Covert hypnosis in practice

Covert hypnosis is the skill (or art) of being able to covertly speak directly to someone’s subconscious without their knowledge. Normally this is used in the process of normal conversation with someone.  The purpose of which is to affect or control the other persons decision making abilities through the subconscious mind. An example of this would be a man seducing a woman and telling her subconscious mind how great she will feel and how much pleasure she’ll have by going home with him.

By using specific words, gestures, weasel phrases, and other covert hypnosis secrets, the hypnotist is able to completely alter the other persons mind. This is all done in ways that seem completely normal and not out of the ordinary (so as to not raise any “alarm bells” in the other persons conscious, reasoning mind). The goal of this is to have the subject fully believe that it was their decision to do exactly what you want them to do.

This is a type of hypnotism that uses close to hypnotic processes in the target’s mind. In covert hypnosis the target has no knowledge that the person in hypnotizing them or altering (or directly influencing and controlling) their decision making process.

These methods were first discovered / created by Igor Ledowchowski after having been adapted and derived from some of the techniques used in NLP. However the unique aspect is that the target is being hypnotically influenced and controlled with no knowledge of it (or permission given to the hypnotist).

A protégé of a popular hypnotherapist, Ledowchowski started his own studies and received a PhD in hypnosis and began his own studies into the practical, daily use and techniques of covert hypnosis. After many years he released his findings to a select few professionals in the hypnotic community.

Firstly, the person using covert hypnosis starts by getting “rapport” (that is, a feeling of “we are the same”) from the subject or subjects. The hypnotist then uses several techniques such as weasel phrases, projecting, metaphors and others to “guide” the target into a thought pattern that is very different from their original processes (I.e. “I do want to buy a new car…”). Many times, techniques of fooling the target into believing that one is talking about something completely different are used, for example acting as if you are talking about a third person, or an object, while you are really talking about the target.