Building on the three E's of Modern Hypnosis

Esdaile, Elman and Erickson

Yes there was Mesmer, and James Braid and Hippolyte Bernheim  the Nancy school, Freud   William James, Gil Boyne Ormand Mc Gill and Ines Simpson’s mentor Jerry Kein

Not to mention the Shamans on N America and elsewhere

But for simplicity lets look at those giants with the 3 E’s

Let’s take Esdaile, Dr James Esdaile who used Mesmer’s techniques ( and later Braids style of hypnosis) over a week or so to induce a deep trance in his patient that had natural anesthesia ( we call it the Esdaile state now)

Milton Erickson, a unique individual, who’s minute study of an individual’s body language, and actual language enabled him to develop a unique therapeutic style, characterized by indirect communication, metaphors, and the utilization of the client’s individual strengths and resources.

“Unlike traditional authoritarian approaches to hypnosis, where the therapist is seen as the authority figure, Erickson believed in empowering his clients and fostering their autonomy through the therapeutic process. “

And then Dave Elman contemporary of Milton Erickson – and a complete opposite. Not an intellectual introverted scholar, but a performer and broadcaster. But his no nonsense approach to life led him to use Hypnosis is a matter of fact way. He saw Hypnosis was not done to someone, but was created by the person themselves. And he thought why take a week or even a day to induce hypnosis – if it’s a natural state – we should do it in minutes. Thus the famous Elman induction – used in Simpson Protocol it should take about 3 or 4 minutes – to reach the Somnambulistic state.

So, Simpson Protocol took the deep states of Esdaile, the careful language and client empowerment of Erikson and the no nonsense approach to creating the trance state – took these three e’s – and went forward.

And Simpson Protocol continues to evolve and move forward creating more and more outstanding outcomes every day