IHRI is now offering a weekly free hypnotherapy demonstration and script to all of our members. This week members will receive a short NLP demonstration showing how to change how filters effect internal representations and emotional states. It is used in the Neuro-Linguistic Programming Basics. Members click here to sign in and access this download and script. Not a member? Join today!

From the Editor by Tim Brunson, PhD The Ethical Implications of Hypnotherapy During my initial hypnotherapy training, my instructor strongly emphasized that we should always inform our subjects that they could not be hypnotized against their will. Yet over the next couple of decades this claim was constantly contradicted by a string of knowledgeable authorities. These hypnotists imparted technique after technique that proved capable of changing a person's internal representations, emotional states, and behavior completely without the knowledge or pre-approval of a hypnosis subject. After years of active clinical practice, teaching, and writing I have witnessed the power that the hypnotic operator has over others. Even though such an admission may run counter to the dogma that is regularly espoused by the major international organizations, all one has to do is to witness an unintended arm catalepsy during a clinical session or observe a negative hallucination occurring during a stage hypnotist's performance to fully accept my conclusions. In this respect hypnotherapists are not much different than attorneys, surgeons, and even sales people who regularly use their skills to influence a person who comes to them resolve a particular situation. However, I am still disturbed when too many people fail to see the ethical implications that are present in such an encounter. The opportunity for a practitioner to manipulate an unwitting individual solely for their personal gain is way too obvious. The realization that this may occur is exactly why peer-review entities and licensure board exists. They attempt to enforce boundaries, legal, and other ethical considerations lest the public begin to distrust members of that trade or profession. Although such groups emphasize limits, consent, and full-disclosure, still the opportunity remains that operators may harm their trusting subjects. More Currently over 80,000 integrative health care practitioners and coaches receive this newsletter. Our Institute is dedicated to clearly establishing the credibility of all integrative modalities, not just hypnosis. We sincerely believe that this is for the best interests of the public around the globe. In order to fulfill this mission, we need your support. In early June we began offering memberships to the Institute. Funds raised from memberships and our educational endeavors will aid in our expansion. As our subscriber base has grown from just over 500 a year and a half ago to almost 30,000, we realize that there is strong need for us to expand until we can take our message to hundreds of thousands (if not millions). This will not happen unless we get your assistance. If you are a member, I would like to express my sincere gratitude. If you are not, please join today. By joining you are benefiting mankind and your profession.

New and Noteworthy New Certification Courses The Institute has scheduled dates for several new distance learning courses, including Space/Time-based Interventions and The Application of Transformation Theory. These courses can be taken on an individual basis, and are also part of the ANNHTM Certification Program. Click here to find out more and register before classes fill up. Future Conferences

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