4 Tips for Eliciting Hypnotic Phenomena
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why you should never underestimate your clients
“ There is no heavier burden than an unfulfilled potential .”
– Charles Schulz
Never underestimate anyone .
When I first started doing hypnosis I was blown away by what I was able to help other people experience purely through the use of my voice and words .
The first time I elicited hypnotic anaesthesia for a major operation in a client who was allergic to chemical anaesthesia stands out . How could my simply suggesting to a client that they not experience pain cause it to instantly be true ?
It seems we are all like Russian dolls – the more we look inside ourselves , the more we find .
I ’ m a firm believer that everyone should understand the central role of hypnosis , whether they are a hypnotherapist or not . We are not just cognitive or behavioural or emotional creatures – we are also hypnotic creatures .
Before becoming a hypnotherapist , I worked in a psychiatric hospital for severely disturbed patients . Many of them were traumatized ; some were in debilitating physical pain , anorexic , psychotic , or living in the far reaches of depression .
Every patient in the hospital was seen as an essentially hopeless case in the sense that their condition could only be contained , never cured , and the only way to help them was with debilitating doses of drugs or sometimes electric shock treatment .
But even back then I felt there had to be another way .
Unlocking amazing potential
In 1993 I started working as a hypnotherapist . I was quickly amazed by how not only could people be helped without drugs , they could remain healed . More than this , even conditions that were supposedly beyond the influence of the mind could be improved .