Binds

Binds and double-binds were one of Erickson’s most favored hypnotic language patterns, and were not only used with resistant patients, but were also used in order to allow his subjects to operate in a manner that best suited the individual.

For greater clarity, listed below are the different forms of double-binds, as described in various texts but most notably by Milton Erickson and Ernest Rossi’s “Hypnotic Realities” (1976):

Double Binds – a bind offers a choice between two or more alternatives which lead in the desired direction – e.g. Would you prefer to sit in this chair, or lie on that couch as you go into a deep trance?;

Time Double Bind – these binds link an element of time with an autonomous response – e.g. Would you prefer to go into a deep trance, quickly or slowly?

Conscious/Unconscious Double Binds – If your unconscious wants you to enter hypnosis, you will keep reading, otherwise you will just continue going through this site paying attention to what is important to you unconsciously.

Double-Dissociation Double Bind – You can read this page without knowing what it is, then you can go back and discover you know what it is without knowing you’ve already read it.

Reverse Set Double Bind – this allows a patient to both resist and also yield to the hypnotherapists suggestion – e.g. You can keep on smoking like a chimney for the rest of your short life, or you might sit and think about just what it might take for you to just stop, and respect your body.

Non-Sequitur Double Bind – the comical double bind, which is a good use of humor – e.g. Would you like to make those changes now, or would you rather wonder why you came here as you go home happy we’ve succeeded?

Milton Erickson was fond of using non-sequiturs or illogical statements as double binds. This play on words appealed to his sense of humor - why not add some fun to working with people? To hook a child, Milton Erickson might start with a time double bind such as, "Would you rather go to bed at 8:30 or exactly at 8:45?" this would be followed by an irrelevancy such as "Do you wish to take a bath before going to bed, or would you rather be careful about not putting on your pajamas backwards in the bathroom?" This is, of course, a kind of confusion technique.

Illusion of Choice and All Possibilities – Now, will you continue to go over all these pages quickly, or slowly, yet perhaps you might just decide to continue this later, or tell someone else about this website, but you can just skip to the end, or decide to go over what you have already seen, but the only matter of importance is that you enjoyed doing it your way.

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