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Techniques

• Age regression; by returning to an earlier ego-state the patient can regain qualities they once had, but have lost. Remembering an earlier, healthier, ego-state can increase the patients' strength and confidence.
• Revivification; remembering past experiences can contribute to therapy. For example; the hypnotist may ask "have you ever been in trance?" and then find it easier to revive the previous experience than attempt inducing a new state.
• Guided imagery; a method by which the subject is given a new relaxing and beneficial experience.
• Confusion; a method in which the subject is more likely to be receptive to indirect suggestion due to an altered state of consciousness.
• Repetition; the more an idea is repeated the more likely it is to be accepted and acted upon by the patient.
• Direct suggestion; suggesting directly. "You feel safe and secure".
• Indirect suggestion; using "interspersal" technique and other means to cause effect.
• Mental state; people are more receptive while relaxed, sleeping, or in a trance.
• Hypnoanalysis; the client recalls moments from his past, confronting them and releasing associated emotions, similar to psychoanalysis.
• Post-hypnotic suggestion; a suggestion that will be carried out after the trance has ended. "When you re-awaken you will feel refreshed and happy!"
• Visualization; being told to imagine or visualize a desired outcome seems to make it more likely to actually occur.


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