Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 1 Issue 5, (I November 2016) | Page 5

how did you handle it?” “We were all surprised, he just dropped dead with a
stroke” “How old was he?” “Only 43” “And what is your most vivid memory of
this?” “The funeral, all those flowers…”
Here - with a flash of "aha" - the clients consciousness connects the mortal fear
(of dropping dead like his father at the same age when his father did, with the
memory/stimuli of flowers connected to this, and the only situation in his life
where he saw that amount of flowers was… at the horse jumping
competitions…
We made peace with the fathers death and funeral, and turned the stimuli of
flowers into a way of getting strength from his memory of the father, putting the
father in the audience, cheering him at the competitions. We also calmed his
system to understand that even if one person dies at a certain age, it does not
automatically mean it's in the DNA, it can also be bad luck - just like most
BMWs are of great quality, and still, once in a while, a new car will break down.
Just like his dad did. It doesn't mean the whole brand is compromised…
After this we tested the past, and he went through three major competitions
from the past in his imagination without a trace of distress. We then tested the
future and had him ride three successful competitions with no distress.
"So, how do you feel now riding the competition last week?" "Great, I am so
relieved, the flowers don't bother me at all" "And if you try riding the one next
week, in your fantasy?" "No problems" (laughs) "Feels great, just like a training,
except more exciting"

Ulf Sandström
is a mental trainer and hypnotherapist who is extremely curious about what makes us tick. Tock.
He works as a complementary therapist with in-depth knowledge and experience of principles,
methods and procedures for treatment of a large variety of symptoms of emotional stress and trauma;
including flashbacks, addiction, chronic pain, cognitive dissonance, IBS, GAD, COD, grief, rumination and sleep.
With the Peaceful Heart Network he works with First Aid for emotional and traumatic stress in zones of post-conflict
such as:
Rwanda, D.R. Congo and Lesbos, Greece.
Read more at:
www.ulfsandstrom.com,
www.peacefulheart.se
www.selfhelpfortrauma.org.