Stress is a formidable enemy of so many people taking tests. Hypnosis is a good tool to walk a person through the test-taking situation. The key is to calm the emotions, to help the client stay in the present, and to visualize a calming image to anchor with a calm emotion to cool the intellectual engine to more efficiently produce the thought processes involved in the identification of the right choice of answers. The calmer a person's physical state, and the subsequent quieting of the mind, the swifter the thought processes occur at an alarming rate of speed thus unleashing from the conscious and unconscious regions of the brain the problem-solving, mental resources requisite for satisfactory test-taking performance. If a participant in the hypnosis session has enough desire to accomplish a desired goal, they will follow the hypnotist's simple instructions and be able to induce a calm state of mind necessary to guide the client through a pathway of guided imagery of themselves accomplishing that very desired goal. It's not a difficult process to learn. It really doesn't take practice. It just takes the desire and the willingness to believe enough in the process. The brain will do the rest of the work when psychic energy is most conserved. The optimal environment is one of calm, an environment in which electro-chemical impulses travel most directly from point A to point B, umimpeded by neuronal pockets of diffuse energy flow. A calm body is a calm mind, and its neuronal circuitry consists of pathways over which impulses travel with the least impedence of inefficient wiring.
