depression….and the
list goes on.
Although making
assumptions about the
genesis of someone’s
challenges may
narrow our focus too
much as hypnotists,
I’ve found that issues
that were created in
childhood are usually patterns of emotional responses to everyday events.
Anxiety and depression that has strengthened over the course of time,
feeling child-like in their emotional responses, feeling deeply wounded and
sometimes, irrationally so, are red flags for me that the pattern may’ve
started in early childhood.
Some of my hypnosis clients read off their list of diagnoses and
pharmaceutical prescriptions at the start of our session, as if to ‘warn’ me
that they are complicated and that my job may be nearly impossible.
They’ve had limited success in other treatment plans and their medications
don’t provide total relief. I’ve worked with enough of these clients to
understand the help that we can provide as hypnotists is important indeed.
In a few sessions, we witness tremendous strides made by the most
cynical of clients. In fact, a majority of these clients show a great deal of
improvement after one session, but I know that the work is just beginning.
The power of forgiveness is usually the final process for a powerful
transformation.
One high-powered executive leaned forward in his chair to read off his list
of his medical diagnoses in a way that was meant to scare or intimidate
me. I mirrored his posture and leaned forward and said “I’m not intimidated.
I can help you”. He seemed a bit shocked. He may’ve thought I was going
to decline working with him further. After one session, he returned to the
office inquiring whether other people experience success after one session.
I told him yes, people generally come back feeling more in control, more
empowered after listening to the recording I made for them on a daily basis.
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