Rapport is a key tool in hypnosis of any kind. When learning how to hypnotize someone through conversation especially, rapport needs a great deal of emphasis. Learning to establish good rapport can not only help you as a hypnotist, but in all your interactions with people.
In order to know how to establish good rapport, it's important to know what exactly makes up a good rapport between two people. Rapport is a necessary part of building trust and comfort between you and your subjects.
In essence, rapport is the close relationship including two or more people who understand each other's feelings and ideas. Rapport also means being able to communicate those feelings and ideas in a substantial way. We have rapport with everyone around us – co-workers, friends, family members. These rapports may be much different from each other, but they are essential to building meaningful relationships.
Trying to force rapport to go in a direction it is not meant to or to establish it too quickly can immediately destroy a hypnosis attempt. Rapport is something that must be established carefully and slowly; trying to force it will only make you seem desperate. To avoid forcing rapport, we have a few fundamental techniques: fractioning, storytelling, and matching and mirroring.
Matching and mirroring is a largely subconscious process that involves subtle mirroring of your subject's hand movements and gestures. However, it must be done carefully. If you are too blatant about mirroring someone, it will put them off and even possibly make them think you're making fun of them. If done correctly, though, it can build a subtle, subconscious connection with that person that they won't even be aware of.
Building successful rapport with people requires a very thorough understanding of rapport-building techniques. You must thoroughly understand them yourself before you can attempt to use them on anyone without looking foolish or having your hypnosis attempts seen through.
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