Hyperempiria WKS

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HyperempiriaHypnotism for Creative

Problem Solving

The Rev. C. Scot Giles, D.Min., BCC, DNGHwww.CSGiles.orgCopyright2006


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HyperempiriaDon E. Gibbons, Ph.D.

Beyond Hypnosis (1973), AppliedHypnosis & Hyperempiria (1979), andExperience as an Art Form (2001)

Hyperempiria = Enhanced ExperienceOther similar approaches?


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How Its DoneIt is done like normal hypnotism, except

where youd suggest depth yousuggest height.And you leave it Open Ended. You do

not suggest how the client should solvethe problem.


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Tricks of the TechniqueCount Up, not DownUse enhanced, not relaxedSuggest Time Expansion, notCompressionSuggest Recall, not AmnesiaSuggest Confidence that Client will Finda Way to Solve the Problem


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Example of Use57 year-old woman with renal cancer in stage 3.Many regrets over roads not taken in her life. Shewants to be happy with remainder of her life, but isntsure how.

A week after hyperempiria she discovered her artisticinterests could be implemented using textile arts. She

joined a Stitching Guild and won competitions. Shecontinued to do this work until her death 9 years later,and died shortly after completing a Family Qult.


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Why Use It?It can make any experience seem better

(much used in sex therapy).Its ideal for those who resist hypnosis.It can make people more creative.

Allows creative problem solving.Answers come from the client


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Day-Dream Believer...


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What Is It?A form of Cognitive RestructuringNotion is the hypnotist suggests analternative reality to the client and theclient plays along until it seems real.Trance is a motivational daydream andthe client becomes a daydreambeliever.


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Gibbons TheoryStarts with Emile Coue and idea that

Suggestion, not Trance is where theaction is. Gibbons agrees.mind receptive when hypnogogic

Every Day, In Every Way, Im GettingBetter and Better.


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Coue Made a BlunderIts the reason why Positive Thinking

Techniques often fail.The positive outcome affirmed may beincompatible to the total pattern of a

persons needs and circumstances.Can become mere Wishful Thinking.


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Hypermepiria is Flexible

Instead of affirming an outcome theconscious mind thinks it wants,hyperempiria allows a person to discoverwhat the unconscious (or subconscious)mind wants, because the end is left open.


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Which Isnt to Say...

Of course the hypnotist has somecontrol. There is a way to managehyperempiric suggestion to nudge theclient in a given direction.Its only Open-Ended, sorta.......


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Suggestion ManagementNGH: Structured AffirmationElman: Direct, even ArgumentativeSpiegel: Restructuring

Ericksonian: Indirect, ConversationalGuided Imagery: Metaphoric, Sensual


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Hyperempiric BEST-MESomewhere in the session you suggest in

two ways what the client might do andwhy the client might do it (leading) bycovering four bases (pacing).

Can be done in the patter, pre- or post-talk parts of the session.


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Pacing v. LeadingPacing = A truism about what the client is

surely experiencing.Leading = A suggestion about somethingthat the client is not experiencing.

After youve Paced a client for a whilethe client is willing to accept your Lead.


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How Its DonePacingBeliefs (orienting)

EmotionsSensationsThoughts (automatic)

LeadingMotives (why the client should change)Expectations (reasonable outcomes)

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