expectations . ( Many a time one may need to release the tension / stress of the parent who is on the back of the child , demanding performance , to release their pressure on the child .)
Following two cases shall demonstrate the benefit derived by students with the hypnotherapy intervention .
Case 1 . Abha ( name changed ) was a bright student who had taken ‘ commerce stream ’ for her 11 th / 12 th boards .
Her parents found that she was very nervous whenever she tried to sit down to study ‘ Accounts ’ subject . She would just leave her books and say ‘ she is going to rest for some time ’, and then actually go off to sleep , showing a clear symptom of ‘ avoidance ’ to the ‘ subject ’. Her parents came to consult whether Hypnotherapy can help her .
I always say ‘ you can try ’, as we are dealing with the mind of the client at subconscious level , because that only produces our external behaviour , due to some reasons , which the conscious mind is not able to fathom or over ride .
They were ‘ open ’ enough to try it . Her situation / symptoms :
Abha came and expressed she liked ‘ commerce ’ as a stream , there was potential for jobs and she could help her father in his business . She did not understand what happened to her when she sat down to study ‘ Accounts ’. She expressed she would open the book and immediately felt that she was tired and that she needed to ‘ rest ’ for some time . She was good at all other subjects and scored well in them . Tuition in ‘ Accounts ’ was not helping her . She appeared a nervous person , bothered about her reputation and ambitious to pursue a career , and was extremely afraid as to how she would cope with ‘ Accounts ’. Even afraid that she would fail in that subject and that thought was creating a lot of anxiety in her .
What was done ? : As a therapist , under hypnosis ,
• I embedded a procedure for her use to relax in any situation , when she felt tension of any nature .
• She was given a technique to use when she sat down to study , which would bring her focus and concentration on the subject matter she was studying using any ‘ study process ’, viz . reading , writing , solving question / numerical , answering question requiring descriptive answers , etc .. She could even use the technique for concentrating on ‘ listening to the teacher ’ in a class .
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• Then she was given a suggestion associating the concentration while studying , ' to remember ', whatever she studied , by whatever ‘ study process ’ she has used to study .
• Further , she was given a suggestion / technique to recall all that she had studied related to any ‘ question ’ that she was asked , in situations when she could be asked