Hypnosis Models, Hypnotic Suggestibility, Success Rates and Enchantment – Leo Gopal

You will find many hypnotists, trainers and even newbies to the hypnotic world talk and discuss idea’s (or ideals) with regards to how they can best increase their success rates as a hypnotist. How does one become a hypnotherapist and help people of a vast selection of “suggestibility” types, or how does one manage to hypnotize with one model as opposed to another and what are the best ways to increase ones success rates.

I have witnessed, time and time again, from my students, students of other hypnosis trainers and even a lot of members of the IAYH that we often change our model of hypnosis to increase our success, and that does often work. The reason we change or adopt any model of hypnosis is because we find that the model we were originally operating with or learned about had a lot of limiting beliefs that naturally decreased our success. What we then fail to take into account is that the model of hypnosis we are adopting because of this reason may also have its own vast amounts of limiting beliefs that we just do now see.

School’s of Hypnotic Thoughts:

Let’s take a quick visit to some of the current school’s of thought that have been dominating the hypnosis scene lately:

• We have the Ericksonian Hypnotists verse the Elmanian Hypnotists (this has been an age old battle, somewhat boring).
• Then, related but not the same, we have the direct, authoritative hypnotists verse the permissive, indirect hypnotists. (getting warmer)
• We also have the more interesting covert and conversational hypnotists verse the direct and overt hypnotists (all seem the same don’t they?)
• Recently there is also the battle of the Trance based hypnotists verse the ‘Hypnosis without Trance’ Hypnotists (related would be the state verse non-state hypnotists)
• In this wicked mix we could also throw in those hypnotherapists who feel that Stage Hypnosis is Bad and Damaging to the profession.
• And Finally, We have those hypnotists who are drastically confused as to what hypnosis is or is’nt (oh boy, fear them!)

What we all have in common:

What do all these various model’s, school’s etc. have in common?

They All Work!

It is because they work that each of these various schools have such a vast amount of following, They are real, the methods work, the models of hypnosis work, they may seem contradictory, but they are not. What everyone of the people that follow any single one of these models get wrong is that, where one model fails another model succeeds, where one model, another model does it better and so on.

Increasing your success rates and becoming a master hypnotist

A Master Hypnotist is one who identifies that he does not know everything and understands that there is so much to learn, from everyone, every model and every hypnosis school of thought. This may sound contradictory, but I assure you, that is not the case.

Someone who does not stick to any of these popular and opposing models of hypnosis is not someone without a model or someone who is confused. No, he or she is someone who has created and defined a model of hypnosis beyond the conventional systems that govern our understanding of hypnosis, suggestibility and success.

Because this almost sounds too good to be true, almost magical, it takes hypnosis to the level of Enchantment, this is how my ‘Hypnosis Enchantment (H.E.) Model’ was born. Don’t get me wrong, this is nothing new, nothing *I* created, but its not what most hypnosis trainers teach either and not what most hypnotists in general have fully realized to the point of “living the laws” of Enchantment.

I am not going to go in-depth into the H.E. Model right now, I will save that for a book (kidding… probably), but here is the basic thinking of how it came into existence.

We know that Hypnosis is different for everyone, everyone hypnotizes and experiences hypnosis in different ways. Before Hypnosis there was Animal Magnetism, Mesmerism where the word hypnosis was not mentioned and the only thing that existed was intention and expectation and it worked, even though with a totally different name, and way before that hypnosis existed, it just had no real name (reminds me of the lesson on “Roses, Hypnosis and Names“, worth the read).

We know from studying all the different model’s and schools of hypnosis that they work, either by using the model and experiencing first hand that its real or works, or by seeing it happen and knowing its true. We also understand that some model’s does certain things better and assists us with increasing our success, so if someone doesnt believe or feel hypnosis is real because they don’t believe in trance, using trance-free hypnosis will work just fine, however if they expect trance, that would work better and faster. Giving the subject exactly what they expect as opposed to “what you want” increases your success ten-fold.

Understand?

Think of it this way…

Everyone can be hypnotized, everyone is hypnotize-able, everyone is suggestible.

I say “everyone” with complete confidence, not leaving anyone out (except people with low IQ’s, communication skills and with certain mental disorders). Currently the people we label as suggestible are those people who fall into our “model of hypnosis” if we redefine our model, we redefine who is suggestible and who isn’t…. no one isn’t!

So, All the schools and models of hypnosis work… and all of them do not work… and all of them work best and all of them do not work best… the trick is where does it work? where does it not work? where does X model work best? where does Y model not work best? and how can we bring this understanding of X, Y and Z’s school of thought to work thoroughly and effectively together with little or no limiting beliefs…

I do not Claim that the Hypnosis Enchantment Model (HE Model) is free from all limiting beliefs, but its on the path to accomplishing this, and works brilliantly even in the therapy lounge. Now, here are some questions to honestly ask yourself:

• Why are you bothering to learn hypnosis and increase your skill?
• What model of Hypnosis are you using now?
• Where are the limiting beliefs in the model that you use now?
• Does it work on everyone and have you ever “failed”?
• Is there a need for a new and different model?
• What are your beliefs and thoughts on the Suggestibility and Hypnotizing of everyone?

Answer these questions honestly for yourself and see where this inner journey takes you. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below