Jerry D’Arcy Dip HTM, UH, ScT
Serving Manchester
I bring a wealth of life experience in addition to 12 years working as a private hypnotherapist and master Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner. Helping with stress, Quitting smoking, Relationship issues of all sorts, Relaxation and how to achieve it, Sex addiction and Sexual issues are my main areas of expertise but I can help with many other areas of life.
The D’Arcy Clinic, 374512 Deansgate Street, Manchester Tel: 0161 555333777
Hypnotic susceptibility measures how easily a person can be hypnotized. Several types of scales are used; however, the most common are the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales.
The Harvard Group Scale (HGSS), as the name implies, is administered predominantly to large groups of people while the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS) is administered to individuals. No scale can be seen as completely reliable due to the nature of hypnosis. It has been argued that no person can be hypnotized if they do not want to be; therefore, a person who scores very low may not want to be hypnotized, making the actual test score averages lower than they otherwise would be.
Contents
1 Hypnotic depth scales
2 Hypnotic susceptibility scales
2.1 Friedlander-Sarbin Scale
2.2 Stanford Scales
2.2.1 Form A
2.2.2 Form B
2.2.3 Form C
2.3 Harvard Group Scale
2.3.1 Hypnotic Induction Profile
2.4 Other scales
3 Susceptibility
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Hypnotic depth scales
Hypnotic susceptibility scales, which mainly developed in experimental settings, were preceded by more primitive scales, developed within clinical practice, which were intended to infer the “depth” or “level” of “hypnotic trance” on the basis of various subjective, behavioural or physiological changes.
The Scottish surgeon James Braid (who introduced the term “hypnotism”), attempted to distinguish, in various ways, between different levels of the hypnotic state. Subsequently, the French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot also made a similar distinction between what he termed the lethargic, somnambulistic, and cataleptic levels of the hypnotic state.
However, Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault and Hippolyte Bernheim introduced more complex hypnotic “depth” scales, based on a combination of behavioural, physiological and subjective responses, some of which were due to direct suggestion and some of which were not. In the first few decades of the 20th century, these early clinical “depth” scales were superseded by more sophisticated “hypnotic susceptibility” scales based on experimental research. The most influential were the Davis-Husband and Friedlander-Sarbin scales developed in the 1930s.
Hypnotic susceptibility scales
Friedlander-Sarbin Scale
A major precursor of the Stanford Scales, the Friedlander-Sarbin scale was developed in 1938 by Theodore R. Sarbin and consisted of similar test items to those used in subsequent experimental scales.
Stanford Scales
The Stanford Scale was developed by André Muller Weitzenhoffer and Ernest R. Hilgard in 1959. The Scale consists of three Forms: A, B, and C. Similar to the Harvard Group Scale, each Form consists of 12 items of progressive difficulty and usually takes fifty minutes to complete. Each form consists of motor and cognitive tasks but vary in their respective intended purpose. The administrator scores each form individually.
Training, Qualifications and Experience
3 year diploma in NLP 1999
HCDE certification 2003
Compensatory emotional approaches certification 2005
Certified Practitioner of Time based techniques
Certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Certified Practitioner of Humanistic Neuro Linguistic Psychology
Professional Memberships
Really helpful hypnotherapy and NLP society
Problems and conditions I deal with
Quit smoking
Relationship issues
Relaxation
Sex addiction
Sexual issues
Other problems I treat
Eating disorders
Relaxation
Sleep disorders
Stress
Blushing
Photos and videos
Fees
£Y per session of 50 mins
Books and papers published elsewhere
The Joy of Self Belief Amazon.co.uk
Published articles – on this site
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