Hypnotherapy trance language and emotional regulation

Prof. Dr.rer.nat.Walter Bongartz has been working as a hypnotherapist and hypnosis researcher for over 20 years. In addition to the anthropological foundations of hypnosis, the effectiveness of hypnosis, etc. at the University of Konstanz, he also dealt with the influence of hypnosis on physiological processes (e.g. changes in blood counts after hypnosis). He was President of the German (DGH) and the International (ISH) Society for Hypnosis.

Prof. Dr. Walter Bongartz has been working with hypnosis both in research as well as in therapy at the University of Konstanz, Germany for more than 20 years. He has dealt with the anthropological background of hypnosis, hypnotic suggestibility and physiological changes in hypnosis. He has been president of the German Society of Hypnosis, the European Society of Hypnosis as well as the International Society of Hypnosis.

Imaginative Therapy and Trance (ITT)

Hypnosis is an experience-based procedure that allows direct access to physical and emotional processes in an altered state of consciousness. After hypnosis, this can be seen on the physical level in a massive decrease in substances that promote inflammation (interferons, interleukins), which explains the influence of hypnosis on allergic, immunological processes. On the other hand, it is direct access to positive emotional experiences (self-esteem, courage to face life, security, etc.), which are used as resources in hypnotherapeutic interventions.

As an increasing number of meta-analyses show, it can be used to effectively treat psychosomatic disorders, anxiety, chronic pain, addiction and depression, among other things. Essential for therapeutic work with hypnosis is communication with the patient during the hypnotic trance, which requires the therapist to have skills with regard to the language of trance. In recent years we have been dealing with the trance language of traditional cultures (Aranda Aborigines, Navajos, San Bushmen, etc.), whose trance languages ​​all have the same structure, which can also be used today in combination in modern trance language. It is very easy to learn and very effective and will be taught in both courses.

Bongartz W. & Bongartz B. (2019). Trance language – the anthropological perspective. Hypnose-ZHH, 14, 9-43.Karrasch S, Jung JA, Varadarajan S, Kolassa IT & Bongartz W (2022). Modern and traditional trance language: a comparison. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 65, (accepted for publication, online July 29, 2022)

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