Description
Recorded in December 1978, this 82 minute demonstration shows Dr. Erickson performing a live induction. We’ve also included a unique, annotated transcription which provides three discrete levels of analysis:
- A rhythm-formatted transcript of Dr. Erickson’s words with non-verbal behavior appended. The rhythm-formatting separates his words into distinct phrase and rhythm elements, emphasizing not just what he said, but how he said it.
- An analysis of the induction that pairs these phrase and rhythm elements with the intentions and functions he attributed to these elements in previously described writings, interviews and lectures — in other words, why he said what he did, and why he chose that specific presentation method.
- The subject’s own words describing, element by element, the experiences and understandings he had while Dr. Erickson was working with him. This provides a truly unique opportunity to vicariously experience what it was like to be placed in a trance state by the father of modern hypnotherapy himself.
“Now, You Wanted A Trance Demonstrated Today” is the premier hypnosis teaching presentation of Dr. Erickson.
In this video, he demonstrates and discusses:
- Dissociation
- Direct and indirect inductions
- Deepening
- Arm levitation
- Age-regression
- Positive and negative hallucinations
- Mind/body separation
- Amnesia/hypernesia
NOTE: This is a black and white archival video. Although subtitles were added back in ’85, the quality is limited by the original VHS tape it was recorded on nearly a half-century ago.
