![]() ![]() ![]() Additionally, I remind the client that the mind can think faster than the spoken voice, so it is important to imagine the things I suggest. Also, if I suggest imagining the benefits of being a nonsmoker but they imagine lighting up, what will the subconscious buy? This puts responsibility back on the client to participate in the process. Prior to hypnosis, I refer back to the “demonstration of imagination” and remind the client that he/she must imagine a peaceful place when asked to do so. With an analytical person, I often have to use two or three suggestibility tests to elicit a response but this becomes very important later. What this demonstrates is IMAGINATION is the LANGUAGE of the subconscious.” Your arms did NOT move because I told them to, but because you imagined the bucket or the balloons. “Hold your arms where they are, and open your eyes. Once the response becomes evident, I say: The one I use the most is the arm levitation, with an imaginarybucket in one hand and imaginary helium balloons in the other one. There are numerous suggestibility tests to choose from, and we need to use as many as it takes to elicit a client response. We are artists, and our job is to say the right words. Through effective use of a suggestibility test, we can help the client find that power and understand the role it plays in our lives. Whose power is it? The client has the power, right inside the imagination. “I’m going to give you an opportunity to discover the power of your imagination…”įirst, some people fear giving up control…and the above wording eases that fear. Others might have test anxiety, and be afraid of “failing” the test. If we tell a client that we are going to test their suggestibility, some clients will equate suggestibility with gullibility, and be less likely to respond. Any experienced professional sales person knows this, as should every experienced hypnotherapist. Words have impact subconsciously as well as consciously, even when a person is in a fully conscious state of awareness. Regardless of the analytical client’s goal, our secondary goal should be to help him/her believe that trance was obtained…and that starts with how we explain and employ suggestibility tests. ![]() If we accept the opportunity, the analytical resister can help us sharpen our skills in the art of hypnosis from start to finish. Virtually all experienced hypnotists occasionally hear a client say, “I didn’t feel hypnotized I heard every word you said…” More often than not, these words come from the lips of an analytical resister. How long has it been since you had an analytical resister in your office? Hypnosis Inductions for Analytical Resisters ![]()
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