“That’s complete physical relaxation, but I want to show you how you can get mental relaxation as well as physical, so I’m going to ask you to start counting -when I tell you to- from a hundred backwards. You could feel that, couldn’t you? (Patient: Yes.)” Let that hand be as heavy as lead… You’ll feel it when you’ve got the real relaxation… Now you’ve got it. I’m now going to lift your hand and drop it and if you’ve followed orders up to this point that hand will be just as limp as a dishrag and will just plop into your lap… No, let me lift it -don’t you lift it- let it be heavy -that’s good- but let’s open and close the eyes again and double that relaxation and send it right down to your toes. Now the third time we do it you’ll be able to double the relaxation which you have. Completely relax -let yourself be covered with a blanket of relaxation. Get complete relaxation in those muscles around the eyes… Now let that feeling of relaxation go right down to your toes… In just a moment we’re going to do this again and when we do it the second time you’re going to be able to relax ten times as much as you’re relaxed already. Relax them to the point where they will not work and when you’re sure they won’t work, test them. Now relax the muscles around your eyes to the point where those eye muscles won’t work and when you’re sure they won’t work, test them and make sure they won’t work… No, you’re making sure they will work. “Will you just take a good long deep breath and close your eyes. This is an excerpt from Elman's Hypnotherapy (1964) which gives his famous induction technique verbatim, in his own words. If you want to learn this Elman Induction, Eyelid Closure Induction, Arm Levitation Induction, Script Writing, Deepeners, Pain Control, Self-Hypnosis and and much more then take our Certificate in Evidence-Based Hypnosis Course or train to be a hypnotherapist with our Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy. There is a wonderful combination of muscular suggestion (dropping the arm to suggest loosening of tensions and letting go, repeated opening and closing of the eyes) and the elegant use of challenge tests (aka “convincers”) – not being able to open the eyes, not being able to say the numbers all done with a brisk fluidity that rapidly takes the client into hypnosis (and also meets their expectations for what hypnosis is like – an extraordinary experience where you cannot open your eyes or say your name!) It's helpful to contrast this approach to the very typical 10-15 minute “progressive relaxation induction” that is so typically used by many hypnotherapists. The rapid changes and experiences that the client undergoes during these 3 minutes probably contribute to the rapid increase in suggestibility. The whole induction only takes 2-3 minutes is done quite briskly. “Losing the numbers”, deepener for mental relaxation and test for amnesia.Īlthough this tends to be called the “Elman Induction” it's actually a series of tests (convincers) and deepeners which Elman seems to have normally used following an eye-fixation induction, or after simply asking the subject to close their eyes. Deepening of hypnosis by repeated eye closure (repeated re-induction)Ĥ. Eye catalepsy convincer (suggestion that subject is unable to open eyes).ģ. Arm heaviness convincer (dropping arm to test & suggest muscular relaxation).Ģ. The method generally consists of the following stages, interspersed with direct suggestions of deepening relaxation:Ģ. It has gained popularity with modern hypnotherapists because of its ability to induce and deepen hypnosis, and test for responsiveness, extremely quickly and reliably. This method of inducing hypnotic trance was developed by the famous US hypnotist Dave Elman. Home / Dave Elman Hypnotic Induction Script Modified Dave Elman Induction This version copyright © Donald Robertson & Mark Davis 2020.
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