Conversational Hypnosis Versus Conversation
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'Conversational Hypnosis' going mainstream?
This video refers to an article on medical daily concerning a study in the application of conversational hypnosis as part of prep for surgery. Here's an excerpt (link to full article below)...
The technique of soothing the patient with words is referred to as “conversational hypnosis,” and the researchers found that it actually is quite helpful before surgery as a substitute for medication.
“The anesthesiologist uses calm, positive words to divert the patient’s attention and help him or her feel more comfortable,” Dr. Emmanuel Boselli, lead author of the study and a physician anesthesiologist at Édouard Herriot Hospital in France, said in the press release. “It reflects a change in the way the physician interacts with the patient and takes just a few minutes.”
The researchers examined 100 patients who were undergoing hand surgery. Half of them were given conversational hypnosis, and the other half were given 25 mg of oral hydroxyzine about an hour before anesthesia. They measured the patients’ anxiety levels with the comfort scale and the Analgesia/Nociception Index (ANI), a test that analyzes heart rate variability from zero (completely relaxed) to 100 (stressed). The results showed that the patients who had undergone conversational hypnosis received an average ANI of 51 beforehand and 78 afterward. Those who received meds had an average ANI of 63 before and 70 after.
“Conversational hypnosis can be used prior to surgery in conscious patients having local or regional anesthesia,” Boselli said in the press release. “It also could be beneficial before general anesthesia to decrease patient anxiety.”
Following sharing this article on Facebook I got this fantastic question from a fellow hypnotist:
Question: I do love this. But I've never been au fait with conversational hypnosis. That might well be of course through my own ignorance. But, for example, looking at the above photograph, at what stage does a conversation become conversational hypnosis?
My answer: I think there is a sense in which all conversation is hypnotic. But I would call conversation 'conversational hypnosis' when there is an intention to strategically shift immediate experience through directing attention, leading cognition and seeding ideas.
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