Tutorial: Ambiguous Touch

December 1, 2021

My first hypnosis training was a year long and it was a complete waste of 365 days! Then I spent a day with Jonathan Chase and 2 weekends with Stephen Brooks (miles apart, right?) and it felt like my hypnotic skill improved 1000%. Anyway, I had heard about legendary things like the Ericksonian handshake. It always seemed like the epitome of hypnotic skill. To be able to hypnotise someone that easily, that quickly, so effortlessly. And then I saw Stephen Brooks achieve arm catalepsy in a maximum of 4 seconds, by merely taking someone's hand, looking at them and saying 2 or 3 words. At that point, I realised that inductions weren't really about the excellence of the technique. (more…)

Tutorial: Kinaesthetic Confusion

March 24, 2021

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The following content is a chapter from our book, The Hypnotic Handshakes. (more…)

The Elman Handshake

Introduction Dave Elman originally referred to this as the 'catalyst induction.' However, it did not always involve a handshake. In fact, in his classic book Hypnotherapy, Elman teaches this induction via three puffs on a cigarette! Transcript Just take my hand, and look into my eyes. That's it. Fix your eyes there. [The following instructions are given whilst the hypnotist continues to hold their partner's hand.] [spacer height="1.5em"] Here's what is going to happen: I am going to shake your hand 3 times. The first time I shake your hand, you're going to relax so much that your eyes are gonna start to feel tired. They are going to get quite heavy. You know the feeling when you're reading a...

How to do Inductions

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