Ideas for Hypnosis on a Radio show?

[David Laing]

Hi all
I'm doing a radio show tonight and I've been asked to hypnotise the DJ to help to show listeners that it's not scary etc. The show will be recorded so the induction will not be broadcast.

I've been trying to decide what to actually do with the DJ. I'm really determined not to make this appear frivolous or like a stage show and don't want to do the old standards of forgetting numbers etc. I really want to do something that shows Hypnotherapy in a positive light as it's a rare opportunity. The problem is that it's radio not TV so I need something that will come across well to a listener. Any ideas?

Thanks
Dave

[Don]

Before the show, hypnotize the DJ and give a PHS so that he'll go deeply into trance when you trigger an anchor. When on the air, trigger the anchor and have him hold out his arm. Tell people at home to try this, too. Have them hold out their arms. Wake the DJ but have the suggestion to hold his arm out remain.

After 10 minutes, the people listening will have all lowered their arms. Remove the suggestion and talk to the DJ "If you can show this much power over yourself, imagine what other things hypnosis can help you do." Then pitch hypnotherapeutic uses.

Good luck!

[Terry]

Before the show, hypnotize the DJ and give a PHS so that he'll go deeply into trance when you trigger an anchor. When on the air, trigger the anchor and have him hold out his arm. Tell people at home to try this, too. Have them hold out their arms. Wake the DJ but have the suggestion to hold his arm out remain.

After 10 minutes, the people listening will have all lowered their arms. Remove the suggestion and talk to the DJ "If you can show this much power over yourself, imagine what other things hypnosis can help you do." Then pitch hypnotherapeutic us es.

Good luck! Don, having eliminated a perfectly valid post of mine, you proceed to offer suggestions that could easily result, (particularly in the USA), in court action claiming damages for a vehicle accident resulting from what took place on the radio the plaintiff was listening to as they drove.
No, you did not suggest that he did an induction on live radio, but try to prove that difference to a court of persons ignorant of the facts.
Try to show that this board, and you personally should not be included in the law suite as well as the radio station and the person interviewed.
As a veteran of radio interviews, I know the dangers, and avoided them like the plague, and being anxious to offer help to someone who obviously is less than skilled enough, you have in my opinion put yourself is a very dangerous position. I can only close with the same words you used to the poster, "good luck".....

[Don]

Terry, particularly in the U.S., if you breathe someone can take you to court. They don't need an actual valid reason.

People here have recommended hypnotherapy and/or NLP often, and theoretically, if someone went to a practitioner and didn't get relief, they could also sue.

People here have recommended particular practitioners, and if a person went to that practitioner and was unsatisfied, they could sue the owners of this forum, the person who made the suggestion, and the moderators for not deleting the recommendation.

Hell, if I told someone to take a deep breath and they coughed they could sue.

Life is a challenge and we can take challenges or hide from them.

Your post was deleted not because of the information in it, but only because it was filled with insults. Being curmudgeonly is one thing, going out of your way to post two paragraphs of insults is another.

[Connie]

I've been approached by a radio program as well, and never having done this, I appreciate the warnings from those more knowledgable and experienced.

[Terry]

Don, I have decided to take objection to the term curmugeonly as you choose to use it. I am highly skilled, and extremely ethical, and I choose as is my right, not to have my time wasted by those who think hypnosis is something to play with.
Apart from the respect due anyone who puts in the time, energy, and money required to become skilled, I owe nobody anything, and certainly I owe nobody my time to pander to their inane curiosity and desire to "Play" hypnotist... My post, rude or not,was direct and to the point, your was BS in the guise of advice, and since I know you to be inteligent, I also know that you know that, so why is one aproach better? I told the poster he was a fool, you did the same in a disguised manner, I think I like my way better..

[Don]

Terry, I have never, not once, questioned your skill or ethics. To that I would add that I do not question your knowledge or training. Nothing I have ever posted has questioned these things. Nor do I question any of these things "behind the scenes."

I do not deny that your post was "direct and to the point." It is interesting, however, that you acknowledge that it may have been "rude." According to my dictionary, the term "rude" means "offensively impolite or ill-mannered," and to me, that qualifies as curmudgeonly, which adds "surly" (bad tempered) to the definition. Being a curmudgeon does not mean a person is unskilled, unethical, or lacks knowledge. It's simply the way they present themselves and those talents, and I would say that having the attitude of "I owe nobody anything, and certainly I owe nobody my time to pander to their inane curiosity and desire to "Play" hypnotist" qualifies as curmudgeonly.

I stand by what I posted. I stand by editing out insults by anyone. You're free to claim that my suggestion was "BS." I contend it was a perfectly valid demonstration of the power of hypnosis that can be done over the radio.

I fully acknowledge that you prefer your way. Everyone prefers their own way. You told the poster he was a fool. I supplied a reasonable and acceptable solution to the poster's question. Others, here, will have to decide how they wish to approach people who post here.

[MissPiggy]

@Terry & Connie

I wonder why you refuse to go to radio shows. Is it just because of the legal risk in the US or do you also have other reasons? I mean you can do many things in a show like this, not even necessary to hypnotise somebody if you don't want. But maybe I'm missing something :confused:

[Terry]

@Terry & Connie

I wonder why you refuse to go to radio shows. Is it just because of the legal risk in the US or do you also have other reasons? I mean you can do many things in a show like this, not even necessary to hypnotise somebody if you don't want. But maybe I'm missing something :confused: What did you read that gave you that idea? I have been on several radio shows, both as representative of my Society, and as a private practitioner.. I have also taped a show for later presentation, otherwise I couldn't speak from experience and would therefor shut my mouth and give way to someone who did have.
If you know your stuff, no problem, but if not you are in trouble, so if invited to do this, you need to be sure you are confident in your knowledge, and ready for any question that may come up. Hesitation is easily noted by the listeners, and interpreted according to their leanings.
My objection to radio shows, if you can call it "objection", is that the host usually feels it nescessary to control the show, and since he or she knows so little it is often imperative that the guest do so. The host will have no objection if they find you really know your stuff, and will invite you back time and again, but if you don't, you spoil their show; make a fool of yourself, and give hypnosis a black eye.
You NEVER do an induction on radio for safety reasons. You are constantly aware that a large number, if not the majority of listeners are likely to be
driving as they listen, since radio is the preffered communication for drivers.
As for those who ask for help in this area, they demonstrate that they are not competent to do so, and I for one am not willing to pander to them.
Hypnosis is wonderful in it's place, and it's place is in the hands of well trained and skilled persons regardless of other circumstances...
When invited to do a taped version by the way, it indicates that the host is in some doubt as to your abilities, and wants security for his or her show. No I have no problem with radio, I just want to be sure that it is done in such a manner as to bring accolades to my art, not ridicule and disbelief...

[MissPiggy]

Thank you, Terry :) Obviously I completely misunderstood your earlier posting.

[Poodle]

I've been on too and had a grand time. The host of the show is a friend that is also a graduate of the same school Connie and I went to. When the host knows the right questions to ask things can be a lot of fun. I was eliciting states and chaining states and using nested loops and her job was to find them all which, of course, she didn't. We went completely thru hypnosis, NLP and Reiki and the show ran overtime and no one cared. LOL!! For me, it's like putting candy in front of a little kid. Think I'd prefer TV tho. Pood :)

[Connie]

@Terry & Connie

I wonder why you refuse to go to radio shows. :confused:

Hi, Miss P. I never said that! "Refuse to go to radio shows." I'd LOVE the advertising for my business. The warning I appreciate is in regards to content. :)

[Poodle]

An NLP Trainer was interviewing Richard Bandler. Richard just about couldn't get a word in edge wise and when he named where to buy products the NLP Trainer always corrected him and sent people to the wrong site. I really wanted to strangle that NLP Trainer. Might as well not had Richard on the show and just talked himself as he knows soooo much more about the subject. WRONG!! Maybe it was a lesson on how to be a horse's patootie. Pood :eek: :confused: