Hypnotherapy Terms and Definitions

Hypnosis Glossary of Terms - I

Ideomotor Response

A response emanating from an individual's subconscious mind via the central nervous system. Such a response is a way of avoiding judgments of the conscious mind. Examples: handwriting, index finger raise while in hypnosis.

Imagery / Hypnodrama

Imagery is a feeling and experiential state. Unlike visualization, which only on the idea of "seeing" something in the mind's eye, imagery uses all five of the senses. Hypnodrama, like Psychodrama, allows a client to act out subconscious conflicts in a sage environment in an attempt to vent and resolve them. However, in Hypnodrama the client does this internally, so there may be less possible embarrassment. Also, since Hypnodrama uses imagery, there is more access to the emotions and the senses that typical Psychodrama. The more senses that are tapped, the better able to re-experience the conflict.

Induction

A technique used to hypnotize a person. The patter used can be either maternal or paternal; either one sends message units to the brain preparing the client to enter the hypnotic state.

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