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Monday, April 10, 2017

Creating the Hypnotic Script

(This blog was originally posted on March 26, 2014)

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It goes without saying that each hypnotic script that I create for my clients is unique. It has to be: since each person is idiosyncratic and individual, even similar issues such as the desire to stop smoking, lose weight or increase self-confidence to speak in public will be as unique as the person who is wants to replace or discard an unwanted behavior. Furthermore, the origins of that unwanted behavior or habit will vary as much as each person’s reasons and motivations to change it and the degree of their suggestibility (how they learn). While I have and know many basic hypnotherapeutic “ingredients” to help my clients achieve their specific vocational and avocational self-improvement goal, it is up to me to create the specific “recipe” that will achieve this objective.

I create and tailor hypnotic scripts in a three-part process:

1. First, I actively listen to what the person is telling me/explaining about his or her situation and goals to change a behavior. I will ask questions and even re-state or reframe what the person has said to make sure I understand what is going on.

2. Meanwhile, I will be processing/integrating this information into a basic hypnotic script that I already know is or will be useful to address this issue. Literally hundreds of generic hypnotic scripts exist to address various topics, but each one is not necessarily appropriate for or applicable to every situation.

3. Next, I construct the actual script using the client’s own words (descriptions) about why, how, when, etc., he or she wants to change the unwanted behavior based on his or her suggestibility. If the person is a physical suggestible, I know that the person’s subconscious will understand and process direct and literal suggestions such as, “Your eyes are closing.”) An emotional suggestible client’s subconscious will respond to indirect or metaphoric suggestions, such as “Your eyelids feel heavy.”

Once I choose a working framework for the hypnotic script I will use, I can be somewhat creative with how/when/where I include the client’s specific words or phrases in the suggestions. I may incorporate an imagery exercise or specific elements from a different (albeit related) script to support the hypnotherapy work I am doing with a particular client. For example, I like to include imagery around the color red to reinforce the idea of “stopping” the unwanted behavior (e.g., eating sweets, smoking, nail-biting, etc.) whenever the person sees this color. I can also decide—even at the last second—to not do a particular technique with a client, such as Inner Child work, if I see that the individual is abreacting (negative physical response) to some suggestions, which could indicate that his or her subconscious mind is not ready to accept or process this information.

Basically, during this process I am following jeet kune do creator and martial arts legend Bruce Lee’s advice: “Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.” I take the basic framework of a hypnotherapy process and subtly tailor the script to make it specific and relevant for the client I am working with, based on the fast decisions I must make about which material to use and how and when to use it during the session.

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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. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Opportunities

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It is cause for celebration whenever one of my clients achieves his or her therapeutic goal. No matter how many (or few!) hypnotherapy sessions it takes to accomplish it, the decision change an unwanted behavior and the subconscious work and dedication it takes to make that change happen are significant commitments. I tell each client at the start of hypnotherapy that my door is usually the last one the person knocked on during their search for the solution to whatever their therapeutic goal happens to be. However, once they achieve that goal and walk out of my office a whole new world of opportunities opens up for them. By that time they have a new set of skills or tools with which to solve and resolve any new challenges that may pop up along the way.

The same is true for me. It is true that when someone has taken off the last pound of weight he or she wanted to drop or given up cigarettes for good, I have essentially “lost” a client. But I don’t look at it that way. The day someone achieves his or her self-improvement goal is a day of abundance for both of us. I know that the hypnosis skills and guided-imagery techniques I employed to help the client succeed are ecologically “sound.” They are natural, drug-free and are effective tools with which to achieve a variety of vocational and avocational self-improvement goals. My clients often refer my hypnotherapy services to a friend. But even if a referral is not forthcoming, I know that the energy and attention I have devoted to that individual will manifest a new client for me, anyway.

When clients leave my office, they are invariably relaxed and comfortable—more than they were before the appointment, anyway. Moreover, they have learned (consciously or otherwise) valuable techniques to call up this sensation whenever they need relief from daily stressors. Hypnosis facilitates a state of natural calm and relaxation as well that enables a person to use rational, logical thought processes in situations which previously might have induced a lot of stress or anxiety. The experience of having already used hypnotherapy to achieve a goal builds self-confidence and increases self-esteem and strengthens the belief in their ability to handle other challenges. Every time they overcome another obstacle or achieve a new goal reinforces these beliefs until they naturally look at any challenge or inconvenience as an opportunity to shine, grow and continue to succeed.