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Eyes Blinking Reaction and Its Use in Hypnotic Communication
Anatoly Tkachev, Inga Topeshko
Sleep and Hypnosis 2001;3(2):93-96
There are many ways for the subject's unconsciousness to express the non-verbal message that is additional to the conscious message. Microanalysis of Dr. Erickson's videotaped communication shows that he used the subject's and his own non-verbal behavior for building rapport, getting the most important information and conducting the communication on the unconscious level. Following Dr. Erickson's approach, we have been investigating meanings and appropriate use of the non-verbal behavioral cues that every person demonstrates naturally and that can serve for delivering some messages. The investigation has shown that the unconscious mind can use automatic tongue movements (4), eyes blinking and many other natural reactions as signals of secondary language (the secondary language is the process of communication that helps in the delivery of indirect message). That means that if we take those reactions into consideration, decode their meanings and use them in communication we can move our communication to a deep unconscious level that will lead to strong, stable and predictable positive psychotherapeutic changes. The article describes different types of eyes blinking the way that each type can be used in psychotherapy as signals that turn unconscious understanding into conscious one.
Key words: unconscious communication, eyes blinking, patient's message, conscious and unconscious understanding
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