I am continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy sessions with me in my office. However, phone, and Zoom consultations ARE and WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was originally posted on February 24, 2017)
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One of my favorite techniques to help a client find out what is really
going on in the person’s life—i.e., the cause or foundation of the issue he or
she wishes to address—is the Paris Window. This is a diagram of a box
containing four squares. Each square features a question that is designed to
clarify and bring the subconscious issue/motivation behind the unwanted
behavior into conscious awareness.
This is what a Paris Window looks like:
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Q: How do you feel about the problem? 1. |
Q: How do you think other people feel about your problem? 2. |
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Q: How do you feel about how other people feel about your
problem? 3. |
The Actual Problem 4. |
I use the Paris Window during the cognitive (alert) portion of the hypnotherapy. It
is a particularly effective way to discover any underlying, subconscious
motivation(s) behind the person’s unwanted behaviors that may be preventing the
desired behavior change. One benefit of this technique is that it is very
visceral: the person can literally watch a story about the origins or basis of
this subconscious resistance evolve while writing the responses to each
question (ideomotor
response). Once the issue is revealed, I discuss it with the client in
terms of his or her beliefs and feelings about the problem/conflict,
motivations to change or get rid of the unwanted behavior and strategies to accomplish
this. Finally, when the person is in hypnosis, I incorporate specific
suggestions in his or her hypnotic
script to help the person implement these new beliefs or behaviors to help
actualize this self-improvement goal.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. Sara has been voted the Best
Hypnotherapist in Santa Clarita, California, four years in a row (2019-2022).
For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an
appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/
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