Hypnosis and Control

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Abstract
Attempting to control an individual through shame, threats, ridicule, and rejection restricts learning and behavior. It teaches guilt, fear, inadequacy, and insecurity. Behavior modification may change behavior if the praise is rewarding, but behavior is narrowed as is the experience of learning and growth. By examining hypnosis through its basic ingredient of the yes-set, hypnosis is recognized as facilitating growth and understanding and broadening the potential scope of behavior. The language of hypnosis, as with behavior modification, is rewarding. When control is denned as the regulation of one person by another, the yes-set, in conjunction with a suggestion, can be considered a technique of control, but the yes-set examined alone is the antithesis of control. Recognizing the common phrases used in control and the controlling dynamics within the family provides the therapist with powerful content to use in evoking the yes-set.

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