Milton Erickson is well known for the vast amount of work he did related to Clinical Hypnosis, which we now know as Hypnotherapy.
Many clients that I have arrive, with the belief that the process of hypnosis is complex, mystical and controlling in some way. It's not. All that it requires is a level of expertise in it's induction, and then, importantly in the case of related therapy, a wealth of knowledge of the approaches required for your client's issues.
Here is a very old clip that I found, of Erickson, simply demonstrating the use of inferred directives, amnesia, catalepsy, but most importantly I believe, the gentleness and speed of the induction into the trance state itself.
Of course, methods vary, times change, and we don't all have Erickson's approach, voice or accent, but I like the clip for it's simplicity.
Pure genius.
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