Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 3, issue 12, I June 2019 | Page 33

depending on if you live on the countryside or in a city. In a city you can be as
dependent on income for survival as water. 
When we understood this we realised that making our behaviour compass 3-
dimensional made things so much more clear, especially when you can hold
the compass in your hand, giving you a literal grasp of the holistic system. 
Most of our clients are chasing a desired outcome (want) they believe will
make them happy, while in 9 cases out of 10 there is a different need driving
this urge, and usually it can be satisfied or met in more ways than one. The
compass makes this clear in a fast and systematic way. 
WRAPPING UP
To wrap up the model we call the behaviour compass we will share a client
case where we have used it. Remember that it is a compass, an instrument
for defining a location, where you or the client are, and a direction, where you
or the client want to go from here. It is not a method in itself, it is a place
holder for any of the methods you already use and it may show you if you
might be missing a tool to be able to work in one of the dimensions you
currently don’t. 
Case 1. Cocaine no more
One of our clients (C) came to get help in stoppin an addiction of cocaine. We
(Q) used the compass to define where the client was and where they needed
to go, and resolved it in a single session. 
Here’s how:
QUESTION
Q: Hello, what would you like help with?
C: I need to stop taking cocaine, I have a bad habit
Q: Do you take cocaine at all times and in all situations?
C: I only take cocaine when I am really drunk
Q: For what reason?
C: Because it allows me to stay drunk longer
Q: Why do you want to stay drunk?
C: I drink when I have anxiety
Q: Where in your body do you notice anxiety
C: I feel it as a constriction in my chest
Q: Do you think something specific to make it happen?
C: No, it’s just there
Q: Can you feel it now?