Dictionary of Hypnosis and NLP Terms

Behavior

The specific physical actions and reactions through which we interact with people and environment around us.

Behavior Modification

Changing or eliminating undesirable behavior.

Behavioral Flexibility

The ability to vary one's behavior in order to elicit a desired response from another person.

Bruxism

Gnashing or grinding of teeth.

Calibration

The process of reading another person's unconscious responses through non-verbal responses.

Catalepsy

Rigidity of body or part of the body.

Catharsis

An act of releasing strong charged emotions.

Cognitive

Pertaining to thinking, knowing, understanding of internal processing of information.

Compulsion

An act a person feels driven to repeat, often against his or her will.

Confabulation

The falsification of memory, due to a partial amnesia.

Congruence

When all of person's individual beliefs, strategies and behaviors are fully in agreement.

Context

The framework surrounding a particular event.

Convulsion

An involuntary spasm or muscular activity.

Counter Suggestion

A suggestion given to a person to displace or challenge a core or fixed idea or belief.

Criteria

The values or standards a person uses to make judgments and decisions.