In this session, Dr David Patterson investigates how to use hypnosis for patients who are in crisis and emergency, whom are frightened and in great pain. Dr Patterson provides examples of how he has used hypnosis to treat patients in crisis situations and in emergency room care in hospitals. He then outlines the most effective...

In this session, Dr Patterson demonstrates a rapid hypnotic technique for patients that are in crisis with pain or anxiety. He walks us through the step-by-step process of this kind of hypnotic induction.

In this session, Dr David Patterson demonstrates a hypnotic induction for preparing patients for difficult medical procedures. It can also be used for preparing for threatening situations such as preparing to go to court. Dr Patterson walks us through the stages of the induction with deep relaxation explaining the techniques that he uses.

In this session, Dr David Patterson outlines how to design hypnotic suggestions. According to Dr Patterson, designing suggestions is one of the most difficult parts of learning hypnosis. Dr Patterson offers recommendations using examples from his own clinical practice to help clinicians create their own effective suggestions.

In this session, Dr David Patterson demonstrates advanced non-linear inductions. He outlines what this induction involves, explaining the role of truisms, introducing the resource in our brain to create a kind of dissociation. Dr Patterson then shows us how to use looping suggestions.