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1a Private Practice , Wellington , New Zealand.
Abstract:
Expectancy has often been declared to be the single most important factor in the success or failure of any hypnotic intervention. Given this truism that expectancy is so crucial, this article shows how a potential patient's expectancy can be influenced and lowered or raised by the words and actions of the therapist. The essence of this innovative, simple, and quick method is that it is an expectancy-enhancement procedure that masquerades as a hypnotizability assessment. What makes this method powerful is the author's emphasis on the theatrical components of therapist performance (it even includes acting instructions). No one fails this test.
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