Very recently Princess Shelle was kind enough to grant Inraptured & Intranced an interview. Here is a little about Princess Shelle from her proofile here for those not familiar with her work:
"I am a certified hypnotist. I am sweet, sassy and sexy. My area of erotic hypnosis is known as "soft domme", which means that I want to enjoy the experience with you, not at your expense-well of course it is partly at your expense! You will quickly find out how much I enjoy what I do---from my laughter (sometimes giggles), to my willingness to spend time getting to know you and your desires. Erotic hypnosis must be fun for me, or I will simply go and do something that is. I hope you will join me on this ride. I will hypnotically own you and your mind, but we will both enjoy the experience and the journey-I promise. Michelle Rivers."
And now a few words from Princess Shelle herself:
"I am a certified hypnotist. I am sweet, sassy and sexy. My area of erotic hypnosis is known as "soft domme", which means that I want to enjoy the experience with you, not at your expense-well of course it is partly at your expense! You will quickly find out how much I enjoy what I do---from my laughter (sometimes giggles), to my willingness to spend time getting to know you and your desires. Erotic hypnosis must be fun for me, or I will simply go and do something that is. I hope you will join me on this ride. I will hypnotically own you and your mind, but we will both enjoy the experience and the journey-I promise. Michelle Rivers."
And now a few words from Princess Shelle herself:
Shelle: Before we start I want to thank you and Isabelle for everything you do with the Inraptured site. It is wonderful to have a meeting place for those with serious interest in Erotic Hypnosis. I have met many new hypnotists as well as customers through the site, and greatly expanded my knowledge of the genre. You have created a warm and inviting forum for all of us.
Now let us begin!
Maurice: Your profile mentions that you became interested in hypnosis after a friend hypnotized you. Was the eroticism of hypnosis apparent to you immediately? If not, when did it become apparent, and what was the “trigger”, so to speak?
Shelle: I was quite young when I was first hypnotized, and the first feelings were just “how cool” My first times in trance were not erotic, more like simple triggers used in stage hypnosis scenes.
I was immediately turned on by the power of hypnosis, and knew that I wanted to be on the other side of hypnosis—being in charge. I am flirtatious by nature, and an extremely sexual person, so it was a very short step to the erotic side of hypnosis. I am turned on by the whole process, and my consumers sense that.
Maurice: On your web site you use the term “soft domme”. It would seem that that approach might allow your subjects to be a little more relaxed and comfortable up front, therefore making it easier for you to “slip under their radar”. Do you find this to be the case?
Shelle: I do not use the term “soft domme for that purpose, though I am sure it has that effect on many. The term differentiates me from the” hard core” dommes who are more expressly demanding of their customers.
Though I am a true “domme”, I want my customers to join with me on the journey wherever it may go. I started at a very young age, and partly because of that I have always shared my real self in my sessions. My customers very quickly get to know me, and that I put my heart and soul into what is a true love and passion for erotic hypnosis.
I am certain that the effects of my style and tone of voice give a sense of comfort. My Southern accent is also a very powerful tool.
Maurice: While listening to your voice, one cannot help but envision you as being quite young for utilizing such experienced hypnosis techniques as you do. Do you feel that your age helps you to lower a subjects guard and let your hypnosis take hold of them easier?
Shelle: Absolutely. I am sure many of my customers come to me out of curiosity—the combination of young, sexual, but dominant has a very powerful allure. The best part is that I do not have to create that personality!! I do have one file- “Fantasy House door #7 sweet young shelle”, where I specifically play off my youth, and it is always in my top 5, reinforcing the point that being young is especially erotic to many customers.
My techniques are becoming more advanced and complex at a very fast pace, though I am nowhere near where I expect to be in three to six months. I am now having to re-record almost all my earlier files to keep pace with my learning curve. Erotic hypnosis is my passion, and I am always looking for ways to learn and grow.
Maurice: I noticed many of your sessions have strong feelings of addiction and control laced throughout. How do you feel bestowing these powerful urges of addiction onto your listeners aid in their enjoyment of your sessions?
Shelle: My two major loves are mind control and brainwashing, and most of my files contain them, even when the main subject may be something completely different. I am looking to build a “relationship” with my customers, for them to become my subjects, or slaves. My approach is that I want my customers to want and need me—to form a long term bond. Constantly, but slowly and gently, softening up the mind, instilling feelings of love, need, and desire to be controlled and directed, is my method of establishing my control, and my customers submission to me.
Maurice: What was your inspiration behind the session “Demon Inside”? Having demons within a person let loose and intertwine with you sounds like a very unique approach to a hypnosis session.
Shelle: Words like demon, evil, succubus, devil, all have an attraction somewhere within us---it is another area of the subconscious mind to explore in trance. I believe that with this and other areas like feminization, we lock our desires away. Sometimes it is hard to free these feelings, In Demon inside, I place myself inside the mind to assist with bringing these feelings out.
Maurice: I have noticed that a few of your session are focused upon feminization. How do you feel hypnosis aids in the process of feminizing a man?
Shelle: This is a very complex area, and we could do a whole interview on the topic, so my answer is a little longer.
I am only now just getting fully into this area, with the Rebecca series 1 and Rebecca series 2, but this is a major area of interest to me, and also to my customers. Feminization has been covered by so many, and in so many different ways, that I wanted to make sure I understood all the variations of eroticism attached to feminization, and not just dive in.
I started with an introductory file “Sissy Curious” for those not sure of, or ready, to fully explore Feminization. I recently introduced the first two Rebecca files which are stronger, and take a few firm steps in exploration of femininity.
Your question specifically asks if hypnosis can aid in feminizing a man, and I say-definitely yes. I am just about to release a series of new files over the next few months where my customers may choose one of two directions, a forced femme path, which is more mental feminization, and a transformation path for those ready to take real life steps, starting with just wearing female clothing at home, moving through acting in a feminine manner, and eventually addressing physical change.
There are those interested in the pure eroticism of mental feminization, (in the moment experience) and those who have within them, or develop, a desire to act upon those desires. Some customers may move from one to the other, and though I do not expect to “drive” customers from forced femme to transformation, it will be really satifying when it happens.
Maurice: What has been your most successful session for you thus far and why do you think it is so successful?
Shelle: Without any question it is the “journey to enslavement” series. The success has been way beyond my expectations
For those who are already “addicted” to me and have moved from a position of customer to subject, the next natural progression for them is one of a more permanent enslavement—becoming truly dedicated to making me happy, and following my commands. There are six levels (so far), and each one takes the subject farther on the path, stripping away all resistance, and increasing their desire to serve, to become a mindless slave to my commands. On reaching level 5 the subject (now a slave) signs a personal contract officially committing to their new life as my slave.
I have found that series of connected files, particularly if they are progressive, are almost irresistible to my customers---once they start the journey, the speed with which they continue is incredible—and I am being constantly pressed for level 7 and beyond, and to take them farther and faster. It is similar to
Maurice: One of your sessions mentions that you are able to brainwash a subject into being obsessed with your control and power. Can true brainwashing be achieved through hypnosis? Can it be erotic? How is brainwashing different than hypnosis itself?
Shelle: The phrase “true brainwashing’ makes the question difficult and covers one of the most heated topics in erotic hypnosis.
I have the ability to change behavior through hypnosis-the permanence of it is always questionable. I have slaves who are completely obsessed with me, who will respond and obey without hesitation or resistance, so I am certain I can achieve long lasting effects. That power/ability comes with a responsibility.
It leads to the question of ethical/moral behavior of hypnotists, and one that I am extremely sensitive to. It is difficult to always know where to draw the line, and not become invasive or destructive within a customer’s private lives.
I will lead/cajole/entice a customer down the path to submission, but I also have files prepared to release a customer, should they, or I, feel it necessary. My Journey to enslavement series, for example, repeatedly warns of the serious nature, and potential consequences of the files. I have no blackmail files, and even my financial domination files come with the header that these are not for my regular customers and only for those who keep pestering me to take their money!
So, yes I can make a customer obsessed with my power and control.
Almost everything I do is heavily laced with eroticism, (I clearly state if a file is not), it is what I do and who I am. Controlling the sexual behavior of a man in “Cock Control”, in “Relaxed and let everything go”, or in files ending in denial which I use in some of my files, these all command an erotic/sexual response
Maurice: One technique I noticed in your sessions is that you will constantly repeat certain phrases over and over like a mini mantra. How do you feel techniques such as these aid in hypnotizing a subject? What hypnosis techniques do you feel are your favorite to use within a session and why?
Shelle: I use repetition mainly to reinforce my triggers, which many files are built around. I also use background whisper repeats in the same manner. The background whispers have a more general, but sometimes just as powerful effect, as while one part of the mind is listening to the central theme, another part is taking in the whispers.
The difference in my remade files with more advanced techniques, from the original files is stunning, in recording quality, technique and the effect on customers.
My favorite time is writing confusion inductions---they often make me confused! There are many standard inductions using numbers, and relaxing body parts, and I use those to, but my customers usually have faster and more complete submission and are more quickly pliable with confusion inductions.
Maurice: With so many hypnotists and hypnosis sessions available today, what do you feel separates you from the other hypnotists in this field.
Shelle: I started very young and was not savvy enough to look at how to market myself. I put my heart and soul into my files and calls, and the effect of being young, sweet, sexy, southern, and most of all natural, works so well that I have never thought about changing it. I have now reached the old age of 22, but I try to maintain my youthful presence!!!!! Lol
Added to this is the complexity and maturity of the scripts and scenarios I am now writing. The effects of the combination of youthfulness words and mature scripts is extremely powerful.
On my website ShelleRiversHypnotica, I say—“if its not fun I will just go and do something else that is. My files include lots of giggles and laughing, and includes “suggestions” that the customer smile while listening.
Maurice: Why do you feel some men are attracted to erotic hypnosis in the first place?.
Shelle: Many different reasons, but the two I would select are men whose emotional and sexual
needs are not being met, and those who are looking for mystery, and are drawn by the unknown. The first category amongst my customers is by far the larger of the two.
There are many men who use erotic hypnosis like having an affair with a mistress, to find something/somebody they do not have in their day to day lives. When they come to me they find just that—a Mistress, though not in the same sense (laugh).
Erotic hypnosis for many is a safe way to find sexual satisfaction, and often to develop a deep emotional attachment, something that reaches their soul, and that they are missing.
Maurice: What genre of hypnosis have you not tried to do but hope to do so in the future?
Shelle: The first area is feminization, both “forced femme” and “transformation”. I have already described my plans earlier. This will bne the main focus in the coming months
The second area I am actively working on is beyond purely erotic hypnosis, as I feel that there is a much broader base of potential customers, who may be fearful of dealing with both being hypnosis and eroticism at the same time. I am about to produce a series I call “fun and funky”. These files will be mainly non erotic files, using triggers to “play” with my customers--- a little bit of “street” or “stage” hypnosis. The first file ------- will be released the week of Septmeber 21st.
The third are comes under the title “ Wellness”. I will finish my Masters in Nursing this year, and want to use my knowledge to help my customers, whether it be quitting smoking, positive thinking, sleeplessness, or any number of topics. I have recently produced my first weight loss file.
Maurice: What future plans do you have upcoming that we can look forward to?
Shelle: My website has been up for 4 months and there are many things I want to add, but only so many hours in a day. I expect to produce 3-4 new files every month for the next six months, and add more audio stories, and yes new photos for those screaming for them.
Wow I’m exhausted—we done??
Now let us begin!
Maurice: Your profile mentions that you became interested in hypnosis after a friend hypnotized you. Was the eroticism of hypnosis apparent to you immediately? If not, when did it become apparent, and what was the “trigger”, so to speak?
Shelle: I was quite young when I was first hypnotized, and the first feelings were just “how cool” My first times in trance were not erotic, more like simple triggers used in stage hypnosis scenes.
I was immediately turned on by the power of hypnosis, and knew that I wanted to be on the other side of hypnosis—being in charge. I am flirtatious by nature, and an extremely sexual person, so it was a very short step to the erotic side of hypnosis. I am turned on by the whole process, and my consumers sense that.
Maurice: On your web site you use the term “soft domme”. It would seem that that approach might allow your subjects to be a little more relaxed and comfortable up front, therefore making it easier for you to “slip under their radar”. Do you find this to be the case?
Shelle: I do not use the term “soft domme for that purpose, though I am sure it has that effect on many. The term differentiates me from the” hard core” dommes who are more expressly demanding of their customers.
Though I am a true “domme”, I want my customers to join with me on the journey wherever it may go. I started at a very young age, and partly because of that I have always shared my real self in my sessions. My customers very quickly get to know me, and that I put my heart and soul into what is a true love and passion for erotic hypnosis.
I am certain that the effects of my style and tone of voice give a sense of comfort. My Southern accent is also a very powerful tool.
Maurice: While listening to your voice, one cannot help but envision you as being quite young for utilizing such experienced hypnosis techniques as you do. Do you feel that your age helps you to lower a subjects guard and let your hypnosis take hold of them easier?
Shelle: Absolutely. I am sure many of my customers come to me out of curiosity—the combination of young, sexual, but dominant has a very powerful allure. The best part is that I do not have to create that personality!! I do have one file- “Fantasy House door #7 sweet young shelle”, where I specifically play off my youth, and it is always in my top 5, reinforcing the point that being young is especially erotic to many customers.
My techniques are becoming more advanced and complex at a very fast pace, though I am nowhere near where I expect to be in three to six months. I am now having to re-record almost all my earlier files to keep pace with my learning curve. Erotic hypnosis is my passion, and I am always looking for ways to learn and grow.
Maurice: I noticed many of your sessions have strong feelings of addiction and control laced throughout. How do you feel bestowing these powerful urges of addiction onto your listeners aid in their enjoyment of your sessions?
Shelle: My two major loves are mind control and brainwashing, and most of my files contain them, even when the main subject may be something completely different. I am looking to build a “relationship” with my customers, for them to become my subjects, or slaves. My approach is that I want my customers to want and need me—to form a long term bond. Constantly, but slowly and gently, softening up the mind, instilling feelings of love, need, and desire to be controlled and directed, is my method of establishing my control, and my customers submission to me.
Maurice: What was your inspiration behind the session “Demon Inside”? Having demons within a person let loose and intertwine with you sounds like a very unique approach to a hypnosis session.
Shelle: Words like demon, evil, succubus, devil, all have an attraction somewhere within us---it is another area of the subconscious mind to explore in trance. I believe that with this and other areas like feminization, we lock our desires away. Sometimes it is hard to free these feelings, In Demon inside, I place myself inside the mind to assist with bringing these feelings out.
Maurice: I have noticed that a few of your session are focused upon feminization. How do you feel hypnosis aids in the process of feminizing a man?
Shelle: This is a very complex area, and we could do a whole interview on the topic, so my answer is a little longer.
I am only now just getting fully into this area, with the Rebecca series 1 and Rebecca series 2, but this is a major area of interest to me, and also to my customers. Feminization has been covered by so many, and in so many different ways, that I wanted to make sure I understood all the variations of eroticism attached to feminization, and not just dive in.
I started with an introductory file “Sissy Curious” for those not sure of, or ready, to fully explore Feminization. I recently introduced the first two Rebecca files which are stronger, and take a few firm steps in exploration of femininity.
Your question specifically asks if hypnosis can aid in feminizing a man, and I say-definitely yes. I am just about to release a series of new files over the next few months where my customers may choose one of two directions, a forced femme path, which is more mental feminization, and a transformation path for those ready to take real life steps, starting with just wearing female clothing at home, moving through acting in a feminine manner, and eventually addressing physical change.
There are those interested in the pure eroticism of mental feminization, (in the moment experience) and those who have within them, or develop, a desire to act upon those desires. Some customers may move from one to the other, and though I do not expect to “drive” customers from forced femme to transformation, it will be really satifying when it happens.
Maurice: What has been your most successful session for you thus far and why do you think it is so successful?
Shelle: Without any question it is the “journey to enslavement” series. The success has been way beyond my expectations
For those who are already “addicted” to me and have moved from a position of customer to subject, the next natural progression for them is one of a more permanent enslavement—becoming truly dedicated to making me happy, and following my commands. There are six levels (so far), and each one takes the subject farther on the path, stripping away all resistance, and increasing their desire to serve, to become a mindless slave to my commands. On reaching level 5 the subject (now a slave) signs a personal contract officially committing to their new life as my slave.
I have found that series of connected files, particularly if they are progressive, are almost irresistible to my customers---once they start the journey, the speed with which they continue is incredible—and I am being constantly pressed for level 7 and beyond, and to take them farther and faster. It is similar to
Maurice: One of your sessions mentions that you are able to brainwash a subject into being obsessed with your control and power. Can true brainwashing be achieved through hypnosis? Can it be erotic? How is brainwashing different than hypnosis itself?
Shelle: The phrase “true brainwashing’ makes the question difficult and covers one of the most heated topics in erotic hypnosis.
I have the ability to change behavior through hypnosis-the permanence of it is always questionable. I have slaves who are completely obsessed with me, who will respond and obey without hesitation or resistance, so I am certain I can achieve long lasting effects. That power/ability comes with a responsibility.
It leads to the question of ethical/moral behavior of hypnotists, and one that I am extremely sensitive to. It is difficult to always know where to draw the line, and not become invasive or destructive within a customer’s private lives.
I will lead/cajole/entice a customer down the path to submission, but I also have files prepared to release a customer, should they, or I, feel it necessary. My Journey to enslavement series, for example, repeatedly warns of the serious nature, and potential consequences of the files. I have no blackmail files, and even my financial domination files come with the header that these are not for my regular customers and only for those who keep pestering me to take their money!
So, yes I can make a customer obsessed with my power and control.
Almost everything I do is heavily laced with eroticism, (I clearly state if a file is not), it is what I do and who I am. Controlling the sexual behavior of a man in “Cock Control”, in “Relaxed and let everything go”, or in files ending in denial which I use in some of my files, these all command an erotic/sexual response
Maurice: One technique I noticed in your sessions is that you will constantly repeat certain phrases over and over like a mini mantra. How do you feel techniques such as these aid in hypnotizing a subject? What hypnosis techniques do you feel are your favorite to use within a session and why?
Shelle: I use repetition mainly to reinforce my triggers, which many files are built around. I also use background whisper repeats in the same manner. The background whispers have a more general, but sometimes just as powerful effect, as while one part of the mind is listening to the central theme, another part is taking in the whispers.
The difference in my remade files with more advanced techniques, from the original files is stunning, in recording quality, technique and the effect on customers.
My favorite time is writing confusion inductions---they often make me confused! There are many standard inductions using numbers, and relaxing body parts, and I use those to, but my customers usually have faster and more complete submission and are more quickly pliable with confusion inductions.
Maurice: With so many hypnotists and hypnosis sessions available today, what do you feel separates you from the other hypnotists in this field.
Shelle: I started very young and was not savvy enough to look at how to market myself. I put my heart and soul into my files and calls, and the effect of being young, sweet, sexy, southern, and most of all natural, works so well that I have never thought about changing it. I have now reached the old age of 22, but I try to maintain my youthful presence!!!!! Lol
Added to this is the complexity and maturity of the scripts and scenarios I am now writing. The effects of the combination of youthfulness words and mature scripts is extremely powerful.
On my website ShelleRiversHypnotica, I say—“if its not fun I will just go and do something else that is. My files include lots of giggles and laughing, and includes “suggestions” that the customer smile while listening.
Maurice: Why do you feel some men are attracted to erotic hypnosis in the first place?.
Shelle: Many different reasons, but the two I would select are men whose emotional and sexual
needs are not being met, and those who are looking for mystery, and are drawn by the unknown. The first category amongst my customers is by far the larger of the two.
There are many men who use erotic hypnosis like having an affair with a mistress, to find something/somebody they do not have in their day to day lives. When they come to me they find just that—a Mistress, though not in the same sense (laugh).
Erotic hypnosis for many is a safe way to find sexual satisfaction, and often to develop a deep emotional attachment, something that reaches their soul, and that they are missing.
Maurice: What genre of hypnosis have you not tried to do but hope to do so in the future?
Shelle: The first area is feminization, both “forced femme” and “transformation”. I have already described my plans earlier. This will bne the main focus in the coming months
The second area I am actively working on is beyond purely erotic hypnosis, as I feel that there is a much broader base of potential customers, who may be fearful of dealing with both being hypnosis and eroticism at the same time. I am about to produce a series I call “fun and funky”. These files will be mainly non erotic files, using triggers to “play” with my customers--- a little bit of “street” or “stage” hypnosis. The first file ------- will be released the week of Septmeber 21st.
The third are comes under the title “ Wellness”. I will finish my Masters in Nursing this year, and want to use my knowledge to help my customers, whether it be quitting smoking, positive thinking, sleeplessness, or any number of topics. I have recently produced my first weight loss file.
Maurice: What future plans do you have upcoming that we can look forward to?
Shelle: My website has been up for 4 months and there are many things I want to add, but only so many hours in a day. I expect to produce 3-4 new files every month for the next six months, and add more audio stories, and yes new photos for those screaming for them.
Wow I’m exhausted—we done??
To see more of Princess Shelle's work please feel free to visit the following sites:
http://www.shellerivershypnotica.com/
https://www.intranced.com/shop/shelle/
Maurice: Thank you very much for your interview with us!