Subliminal message

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Permalink Reply by Jan Krüger on July 29, 2010 at 11:29am

Honestly, if you are good at what you do, you don't need gimmicks like that.
I have seen evidence that subliminals (perception without awareness) can have an effect, but I wouldn't be too certain that simply listening to it once is enough (I don't know either way). Also, it's difficult to figure out how you should tweak your subliminal messages so that they are still perceptible but stay beyond conscious awareness. You'd probably have to do a lot of testing first.

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Permalink Reply by Henxy on July 29, 2010 at 11:53am

Your client might well think you're trying to do 'mind control' for your own ends, and not their benefit.
None of those phrases is useful or appropriate IMHO.
Why are you trying to hide your message? Why not provide a 'sample trance' CD to anchor your voice with (potential) relaxation? Not entirely sure you'd be allowed to record a CD of others' work without PRS or other licensing.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Nongard - NLPBoard.com on July 29, 2010 at 11:54am

A few thoughts:

1.) people who call and schedule an appointment for hypnosis usually are not abnormally anxious about it, after all they called a hypnotist to schedule an appointment.
2.) I would see a doawloadable general hypnosis CD with spken work more effective, and found many of my client watched the basic examples I have on youtube before they called or came in.
3.) The ethical issue would be providing a subliminal CD without disclusing it. It would demolish trust in the therapeutic relationship.
4.) Since those who call to make an appointment want hypnosis, the level of anxiety is often not high. But for those with continued anxiety, the first 5 minutes of meeting them and doing an effetive pre-talk and a convincer usually resolve any anxiety about hypnosis.

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