Session #233 – Doug O’Brien on Ericksonian Hypnosis
| September 12, 2019
Doug O’Brien joins me today to share how Ericksonian hypnosis has progressed over the years. He reveals his thoughts to the classic “Hypnosis or NLP?” question most new students ask.
Doug introduces the different patterns of Sleight of Mouth. He describes how this respectful system uses the belief system on itself and how the system can be used with clients and for your business. Doug also shares the psychosensory Havening Technique and the scientific evidence of how it stimulates delta waves in the brain.
Doug is the owner of Doug O’Brien & Associates – Center for NLP & Hypnosis, a hypnosis coaching organization dedicated to teaching Ericksonian hypnosis. Doug is a Master Trainer and conducts seminars across the globe on NLP, Sleight of Mouth, and Ericksonian techniques. He also helped create the Columbia-Presbyterian’s Department of Complementary Medicine with Dr. Mehmet Oz.
“A metaphor is much more powerful when it truly aligns to what a person has inside them.” – Doug O’Brien
- Should you use NLP or hypnosis.
- Why convincers in hypnosis are essential.
- A description of Sleight of Mouth.
- The 14 different patterns of Sleight of Mouth.
- Examples of using the belief structure on itself.
- How to use Sleight of Mouth with your clients and in your business.
- How the Havening Technique creates delta brainwaves.
- The places on the body that stimulate Havening delta waves.
- How Havening enhances hypnosis and NLP.
- How neo-Ericksonian is a progression of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.
2 Comments
Thanks for the validation information on Tapping and Delta wave creation. This aligns with my knowledge of acupressure and the meridians. There is a boundary between meditation and hypnosis that is very soft because it is like a beach where how far you walk/talk them in, it is not necessarily equal to depth. There are three key breakpoints, cognitive control of meditative state (Arens 1-3), Cognitive observation while in a soft trance state (Arens 3-4), and Hypnotic Arens (4-6). The overlap is testable through kinesiology so you don’t break state. I have put high school students into hypnosis using only meditation techniques, but the boundary is so soft that the individual will not realize they are in a hypnotic state until tested while in state. The Havening concept matches other research in vibrational energy I have done that parallel what I have researched and learned through clients.