(This blog was
originally posted on March 23, 2016)
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| Photo by Rick Hustead |
Audio tracks can be used to consistently reinforce a suggestion for
changed behavior that is made to a client during the hypnotherapy session. Hypnosis Motivation Institute founder John Kappas, Ph.D. liked to record of the hypnotic suggestions
and affirmations that he gave clients during hypnosis. He then gave the
recording to the individual to listen to independently at home and reinforce
the suggestions for behavioral change between sessions. He found that these
recordings were particularly useful to achieve self-improvement goals such as increase
self-confidence, correct or curb impulsive behaviors and behaviors, facilitate
weight loss/weight control, and modify fear reactions.
Like the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute founder, I also like to offer and typically make an audio track
of the hypnosis portion of the session for each of my clients to play at home
and fortify the hypnotic message I provided in the office. Sometimes I put it
on a CD but, more often lately, I simply e-mail a digital copy of the track to
the client to listen to on a mobile device. Since it is designed to relax the
listener, I always attach a written warning in the e-mail or on the hard copy
that the person must not play the track while driving or at any other time when
alert attention is needed.
Unlike the generic, topic-specific hypnosis tracks that you can purchase
at book stores or on-line, the recordings I provide for each client are
individualized to address each client’s specific therapeutic goals and needs.
In almost every case, the suggestions, affirmations and motivational words that
I provide in the hypnotic
script are created on the spot, based on information that the client
provided just moments before being counted into the hypnotic trance. Even scripts
that have been previously created to facilitate weight loss, quitting smoking, overcome
a fear/phobia, etc. must still be customized this way so the client’s
subconscious mind will accept the new message I am providing. Each of these
recordings is free, a “take-away gift” I give to the client at the end of each
session.
Dr. Kappas advised that hypnotherapists should use discretion when
providing the recording for a client. For example, hypnotherapists should only
record the session for someone whom he or she feels confident will stop using
the track once the problem is resolved or his or her situation has changed, he
said. As I mentioned previously, I typically offer to record the hypnosis for
each of my clients; this is true regardless of the person’s presenting issue
according to the therapeutic guidelines and state regulations of the Business
and Professions Code 2908. In addition, each hypnotic script includes
suggestions that reflect where the person is on his or her therapeutic journey
to address and help the client focus on that stage of the therapeutic journey.
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Sara
R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern
California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. In July 2019 she was
voted the Best Hypnotherapist in Santa Clarita, California. For more
information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®
and to set up an appointment, please
visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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