Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 3, issue 12, I June 2019 | Page 49

Learning mesmerism for sure.  I’d recommend that every hypnotist
should study the non-verbal techniques, otherwise you can get so
caught up in the wordiness of modern clinical hypnosis that you
miss the energetic component.
11. What is the common challenge (s) you come across as a
therapist ?
My experience suggests that most problems are not created at
times of significant trauma.   Two people can go through the exact
same, highly ’traumatic’ event, yet only one of them is traumatised.
  The only explanation for this is that they had access to differing
internal resources at the time of the trauma.   That means that the
real problem is not the trauma, it's the resources that they have
available for dealing with situations like that.  
12. How do you resolve them?
Healing up the obvious ‘trauma' is unnecessary if you can help
them to unlock the resources which would have meant they did not
get traumatised in the first place. When those resources are
available they will be automatically applied to the traumatic event
and it will heal without the need for direct intervention.
Resources are not created at times of significant stress - they
simply cannot be.   When the amygdala is firing the cortex is
inhibited therefore meaningful resources can only be created at
times of moderate stress (when the cortex is still functional).  That’s
where I think psychology went wrong for a long time, by assuming
that significant problems arise from times of significant stress.  
In my experience, when we use techniques like Hypnotic Ego State
Therapy or Regression, clients almost invariable return to an
innocuous memory that they have not thought about in years.
  Resolution of that memory then produces resources which are
automatically applied to traumatic memories upon recall.