(This blog was originally posted on February 23,
2015
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| Photo by Rick Hustead |
One of the most
effective suggestibility techniques I use is the law of “Delayed Action.” Here,
I provide a specific suggestion that is designed to work at some point after
the hypnosis session in which it is introduced. The timing may be several hours
or even week(s) after I have introduced it during the hypnotherapy session.
For example, if a client’s most significant
“trigger” to smoke a cigarette is after eating the evening meal I will create
the hypnotic
script that incorporates suggestions that the person engages in a specific
alternative behavior at that time. At the beginning of the session I will ask
the client about various activities that he or she enjoys doing, such as going
for a walk or playing a board game with the kids, etc., to replace that
undesired behavior. When the person is in hypnosis I will drop a suggestion
into the person’s subconscious mind that he or she will engage in that desired,
enjoyable behavior after eating instead
of lighting up. The key to this technique is that the hypnotic suggestion
only kicks in when the specific situation presents itself: in this case, after
a meal.
Depending on
the client’s suggestibility
(how the person learns), I will use a direct and literal suggestion for the
physical suggestible client or a more inferential one for an emotional
suggestible person. The key is to use language to which the person’s
subconscious mind will most readily and easily respond whenever a subconscious
trigger “kicks in” the delayed-action suggestion.
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/.
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