Facts and Information about the Profession of Hypnotherapy

　　认识催眠治疗专业

　　What you are about to read will help you gain a better understanding of hypnotism services and a clearer way of thinking about using them. Our purpose is to provide you with the necessary information and understanding to properly evaluate hypnotism services for your particular use.

　　你将要阅读的将会帮助你更了解催眠服务；和获得一种更清晰的方法去思考如何运用它。我们的目的是为你提供必要的信息和阐释，令你恰当的评估催眠服务所给你带来的好处。

　　Benefits of Hypnosis

　　A wonderful quality of hypnosis is that you can be taught to use it alone， at will， and without complicated procedures. This fact makes many benefits readily available throughout your lifetime.

　　催眠的好处

　　催眠之所以引人入胜是因为你只需要接受过简单的训练，就可以单独的、随心所欲的运用。且不需要使用复杂的程序。所以催眠所带给你的好处是可以终身享用的，并且是随手可得的。

　　Hypnosis can be used to further any human endeavor.

　　With hypnosis you can:

　　催眠能令人类不断进步

　　催眠可以令你能轻松地：

　　Develop and express awareness and intuition.

　　开拓和表达你所察觉到的及你的直觉

　　Feel worthwhile， self-confident， zestful.

　　感觉值得的、自信的、充满热情的。

　　Gain a happier home life; become a better husband， wife， parent， or friend.

　　获得幸福的家庭生活，成为一个更好的丈夫，妻子，父母，或朋友。

　　Acquire the ability to relax completely in any situation.

　　拥有在任何情况下都可以全然地放松的能力。

　　Make better decisions.

　　做出更好的决策。

　　Improve concentration.

　　提高专注度。

　　Overcome procrastination.

　　克服拖延。

　　Increase the quality of your emotional expression.

　　提高您的情感表达的质量。

　　Reduce conflict and stress.

　　减少冲突和压力

　　Promote health and well-being.

　　促进健康和福祉。

　　Regain your natural ability to sleep easily.

　　恢复你容易入睡的自然能力。

　　Sell yourself， your ideas， and your services with confidence and enthusiasm.

　　自信和充满热情地推销你自己、你的点子和你的服务。

　　Increase your income.

　　增加您的收入。

　　Attract and maintain worthwhile friendships.

　　吸引和保持您珍惜的友谊。

　　Discover your negative mental patterns and how they affect you.

　　了解你的消极心理模式，以及它们如何影响你。

　　Free yourself from hostility， resentment， fear of rejection.

　　使您从敌意，怨恨，对拒绝的恐惧中解脱。

　　Select your goals in life; chart your course for their realization.

　　选择您的人生目标，规划您的目标实现方案。

　　Program your mind with positive mental concepts and success attitudes.

　　在您的思想内注入积极的思想观念和成功的态度的指令。

　　Develop the ability to construct mental images easily.

　　发展容易建立思维图像的能力。

　　Purposes

　　催眠的用途

　　Hypnotic services are available in four major forms and eight application areas.

　　催眠服务可于4种主要形式获取，及于8个领域应用

　　The four major forms are:

　　4种主要形式如下：

　　1. individual consultations

　　单独个案咨询

　　2. small group setting such as weight-loss and stop smoking programs

　　小组集体治疗，例如减肥和戒烟计划

　　3. self-hypnosis classes

　　自我催眠课程

　　4. books and cassette tapes

　　书籍和录音带

　　The eight areas of application are:

　　8个应用领域如下：

　　1. mental and emotional health

　　心理和情绪健康

　　2. physical health

　　身体健康

　　3. psychic and spiritual development

　　心理和心灵的成长

　　4. creative and educational endeavors

　　创造性和教育性的事业

　　5. athletics and sports motivation

　　田径和体育领域中的激励活动

　　6. business interests

　　商业利益

　　7.legal concerns

　　法律关注的问题

　　8. use of imagery to achieve personal goals

　　运用意像来达到个人的目标

　　Hypnotherapists offering private sessions usually provide recommendations for the purchase of books and cassettes. Some hypnotherapists provide both group and private sessions.

　　提供单独治疗的催眠师通常会推荐一些书籍和录音带，也有一部分催眠师提供单独和小组治疗的。

　　Providers

　　催眠服务提供者

　　Those providing hypnotic services specifically in the eight application areas are:

　　在以上8个应用领域提供催眠服务的专业人员如下：

　　Mental and emotional health: psychotherapists; hypnotherapists; marriage， family， and child counselors; clinical social workers; rehabilitation， alcoholism， and career counselors; and an array of Human Potential specialists

　　心理和情绪健康：心理治疗师，催眠治疗师，婚姻、家庭和儿童辅导员，临床社会工作者，康复、酗酒和职业顾问，以及一系列的人类潜能专家。

　　Physical health: physicians， natural childbirth coaches， chiropractors， nutrition consultants， dentists， holistic health practitioners， massage practitioners and body workers， acupuncturists， etc.

　　身体健康：医生，自然分娩教练，脊椎指压师，营养顾问，牙医，整体卫生工作者，按摩从业人员和肢体康复辅导员，针灸师等

　　Spiritual development: hypnotherapists who incorporate a spiritual philosophy and a belief in a higher power into their therapeutic framework， and who may have religious affiliations such as priest， minister， rabbi， pastoral counselor

　　创造性和教育性的事业：把灵性哲理和对更高能量的信念纳入治疗范围的催眠师，和宗教人士

　　Creative and educational endeavors: music， art， writing， speed reading， foreign language， and public speaking teachers; and presenters of general self-improvement programs

　　创造性和教育性的事业：音乐、艺术、写作、快速阅读、外语和演说技巧教师，及自我成长课程的导师。

　　Athletics and sports motivation: athletic coaches and trainers; and sports instructors for enthusiasts in golf， tennis， marksmanship， bowling， etc.

　　田径和体育领域中的激励活动：田径教练，和高尔夫球，网球，射击，保龄球教练等

　　Business interests: Sales and management consultants focus upon increasing sales motivation and improving interpersonal relationships with hypnosis

　　商业利益：专注于运用催眠以激励业务增长和改善人际关系的销售与管理顾问。

　　Hypnotherapists assist clients in using imagery to:

　　催眠师能协助客户运用意像，从而：

　　(a) gain insight

　　加强洞察力

　　(b) find new solutions

　　寻找新的解决方案

　　(c) restructure old， restrictive， limiting ideas

　　重整旧的，被限制的，有限的点子

　　(d) intensify positive feelings

　　强化积极正面的感受

　　(e) eliminate negative feelings

　　消除负面的情绪

　　(f) strengthen a sense of self-control

　　加强自我控制意识

　　(g) develop new， healthy habits

　　发展新的，健康的生活习惯

　　(h) reduce or eliminate a symptom

　　减少或消除某种症状

　　(i) discover initial causes of problems

　　发现引致问题出现的最初原因

　　(j) re-educate and reprogram the sub-conscious mind

　　为潜意识从新教育和从新编程

　　(k) rediscover their "Divine Nature."

　　重新发现他们的“神性本质”

　　英文原文来自：American Council of Hynotherapist Examiners