Dictionary of Hypnosis and NLP Terms
- Defense Mechanism
- Self-protection system designed to lessen or repress certain thoughts, feelings or memories from entering the conscious mind.
- Delusion
- A false idea or belief.
- Dissociation
- Distancing or separating an individual from directly reliving an event or a scene - e.g. viewing an event as if it were happening to someone else.
- Emotional Outlet
- An action or a way that serves to release emotional energy.
- Euphoria
- A state of extreme well-being and pleasure.
- Fascination Point
- An object or a place that serves as a focus during hypnotic induction.
- Fractionation
- Guiding the individual several times through different levels of trance, or in and out of trance, for the purpose of increasing the depth of trance.
- Free Association
- The spontaneous outpouring of associated ideas from the subconscious without any external censorship.
- Free Floating Anxiety
- Feelings of apprehension or dread that cannot be traced to any particularsource.
- Future Pacing
- The process of mentally rehearsing oneself through some future situation in order to help ensure that the desired outcome will occur naturally and automatically.