Dictionary of Hypnosis and NLP Terms
- Defense Mechanism
- Self-protection system
designed to lessen or repress certain thoughts, feelings or memories
from entering the conscious mind.
- Delusion
- A false idea or belief.
- Dissociation
- Distancing or separating an
individual from directly reliving an event or a scene - e.g. viewing
an event as if it were happening to someone else.
- Emotional Outlet
- An action or a way that
serves to release emotional energy.
- Euphoria
- A state of extreme
well-being and pleasure.
- Fascination Point
- An object or a place that
serves as a focus during hypnotic induction.
- Fractionation
- Guiding the individual
several times through different levels of trance, or in and out of
trance, for the purpose of increasing the depth of trance.
- Free Association
- The spontaneous outpouring
of associated ideas from the subconscious without any external censorship.
- Free Floating Anxiety
- Feelings of apprehension
or dread that cannot be traced to any particular source.
- Future Pacing
- The process of mentally
rehearsing oneself through some future situation in order to help
ensure that the desired outcome will occur naturally and automatically.
