A Practical Use for Rapid Induction in Clinical Hypnosis

Functional Neurological Syndrome Disorders

Your client has a medical symptom, but physicians have ruled out a medical cause. Functional Neurological Syndrome – or Conversion – disorders are a standard diagnosis, but there is no standard treatment.

We’ve been dealing with FNSD for a long time. In 1777, Franz Anton Mesmer cured Maria Theresia von Paradis, courtier of Empress Maria Theresa, of her blindness – this began the modern age of hypnosis. In 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of neurology, presented his findings relating hypnosis and hysteria to the Académie des Sciences, marking a significant moment in the scientific recognition of hypnosis.

Good news: hypnosis is a great neurological fit for treating FNSD. More interesting: Rapid hypnotic induction actually helps! We will explore how hypnosis works in the brain, how this relates to specific treatments, and how to perform and use rapid induction in your practice. The presentation will focus on practical demonstrations of the process.

Dr. Fredric Mau (D.Min. M.A. M.Div., LPC, LPCS) recently contributed to an upcoming edition of Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment, a psychiatric textbook published by Norton. He has served on the medical faculty of a psychiatry residency program, has written three books, and is an international keynote speaker on hypnosis and mental health counseling. In clinical practice for over 20 years, he brings solid practical experience and academic research to his presentations.