levels of consciousness in which the human mind functions. People did not come to accept his theory at first, but after much testing it was proven mostly valid and reliable.
In 1896 as director of the psychology department at the University of Pennsylvania; Lightner Wilmer (former student of Wilhelm Wundt), was responsible for the doors opening to the first psychology clinic (Compas & Gotlib, 2001). Wilmer inspiration began with assisting a young child who had difficulties with spelling; which ultimately is how he originated the first periodical in the field of psychology. It was through the opening of the psychology clinic that “clinical psychology” derived. By 1914, these clinics expanded throughout the United States. Clinical psychology is defined as “the study of individuals, by observation or experimentation, with the intention of promoting change” (Compas & Gotlib, 2001).