Self-Assessments & Final examination

There are five self-assessments, and a one hundred and fifty question open book

written final examination. The self-assessments are voluntary; however the final

examination must all be completed and received by the Academy within 31 days (four

weeks) from the completion of your first six days of training, (except for valid

extenuating circumstances there can be no exceptions).

When completing your Self-Assessments you are encouraged to use your workbooks

and training manuals, all of the answers to all of the questions can be found in them,

although freethinking is also encouraged.

Please remove the Self Assessments and the Final Examination from your training

manual; write your name on the Self-Assessment sheet and your answers and essays

on separate paper, staple each module together, and send all of them at the same

time, in the same envelope, to the postal address advised in the back of this training

manual.

If you have not already supplied evidence of a current First Aid Certificate it must be

sent in with the examination and self assessments. No Certificate will be issued from

the academy until the evidence is produced. (Evidence being a notarised photocopy

of the Certificate).

For a pass, all students must be able to demonstrate effective practical hypnosis skills

by the end of the training course, and also answer a minimum of one hundred and

forty of the one hundred and fifty examination questions correctly.

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Self-Assessment

Module One

There are three questions and a brief essay required to complete this module.

1. Describe two common misconceptions about hypnosis.

2. Who should not be hypnotised by a hypnotist with no mental health expertise, and

why not?

3. Briefly explain the difference between hypnosis and sleep.

4. Read your manual material on Eye Reactions and the conscious and subconscious

minds. Then read “Mind Matters” Michael D Yapko, Essentials of Hypnosis, pages 44,

45, 46 & 47, and write or type a 300 word essay regarding eye cues and eye reactions,

and the duality of the conscious and subconscious minds. (Available as free PDF in

the student resource centre)

Staple this sheet with your name written clearly in the space provided at the top of this

page, together with your answers and your essay, and file to post with the rest of your

assessments.

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Module Two

There are two questions and a brief essay required to complete this module.

1. Name two of the first recognised hypnotists and briefly describe their views and

beliefs regarding hypnosis.

2. What internal structure is a person most likely using if their eye movements go:

a. Straight down?

b. To the upper left?

c. To the centre right?

d. To the lower left?

3. Read twice: Michael D Yapko, Essentials of Hypnosis, Conditions For Doing

Hypnosis, pages 64 & 65. Then write or type both pages in their entirety, excepting for

the reference section at the bottom of page 65.

Staple this cover sheet with your self-assessments and post it in with the others.

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Module Three

There are three questions and a brief essay required to complete this module

1. Describe an authoritative induction.

2. Describe progressive relaxation.

3. Name and briefly describe three different types of hypnotic

phenomena.

4. Read twice: Michael D Yapko, Essentials of Hypnosis, Including

The Formal Hypnotic State, pages 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, & 99. Then write or type a 250

word essay about inducing a hypnotic trance, as you perceive it to be.

Staple this cover sheet with your self-assessments and post it in with the others.

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Module Four

There are three questions and a brief essay required to complete this module

1. List three physical indications that a subject will present when they are in trance.

2. Describe the following trance phenomenon

a. Arm levitation

b. Dissociation

c. Age regression

3. Describe eye fixation.

4. Write an Authoritative induction and a Kinaesthetic induction.

Staple this cover sheet with your self-assessment and post it in with the others.

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Module Five

Write or type an essay of at least three thousand words, describing an overview of

hypnosis and the fundamental uses and practical applications of hypnosis and the

trance state. The essay must be completed and attached to this cover sheet and

posted to the Academy with self-assessments 1, 2, 3, 4, and the final examination

within 31 days (one month) after the completion of your training.

Final Examination Paper

Name: ……………………………………….. Date: ………………..

The answers to all of the following questions can be found in your training manuals

and/or your workbook (The Essentials of Hypnosis) the book can be bought from

Amazon or it can be downloaded as a free PDF in the students on line training and

resource centre

A minimum of one hundred and forty correct answers is required to pass this

examination

Use this examination paper and write legible answers in the spaces provided below

each question, you may also use other reference material excepting NLP books which

will often contain different and non congruent information. If you choose to use other

information you must reference the answer; circle Yes/No – A, B, etc.

1. Who coined the term “Neuro Hypnotism”?

2. NLP is;

A. Classical hypnosis?

B. A hybrid of classical hypnosis?

3. If a subject appears highly resistant to hypnosis, you should;

A. Give up?

B. Adapt, Improvise, Overcome?

4. Why did Freud abandon hypnosis?

5. What is The Stanford Hypnotic Scale?

6. Name the now deceased American Psychiatrist considered by many to be the

father of modern hypnotherapy?

7. Who is the recently deceased American showman often considered the Dean

of MODERN stage hypnosis?

8. What is Glove Anaesthesia?

9. What is the hypnotic term for a subject capable of achieving deep trance?

10. What two brain frequencies are most predominant during the hypnotic state?

11. In what year did Franz Anton Mesmer leave France and move to Switzerland

and then Meersburg in Germany?

12. What is a positive suggestion?

13. What is a negative suggestion?

14. What is a content suggestion?

15. What is a process suggestion?

16. What is a post hypnotic suggestion?

17. Briefly explain the difference between hypnosis and meditation?

18. What is an ideo-motor signal?

19. Name three different types of hypnotic inductions?

20. What does rapid eye movement indicate in a hypnotised subject?

21. How long does it take to induce a hypnotic trance?

22. Explain the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy?

23. Does the NLP theory of eye movements and other postulated representational

system responses have any proven scientific validation?

Yes / No

24. In relation to Human Sensing Systems, what is a receptor?

25. What is the scientific term for brain cells?

26. Who said “I never liked to get into debates with the sceptics, because if you

didn’t believe that remote viewing was real you hadn’t done your homework?

27. What are two essential traits of an effective hypnotist?

28. What should you do if a hypnotised subject won’t come out of trance?

29. What should you do if a hypnotised subject begins to display discomfort during

trance?

30. What should you say to the subconscious mind to ensure that the conscious

mind will accept and comply with a suggestion given during trance?

31. What is the minimum number of times a suggestion should be offered to a

subject in hypnosis so that the suggestion becomes embedded into the subconscious

mind?

32. The practice of hypnosis is?

A. Difficult and technical?

B. Everything and nothing?

C. Very misunderstood?

D. All of the above?

33. Name the Scottish surgeon who performed at least seventeen documented

limb amputations?

34. Between what Hertz (or cycles per second) is the Theta frequency?

35. Is hypnosis mind control? Yes / No / Can be?

36. Can hypnosis be used for mind control? Yes / No / Sometimes

37. Is hypnosis a panacea (cure all)? Yes / No

38. Does a hypnotist have power over their subject? Yes / No / Sometimes?

39. A hypnotist

A Makes people go into trance?

B Leads people into trance?

C Both?

40. Should a psychotic person be hypnotised by a Lay hypnotist? Yes / No

41. Can a person be hypnotised against their will? Yes / No / Sometimes

42. What is Psychosis?

43. What is meant by the term “Post Hypnotic”?

44. When might hypnosis be dangerous or unhelpful?

45. What is the term for a hypnotised subjects arm floating up into the air in

compliance to the hypnotist’s suggestion that it do so?

46. What is Hypermnesia?

47. Who was “Valentine Greatrakes”?

48. The in-trance, phrase “That’s Right” was coined by Milton, Who?

49. What is the difference between Mesmerism/Magnetism and Hypnosis?

50. Is Mesmerism Hypnosis or Animal Magnetism?

51. Which hemisphere of the brain in most active during the hypnotic state?

52. Why are finger signal responses (ideo-motor signals) used during trance?

53. What is a handshake induction?

54. What is the maximum amount of thoughts that the conscious mind can hold

and process at any one given time?

55. What is meant by conscious - subconscious transference?

56. Hypnosis is?

A. An art?

B. A science?

C . Both?

57. Is hypnosis?

A . A “stand alone” therapy?

B . A facilitation to assist the effectiveness of other therapies?

C . Can be both?

58. What should you do if a hypnotised subject, for no apparent reason,

spontaneously opens their eyes?

59. Describe what or how cultural and/or religious issues may affect the practice

of hypnosis?

60. Can children be hypnotised? Yes / No

61. What is the minimum age of consent for hypnosis in Australia?

62. Should you touch a client whilst they are in the hypnotic state and if Yes, when?

63. Name three things, feats, acts, or changes that hypnosis CAN NOT achieve?

64. Briefly describe a hypnotic deepening technique?

65. How many times should a suggestion be given to a subject whilst in the

hypnotic state to ensure that the suggestion is correctly anchored?

A. Once?

B. Twice?

C. Three?

D. At Least Four?

66. What (if any) is the minimum number of sessions a subject will require to

achieve their desired result?

67. What should the hypnotist be thinking about and concentrating on during a

hypnosis session?

68. Is it necessary to keep accurate and relevant notes and documentation about

a client’s treatment progress?

69. What should you do if a potential client informs you that they are under

psychiatric care for ANY ISSUE?

70. What should you do if at any time before, during, or after treatment a client

suggests that they are feeling suicidal?

71. Name four psychiatric disorders for which hypnosis could be unhelpful?

72. What is a Neuro transmitter?

73. Who after initially rejecting hypnosis as dangerous made the statement “The

only danger about hypnosis is that it is not dangerous enough?”

74. Martin who? is Australia’s most recognised international stage hypnotist?

75. Can a rapid induction be used to begin a hypnotherapy session?

76. Can the presence of hypnosis be recorded by (FMRI) functional Magnetic

Resonance Imaging?

77. Who re-named Mesmerism/Magnetism, Hypnotism?

78. Name the village where Dr Mesmer spent his last days before his death?

79. Does thought move through the THIRD or the FOURTH dimension?

80. What is a Conversion Reaction?

81. What gland does the Third Eye Chakra supposedly relate to and activate?

82. Hypnosis appears to be activated within what major gland in the brain?

83. Explain what is meant by a “Post Hypnotic Trigger Mechanism”, suggested by

the hypnotist, for a client to use at any later time?

84. Is it absolutely necessary to use finger signals when you have a subject in

hypnosis? Yes/No

85. Is there any SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE to prove the validity of having lived a past

life? Yes/No

86. Name three “Hybrids” of hypnosis?

87. Around what age do children become susceptible to hypnosis?

88. Although they are two different aspects of a similar practice, can hypnosis and

animal magnetism be combined by the hypnotist during a trance induction?

A) Yes?

B) No?

C) Sometimes?

89. Explain why you believe that you will be an effective hypnotist?

90. Who was Emile Coue?

91. Quote the affirmation still used to this day which Emile Coue became famous

for?

92. What is a pre-supposition?

93. What finger of the left and/or right hand is considered the most powerful and

effective for projecting energy?

94. Name the German Doctor who theorises the controversial “Shock Conflict”

mechanism of Cancer?

95. What is the approximate weight of the adult human brain?

96. Do the left and right hemispheres of the human brain operate:

A) Together?

B) Independently?

C) Inter-dependently?

97. What is meant by: “The hypnotic trinity”?

98. How many subtle directions should you suggest to a subject (to create a “Yes

Set”) before you perform a trance induction?

99. What does “re-framing” mean in the hypnotic sense?

100. Loud noise during trance, or trance induction, is more of an issue for

A) The Hypnotist?

B) The Subject?

C) Both of them?

101. What nationality was Dr. James Esdaile?

102. Who was Justinus Kerner?

103. Isaac ....................? was a scientist who is paid positive credence in Franz

Anton Mesmer’s thesis?

104. Is there any reliable and documented evidence that Mesmerism was effective

for curing various illnesses and performing surgery? Yes/No

105. Who discovered and named Somnambulism?

106. Who was Karl Wolfart?

107. What was/is “The Society of Harmonies?

108. Explain the difference between Mesmerism and Somnambulism?

109. What is a Baquet?

110. Who was the French doctor who offered Mesmer support and also used

Mesmerism in his practice?

111. How many sessions of Mesmerism does it take to perform a healing?

1. One Session

2. Two Sessions

3. Three Sessions

4. However many it takes

112. Did Mesmer leave France or was he banished?

113. Did Mesmer have any children?

114. What was the name of the blind Pianist whose sight was restored by Mesmer?

115. The French and British medical academies were strongly opposed to

Mesmerism; what was the position of the German Academy of Sciences?

116. Explain Neuro Linguist Programming (NLP)?

117. Explain the difference between the subconscious mind and the unconscious

mind?

118. Why was medicine so strongly opposed to Mesmerism?

119. Is Somnambulism Conventional Hypnosis? Yes/No

120. Who was JJ Gassner?

121. Does a hypnotist/hypnotherapist have to be licensed or have any specific training

to practice in any of the States or Territories listed below.

Western Australia: Yes / No

New South Wales: Yes / No

Australian Capital Territory: Yes / No

The Northern Territory: Yes / No

Victoria: Yes / No

Queensland: Yes / No

South Australia: Yes / No

122. Is it necessary for a hypnotherapist to be licensed to practice in any of the

States and Territories of Australia? Yes/No

123. Who regulates the practice of hypnosis in Australia?

124. Is it a legal requirement for a professional hypnotist or hypnotherapist to belong

to a hypnosis association? Yes/No

125. Is it a legal requirement for a hypnotherapist to be licensed to work with children

in any State of Territory of Australia? Yes/No

126. Who was Dr. George Estabrooks?

127. Did Dr. Milton Erickson ever practice Traditional Hypnosis? Yes/No

128. How many “Propositions” did Mesmer accredit to his theory of Animal

Magnetism?

129. Who was Sir William Crookes?

130. What did The Royal Society commission Sir William Crookes to undertake?

131. Finish this statement below, from training manual one, regarding what

Hippocrates said to Tacitus

Hippocrates, the ‘father’ of medicine, is reported by Tacitus to have said: ‘It hath oft

appeared, while I have been soothing my patient, as if there were some strange

property in my hands to pull and draw away from the afflicted parts aches and diverse

impurities, by laying my hand upon the place, and by extending my fingers towards it.’

132. Baron “who” introduced Dr. John Elliotson to Mesmerism in 1837?

133. Who Said?

I believe in the existence within myself of a power.

From this belief derives my will to exert it.

The entire doctrine of Animal Magnetism is contained in the two words:

Believe and Want!

I believe that I have the power to set into action the vital principle of my fellow-men;

I want to make use of it; this is all my science and all my means.

Believe and want Sirs and you will do as much as I.

134. Who was Hippolyte Bernheim?

135. Briefly describe “Critical Mass”?

136. Name or describe ten different types of sensing receptors that have been

discovered by conventional science?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

137. What were the activities of The Scole Group in the UK?

138. When counting a subject deeper into trance should you count up or down?

139. When counting a subject out of trance should you count up or down?

140. What year did the British and American medical associations approve the use

of hypnosis (not Mesmerism) as a valid treatment for certain medical conditions?

141. List five ethical and moral considerations for a hypnotherapist?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

142. Can hypnosis be induced while a subject is standing on their feet? Yes/No

143. At which University was Franz Anton Mesmer awarded his Doctorate in

Medicine?

144. What is “Trance Logic”?

145. After being hypnotised does a subject thereafter become more and more

susceptible to the hypnotist? Yes/No

146. Who founded the Nancy School?

147. Upon his return to Scotland from Calcutta in India James Esdaile observed that

it took; more time, or less time to induce the Mesmeric condition in a fellow countryman

than what it did to mesmerise natives of India? More/Less

148. What is Symptom Substitution?

149. How deep is the “Hypnodial State” of hypnosis?

Light / Medium / Deep

150. Is there such a thing as the “Hypnotic Nerve” and if yes, where is it located on

the body?

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