There’s a bit of discussion lately asking about Hypnosis and the 3D Mind Technique.
I’ve discussed this before but it’s worth bringing up again . . . I’ve used 3D Mind with folks a number of times. Like many, it isn’t my first and foremost intervention of choice but it is a nice handy tool for the ol’ bag of tricks. Personally, I consider the process as originally designed to be a waking suggestion effect. It’s not “hypnosis” in and of itself, if we consider hypnosis to be the ritual of formal induction that classic directed hypnosis is understood as, no more so than many NLP techniques are but it certainly does fit the definitions many folks use of hypnosis being “the bypass of the critical factor of the conscious mind and the establishment of desirable selective thinking through imaginative involvement” which is my usual working definition of hypnosis of one kind or another. I normally would not use it as written as a waking suggestion approach but use it primarily as a hypnotic process with formal induction and trance process. As such, it’s very elegant and can be quite playful.
There is a general description of the process as a strategy to be used as part of a formal hypnosis session here:
Because of my particular reputation as a hypnotist, when folks come to me, they are expecting formal directed hypnosis . . . so, I give it to them. I will typically start off with a modified Elman and then do some deepeners/convincers that run a gamut of hypnotic effects as part of the response conditioning program. 3D Mind can fit part of that while working with a person for a variety of issues. Usually, I don’t use one process alone but use a variety of methods to compound the effect.
If you have the original videos or learned the original model, Tom has streamlined his take on the process so either getting the newer material or checking the 3D Mind discussion lists for the newest outline of the process would be in order for those wishing to play around with it.
I have found success with it to be rather reliable, particularly as part of a formal trance process.
It’s just a tool, and like any tool, it fits certain jobs better than others.
I hope this has been helpful.
All the best,
Brian
