Hyperempiria: Suggestion-Enhanced Experience: July 2010

"Applied Hypnosis and Hyperempiria," by Don E. Gibbons, Ph.D.

Shakespeare said, “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But if you have ever seen the subjects in a stage hypnosis show eagerly devouring an onion after they have been told that it is an apple, or inhaling ammonia fumes with obvious pleasure after they have been told that it is fine perfume, you know that "a rose by any other name" is not a rose when we are dealing with the power of suggestion.

Hypnosis is derived from the ancient Greek word, hypnos, meaning sleep. Hyperempiria, on the other hand, comes from the ancient Greek, empiria, or experience, with the prefix hyper- added to denote a greater or an enhanced quality.

Most hypnotic inductions suggest or imply that the partner is becoming drowsy or sleepy, but hyperempiric inductions are based on suggestions of alertness, mind expension, and increaased alertness and sensitivity. Both types of inductions work equally well (Gibbons & Lynn, 2010). But hyperempiria will help us avoid the stereotypes of surrender and "progressive zombification" which have impeded the development of hypnosis from the very beginning.

Applied Hypnosis and Hyperempiria contains scripts for both traditional hypnotic and hyperempiric inductions, plus therapeutic suggestions for many common clinical applications in cluding anxiety and depression, retrieving repressed or forgotten material, various forms of behavioral regulation and self control, guided fantasy techniques, and improving creativity and performance.

Applied Hypnosis and Hyperempiria is available for purchase online or it may be ordered through your local bookstore.

References

Gibbons, D. E. (2000). Applied hypnosis and hyperempiria. New York: Authors Choice Press.

Gibbons, D. E. & Lynn, S. J. (2010) Hypnotic inductions: A primer. In S. J. Lynn, J. W. Ruhe, & I. Kirsch (Eds.) Handbook of clinical hypnosis, 2nd. ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

"Experience as an Art Form," by Don E. Gibbons, Ph.D.

Experience as an Art Form shows you how to re-create many of the finest achievements of history, art, literature, and popular culture as if they are actually happening right now, and you are part of the action instead of part of the audience.

You can not only guide your partner through the experience of being Harry Potter jousting on his broom, or Indiana Jones in pursuit of hidden treasure, or Juliet on her balcony, or anything else he is able to imagine. Experience as an Art Form is available for purchase online, or it may be ordered through your local bookstore.

References

Gibbons, D. E. (2001). Experience as an Art Form. Lincoln, NE: Authors Choice Press. ISBN: 0-595-17308-X.

Gibbons, D. E. & Lynn, S. J. (2010) Hypnotic inductions: A primer. In S. J. Lynn, J. W. Ruhe, & I. Kirsch (Eds.) Handbook of clinical hypnosis, 2nd. ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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