Junior School Hypnosis

[hypno-therapist]

Hi All,

I decided to make a new thread on junior school hypnosis, following on from the Hypno-euthanasia - Hypnosis and Euthanasia thread that started to chat about the topic.

So what are your thoughts?

[Paddy Landau]

I think that the term "Junior School Hypnosis" is intentionally emotive-filled, i.e. a leading term. It is filled with certain connotations and, in this context, may imply incompetence.

Perhaps we could use a more useful analogy without such connotations. What if we consider an apprentice carpenter, an experienced carpenter, and a master carpenter.

They all have their benefits and add value to the world. None of them would exist without the others.

An apprentice carpenter may be excellent (despite lacking experience); or he could produce poor and shoddy work. Guess what... The same is true of a master carpenter.

An apprentice carpenter will make mistakes. Guess what... The same is true for a master carpenter, except that the master carpenter can make a doozey of a mistake.

As Billie Jean King said: "Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozey, and don't be afraid to hit the ball."

I think it would be more useful to discuss levels and mixes of skills. For example, some people use hypnosis in conjunction with EFT. That makes them neither more nor less than someone who uses "pure" hypnosis; the differences lie in:

• The attitude of the practitioner
  
• The practitioner's skill set and levels of training for each (paper qualifications guarantee only existence of skill, not level of skill)
  
• The applicability of the skills to the problem (e.g. past life regression is probably not the best way to treat a knife wound)
  
• The experience of the practitioner
  
• The client's willingness to play, cooperate and be involved
  

I know you can add several points the list.

Paddy