What is the difference between stage hypnosis and clinical hypnosis?
First of all, trance is trance is trance-at least how I see it. How you get there and what you do with it varies according to your goals. Thus, for stage hypnosis, the goal is to have fun with the subconscious mind to entertain the audience within an hour or so time frame. Thus, the techniques used by stage hypnotists are more direct, commanding, binding, and group-oriented. You’re either in trance or not. The stage hypnotist doesn’t have time to adjust his or her induction to each individual. For therapy, however, the work is done one-on-one (usually) and tailored to the individual. Using cooperative hypnosis, the hypnotist is being lead by the client and vice versa. A hypnotherapist has a lot more delicate things to deal with since your working with 1) a complex individual, 2) something rather serious (a problem they have come to see you for), and 3) something more long-term. A stage hypnotist works with a group and can “spare” some people who don’t go into trance and still be succes
