How To Hypnotize Anyone in Seconds With Fractionation

Imagine being able to hypnotize anyone in seconds with a simple and effective method.

That’s the power of fractionation, a hypnotic technique that lets you induce a deep and stable trance in your clients. By doing so, you can access their unconscious mind and help them make positive changes in their behavior, emotions, beliefs, and habits.

Fractionation was first discovered by a French neurologist and hypnosis pioneer, Hippolyte Bernheim, and later refined by Dave Elman, one of the most influential hypnotists of the last century.

In this blog post and embedded videos, you’ll learn:

• What fractionation is and how it works.
• How to apply fractionation in hypnosis.
• How to learn hypnosis quickly and easily.

What is Fractionation and How Does It Work?

Fractionation is a hypnotic technique that uses repeated trance inductions to deepen the hypnotic state. The idea behind fractionation is that every time a person goes into trance, they go deeper than before. This is due to two principles: homoaction and heteroaction.

Homoaction means that when a person performs a hypnotic task, such as closing their eyes or relaxing their muscles, they become better at doing it again. This makes it easier to induce trance using the same method in the future.

For example, if you ask someone to close their eyes and then open them, and then repeat this several times, they will go into trance faster and deeper each time.

Heteroaction means that when a person accepts a hypnotic suggestion, such as feeling a sensation or imagining a scene, they become more open to different suggestions that follow. This makes it easier to induce trance with various kinds of suggestions.

By using homoaction and heteroaction, you can make your clients more responsive and receptive to your hypnotic suggestions.

How To Apply Fractionation in Hypnosis

Fractionation can be applied in different ways in hypnosis, depending on your goal, style, and preference. However, one of the most perfect examples of fractionation being applied in a hypnotic induction is the Dave Elman induction.

Dave Elman was a master of hypnosis and a pioneer of medical hypnotherapy, even though he wasn't a medical doctor himself. The Dave Elman induction is a classic and effective hypnotic induction method that uses fractionation to quickly and reliably induce a deep trance in most clients. It takes less than 4 minutes to achieve a somnambulistic trance, which is the ideal state for hypnotherapy.

This induction consists of four steps: eyelid catalepsy, fractionation, arm drop, and number block. In each step, you ask your client to perform a hypnotic task, such as closing their eyes or relaxing their muscles.

By doing this, you are using the principles of homoaction and heteroaction. This makes your client more responsive and receptive to your hypnotic suggestions, and creates a deep and robust trance state. 

When using fractionation in the Dave Elman induction, you’ll ask your client to open and close their eyes several times, while giving them positive feedback and suggestions to go deeper into trance. For example, you can say:

Open your eyes and close them. That’s right. You’re doing great. Now open your eyes again and close them. Go twice as deep as before. That’s right. You’re doing very well. Now open your eyes one more time and close them. Go even deeper than before. That’s right. You’re doing excellent.

Do this five or six times to achieve the maximum effect of fractionation.

The Dave Elman induction is a powerful and elegant way to use fractionation in hypnosis, and it can help you create profound hypnotic trances in your clients. To learn how to use the Dave Elman induction step-by-step, click here.