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Of course, the piano virtuoso in that
inductively is another part of the same gifts.
concert hall in London, or Paris, or Vienna,
All psychotherapy training taught in started practicing six hours a day many years
universities begins with a psychoanalytic ago and is still practicing every day - even
foundation which incorporates and embraces on the days of his performance. It takes great
an intrinsically atheistic view of human devotion to become that kind of an artist but
that should be your aspiration for even if you Hypnotism because he had the Hypnotism
fall short, your commitment to excellence is Fever and he felt that it was a more
always the goal. effective ministry for him. Isn't it amazing
that he was told that he had to make a choice
The issue here today is, what kind of a
because God's work can only be done in a
artist do you want to be? Only you can make
manner approved by a human!
the choice.
I refute and reject the view held by the
If God has smiled on me today, there are
psychotherapeutic establishment that says
a few people in this group, who have now,
the two major principles in psychotherapy
or will soon get the Hypnotism Fever.
are: 1. everyone needs and can benefit
This means, a commitment to this work that
greatly from psychotherapy; - THATS A
will grow so great that the use of this work
LIE! - the truth is that almost all of the
to send good into the universe will become
world's population has not only survived
the number one mission of your life and you
without psychotherapy but most have lived
will discover your purpose on this planet.
satisfying and productive lives: 2. the
Those few will do great things and they are
motivations for human behavior are so
going to carry this work into areas where it
complex and deep-rooted that the
is now unknown. That is the thrill and
effectiveness of psychotherapy is directly
excitement I feel when teaching.
equated with the extended duration of
Ten years ago, in the field of speech
treatment; - THAT S A LIE! - the truth is
pathology training, the mention of the word
that therapy is most effective as short-term
hypnotism to the professor in the class,
intervention to produce behavioral change.
would cause a tirade about how hypnotism
Therapy of more than limited duration is
was of no use in speech disorders. Then, Dr.
usually counter-productive because it creates
Kenneth Knepflar of Pasadena came to study
psychic dependence on the therapist; it de-
with me and he got the Hypnotism Fever.
lays and avoids coping with real life
He began to speak and present papers on
problems and it often leads to financial
hypnosis at professional seminars. A year
exploitation.
later with a professor at Tulane University,
Therapeutic benefit is not only derived
he presented the first annual conference,
from seeing a therapist! Life is a therapy;
Me use of Hypnosis in Speech and
falling in love is a therapy; getting a divorce
Communication Disorders. Dr. Knepflar
can be a therapy; getting Fired can be a
helped us to expand our profession. Some of
therapy; having surgery can be therapeutic -
you will go on to do similar things in other
not just because of the physical benefits but
fields and that's why I'm here to teach you.
because when you come close to death you
Some years ago I trained a man who
realign your values. You give up the myth of
worked with the destitute and homeless, for
your physical invincibility, you know you
the Salvation Army. Once he learned
are going to die someday. You get closer to
hypnotism he began working with those
it and you think I had better get my act
people to lift their feelings of hopelessness.
together before it's too late.
He was getting extraordinary results until
I want to talk about a great psychologist,
one day his superior came to him and said
whose life was dramatically transformed. He
that he would have to give up hypnotism or
was a violent and destructive man, and one
he couldn't be attached to the Salvation
day as he rode his horse, Saul of Tarsus was
Army as a minister any longer. He chose
struck down and blinded. A while later, after who was fascinated with hypnotism, later
he had been transformed and was known as gave it up, yet in 1919, near the end of his
Paul he said, Be ye transformed, in the career Freud said, If psychoanalysis is ever
twinkling of an eye. to be made available to the greatest number
of people it can only be with the aid of
Yes, that's how long it takes - in the
hypnosis as a short cut. The old prejudice
twinkling of an eye your life can be
still holds sway in the universities and they
transformed. Be ye transformed by the
still don't teach hypnotherapy, yet there is a
renewing of your mind, - to make the mind
small percentage of those psychiatrists and
new again. It means to clear out ineffective,
psychologists who practice hypnotism who
frustrating beliefs that you hold about
vehemently state that no one is qualified to
yourself, the world around you and your
practice it unless they are a member of their
relationship to it, and to replace them with
professional groups. How did they get to be
life-affirming, nourishing beliefs that enable
experts if there is not a single university in
you to be all that God and nature intended
America that teaches hypnotherapy as part of
you to be. To know that you can cope, no
the curriculum that leads to licensing?
matter how involved life's problems are,
does not mean that your life will become a The psychotherapist deals with the mind
series of blissful experiences. in different ways than we do, based on
different principles. Some of you have
attended universities and studied
THE LEGAL BASIS FOR
psychotherapy and have been licensed as
HYPNOTHERAPIST
therapists. I simply say, I respect your bias -
Why does this school exist and why are
what you've learned is what you've come to
you here to study with me instead of in the
believe. I hope that your bias doesn't cause
universities? Because hypnotherapy is not
you to reject what I teach, just because it is
taught in universities. In fact, most
different. I ask you to consider my points of
professors in universities still deny that there
view in your effort to search out truth. We
is a vocational title of Hypnotherapist.
have no conflicts, for you have your bias and
They still say that hypnotherapy is only a
I have mine. I'm in the position of
tool that therapists use.
expressing new ideas to you, some of which
may generate conflicts with your existing
But in 1978 the Federal Government
beliefs. Please keep an open mind because
accepted Hypnotherapist as a defined
I'm not focusing on theories, but on
occupation and published it in the
demonstrated results.
Dictionary of Occupational Titles. This
means that it is completely separate from
other kinds of therapists. It doesn't say a
WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?
psychotherapist who uses hypnotism in the
There is no legal definition of hypnosis
definition. All laws that license
anywhere in the world. Included in your
psychologists simply reserve the use of the
class notes is a collection of quotes from
occupational title of psychologist.
many experts, all of whom have achieved
Most of the people who have learned
reputation with their writings on hypnotism.
hypnotherapy, and use it effectively are not
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