Instant Induction
Instant induction techniques are very useful in many settings. They shouldn’t be restricted to the stage because they work so well in many situations. Have you ever been at a party and someone finds out that you do hypnosis, and that person says, "Show me something"? As a hypnotist who is accomplished instant induction, you will have many ways to answer this question. For Instant induction you learn how to do really good suggestibility testing, quick inductions and demonstrations. As you might imagine, a slow, progressive relaxation induction will not answer the mail in this sort of situation.
First, I want to talk about safety in instant induction because this is paramount. Instant induction often involves shock which can be dangerous if it’s not done properly. The first thing you want to do with anyone that you do a instant induction on, is determine is if that person has any arm or neck problems, any arm or neck problems that could be exacerbated by doing instant induction. Most of these instant inductions will involve a sudden movement or sound. It could be an arm pull induction where you will just jerk the arm very quickly. This could injure the subject who has an elbow problem, shoulder problem or neck problem. I once worked with a subject who was a very type-A personality, and just didn't think she could be hypnotized and to tell you the truth, I was wondering that myself. And so, I thought, "Well, I'll just use an instant induction." But when I asked if she had any shoulder or elbow or wrist problems or any neck problems she said, "Well, I did have that operation where they fused three of my vertebrae on my neck together," so obviously she wasn't a good candidate for an instant induction. She had that operation where they cut you through the front of your neck and open you up so that they don’t have to cut through the muscles in the back of the neck. Then they go in and fuse some of your vertebrae. So an instant induction would be dangerous for her because sometimes there's a tendency for the head to go forward.
Also sometimes after instant induction you'll notice me doing that head roll deepener and that would have been very, very bad. So I asked the question and I found out that she was not a good candidate for an instant induction. So I didn't use that on her. I did something else. I did an instant induction on her using confusion. So always, always check if there are any preexisting conditions that would make using an instant induction dangerous.
