CHAPTER 5Treatment Planning: Accessing NaturalTranceTHE LANGUAGE OF HYPNOTICINDUCTIONAs I (RV) supervised Joan during a small group hypnotherapy practice,she stumbled over her words, turned to me, and whispered, “I think Ineed help here.” Her client was comfortably in trance, paying noattention to her panicked aside to me. Upon observing her apparentlysuccessful work thus far, I simply said, “No you don’t.” She lookedstunned at first and then proceeded.Until that point, I had paid little attention to her words. What struckme about her induction was the graceful flow of her arms and hands. Shewas like an orchestra conductor enrapt by a lovely adagio. Without hernoticing, her movements had become the focal point of her hypnoticlanguage, not her words. Even after her subject’s eyes had closed, shecontinued to “speak” in her own unique way. Once given permission torely on her strengths, she relaxed and her confidence began to blossom.Too many hypnotherapists, both beginning and advanced, becomeoverly concerned about words. They soften their voices and struggle to“make” their clients relax. Assuming the full responsibility for such animpossible assignment, they become preoccupied and self-consciouswith their words. While there certainly are recommended ways ofstructuring hypnotic language toward specific applications, these areonly guidelines that must be adapted to one’s own communication style.There really is no one preferred path to trance induction. Like a dancer
watching her own feet, a hypnotherapist who is focused on her own
performance will likely stumble over herself in an attempt to speak in
just the “right” way. By doing so, she becomes blinded to the true source
of effective hypnotic language sitting across from her.
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