Hypnosis is the most dangerous form of trust you can have with someone. To give this much trust, you need more than mere support. You need the absolute assurance and understanding of what the hypnotist intends to do. It is under this guise of understanding that I created Scrypnosis©.
I write out the entire script in advance. Using the techniques shown here, at this site, I create a worded map of what I intend to do, how I intend it to be done, and exactly what I will be saying. I then give this to my patient. The upshot of such scripting has been the shift from the "Trust Me, I know what I'm doing" approach to hypnosis that nearly all others are creating, to a "do not simply trust a hypnotist" environment.
I want people to scrutinize, revise, compare, and participate in the script-writing process. In this way, the patient learns to think like a hypnotist, which is good since the patient is the only one who is actually doing the hypnosis in the first place.
Once a script is written, I just read it to them, using those breathy verbalization techniques that soothe so well. However, the scripting methods have given me a nearly 100% success rate, because the person's subconscious knows, in advance, exactly what I am going to say. If I were to deviate from this pre-accepted norm, the subconscious knows instantly! Therefore, by reading the script and following it exactly, I earn an even deeper level of trust from the patients, which gives perfect participation, even with high-strung individuals.
My technique has worked with paranoid schizophrenics and extremely normal people alike. The balance of late is that everything goes to text in advance.
With such persistence, Scrypnosis© makes hypnosis into a easily swallowed pill, which is what the Psychology field commands. The reason that hypnosis has not been widely accepted to this point is that, by having it in the "Trust Me" experience, hypnosis takes on an occultic appearance. However, with Scrypnosis©, the fear is eliminated, the process of logic is clear, and the granularity of the medication is absolutely digestible.
In short, Scrypnosis© strips hypnosis of all its terrible problems while retaining the versatility and usability that others have always wanted it to have. Unscripted hypnosis is far more dangerous to the patient than Scrypnosis© for the patient needs all the honesty and trust the hypnotist can give, and if one isn't being totally honest, it will become abundantly clear to the patient.
Therefore, the best approach to hypnosis is through Scrypnosis©.
© 1999 David I. Brager