Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 3, Issue - 2, ( 1 August 2018) | Page 22

Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Combining TTT with Other Treatments
Be creative and see how you can blend TTT into whatever type of treatment
or therapy you regularly use. It should be quite easy to accomplish.
Using TTT with talking therapies
Most types of traditional talk based, or cognitive therapies, can benefit from
adding a sensory technique like TTT when an emotional distress is
triggered, since it allows the distress response to be deconditioned. Once
the emotional response is handled, the cognitive system will be ready to
continue processing the issue.
Using TTT with hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a great tool for opening the doors to the subconscious and
allowing a client to find the strategies, connections and solutions they have
not been able to locate in their reflective conscious state of mind. There are
many different ways of using the hypnotic state of suggestibility, but they all
have one thing in common: they are reaching the mind through the
language center of the brain. Combining this process with TTT makes it
possible to reach the mind also through the sensory system. These are
some ideas on the use of TTT in combination with hypnotherapy:
As an induction
It is a great time saver with analytical clients who want to stay in control by
saying:
“Let’s wait with the hypnotic induction, allow me instead to show you a
relaxation method that you can use as a first aid for yourself when you need
to level out stress and unpleasing emotions”.
Usually they are in trance after ten minutes or less.
During a session
Sometimes a client can trigger a strong stress response while exploring
earlier or suppressed events in trance. To softly say “I will now tap your
forehead as we continue” and start the TTT procedure from there, while
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