Offering the client a Yes/No choice to reduce resistance and hide any authoritarian overtones that...
Milton Model
Non-Directive or ‘covert’ hypnosis has become one of the most popular forms of hypnosis. Although it is rarely taught to beginners in hypnotherapy it has become a main part of NLP. The cards below give an overview of the main components of the Milton Model which is based upon the Hypnotherapy work of Milton Erickson.
Unspecified Predicate
Omitting the verb or the object of the verb to increase the ambiguity of the statement. ...
Universal Quantifiers
Statements that equate to ALL or NONE “No-one knows…” “All the...
Tag Question
A question placed at the end of a statement to induce confusion and increase compliance and reduce...
Presupposition
Making an assumption that something is true without any substantiation. “As you become...
Pacing Current Experience
Describing the clients current state to increase the legitimacy of other statements. ...
Nominalization
Changing verb (action) into a noun (object) and thus changing the meaning and creating ambiguity...
Modal Operators – Possibility
A word or phrase that signifies whether something is possible or could happen. ...
Modal Operators – Necessity
Using words that imply that some event or actitivity has to take place. “…you...
Mind Reading
Claiming to know the thoughts or feelings of another without any indication as to how you came to...
Lost Performative
Stating a value judgement without identifying the source of the judgement. “It’s...
Lack of Referential Index
Using a persona reference in a statement without signifying someone specific. “People...
Extended Quotes
Embedding a suggestion in a series of enclosed quotations that mask who is saying what and to whom...
Double Bind
Offering the illusion of choice where none actually exists. “…you may find...
Complex Equivalence
Creating an equivalence between two things that doesn’t naturally exist. Forcing equality...
Comparative Deletion
Using comparisons without specifying what is being compared. “It’s much...
Cause and Effect
Implying that one thing has caused something else to occur even though there may be no logical...
Ambiguity – Syntactic
Using a selection of words in a sentence that can have a number of different interpretations and...
Ambiguity – Scope
Using a modifier on a sentence where the subject of the modifier is ambiguous. “The...
Ambiguity – Punctuation
Running the endings and beginnings of sentences together to induce confusion as to the intention of...
Ambiguity – Phonological
Using words that sound similar with different meanings to create confusion and ambiguity within a...