What characteristics of Esdaile make it very useful? There are two major advantages of Esdaile from a medical perspective – Anesthesia and Catatonia. Both are interesting to the hypnosis profession, but often do not have important uses for our profession because the...
Where Did the Name ‘Esdaile State’ Originate? In the early 20th Century (and probably before), stage hypnotists were terrified of encountering a spontaneous “hypnotic coma.” A subject in a Hypnotic Coma does not respond to emergence suggestions given by the hypnotist....
Over One Hundred Years of the Elman Hypnosis Method The Dave Elman Induction (“the DEI”) began its evolution sometime in 1912 – 100 years ago – when David Kopelman, then a junior high school student in Fargo, North Dakota, began hypnotizing his classmates....
Can Hypnosis Help You With Your Allergies? For well over 100 years, hypnosis has been known to be useful in treating allergies. (Note that our profession’s ethics and the NGH Guidelines on them requires a medical referral before working on an allergy client.)...
I had just purchased some fresh baked, still warm focaccia bread with sun dried tomatoes and olives plus a fruit and vegetable drink and was heading back to work when the young woman I had seen a couple of hours previously noticed me and came to give me a hug and say...
The Elman Induction is my number one, “Go To” Induction when working with new clients. Many of my clients have come to me with no little or no experience, and no knowledge or frame of reference for what hypnosis feels like, except maybe from movies and the media. Many...
