ABSTRACT
The power of hypnotic communication-that is, communication that absorbs individuals’ attention and directs their experience-is in its ability to act as a catalyst for organizing and using more of their internal resources, both conscious and unconscious. Persons in hypnosis are focused and capable of responding to suggestions more experientially and multidimensionally. Does the quality of suggestions you offer play a significant role in facilitating absorption and experiential responding? Most definitely, as both clinical and experimental evidence confirm (Barabasz, Barabasz, Jensen, Calvin, Trevison, & Warner, 1999; Gafner & Benson, 2003). In this chapter, I consider the structures and styles of suggestions; these represent the “nuts and bolts” of hypnotic communication.
