Glossary
The words, in plain language.
Every term you will meet in a session or in the app, explained without jargon — what it means, what it feels like, and what people usually get wrong.
The modality
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a deliberate use of focused attention and suggestion.
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Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a practitioner-led use of hypnosis within a therapeutic setting and towards a therapeutic goal.
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Self-hypnosis
Self-hypnosis is hypnosis that you practise without a practitioner directing the experience in real time.
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Guided meditation vs hypnosis
Guided meditation and hypnosis overlap, but they usually point attention in different directions.
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Trance
Trance is a state of absorbed, focused attention in which other sights, sounds, or thoughts may matter less for a while.
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Parts of a session
Induction
An induction is the opening part of a hypnosis session that gathers your attention and helps you settle into the process.
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Deepener
A deepener is the session stage after an induction that steadies and extends absorbed attention before the main suggestions.
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Suggestion
A suggestion is an idea, image, or response that a hypnosis session invites you to explore.
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Journey
A journey is one guided session that carries you through an imagined place or narrative, such as a beach, forest path, or night train.
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Awakening
Awakening is Intropi's name for the closing stage that clinicians often call emergence or re-alerting.
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Safeguards
Safeguards are four playable session blocks that you can browse alone or add to a session: Listen Safely, How to Stop Any Time, Before You Begin, and Come Back Now.
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