Repetition in Hypnotherapy Revisited

by Tim Brunson PhD

The repetition of ideas and concepts is most definitely a significant aspect of how humans communicate and greatly affects how we acquire knowledge and skills. Advertising agencies use it – although in ways that too often annoy their intended audiences. When studying Tai Chi in Nuremberg many decades ago, I remember my Chinese-Malaysian master using the German phrase Übung macht den Meister, which roughly translates as "Practice makes perfect." This was ever so true when as a student helicopter pilot I practiced shutting down my engine and successfully auto-rotating to the ground at least a hundred times before my instructor considered me ready to take my flight exam. So, repetition obviously plays a very big role in the acceptance of a message and how mastery is achieved. As all communication and skill mastery needs to be considered in the context of how the brain is affected, it is no wonder that repetition plays a role in the practice of hypnotherapy.

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