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If You Could Share One Tip With Others What Would it be?
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Bob Brown Just posted this as a blog and I asked him if I could move it to the forum to get a longer discussion going. I see great value in this thread and would am asking EVERYONE to please contrbute to this. No matter how simple it seems, please add it for the benefit of others. Thanks,
Scott Sandland*
From Bob:
If You Could Share One Tip With Others What Would it be?
Nothing is too smart or too dumb, just share something. The best way for everyone to grow is by sharing and you just don't know who will find your tip valuable.
Here's mine...
Before you do any work with a client take the time to obtain their commitment for success. If they are not committed to what they want and believe this can work for them then I will often suggest someone else or a different approach. You absolutely want the cards stacked in your favour and in the end you want them to walk away and tell 3 others about how well this helped.
My referral business boomed when I committed to helping only those who truly want help.
Now imagine if you provided a tip and all 481 members gave a tip.. We would all be so much smarter.
bob
Bob Brown Just posted this as a blog and I asked him if I could move it to the forum to get a longer discussion going. I see great value in this thread and would am asking EVERYONE to please contrbute to this. No matter how simple it seems, please add it for the benefit of others. Thanks,
Scott Sandland*
From Bob:
If You Could Share One Tip With Others What Would it be?
Nothing is too smart or too dumb, just share something. The best way for everyone to grow is by sharing and you just don't know who will find your tip valuable.
Here's mine...
Before you do any work with a client take the time to obtain their commitment for success. If they are not committed to what they want and believe this can work for them then I will often suggest someone else or a different approach. You absolutely want the cards stacked in your favour and in the end you want them to walk away and tell 3 others about how well this helped.
My referral business boomed when I committed to helping only those who truly want help.
Now imagine if you provided a tip and all 481 members gave a tip.. We would all be so much smarter.
bob
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by David Parke on -
Understand that there is always more to learn.
The most important thing I did was to seek out and find good mentors. There are a lot of great people in this field and even whether it's a brief email exchange or an enduring friendship finding mentors has been vital to my growth as a hypnotist.
Dave
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Permalink Reply by Leshem Yosef on -
so true and simple and yet so deep
100% my philosophy
thanks roy
Roy Hunter said:My tip:
Get width and depth of training so that you can fit the technique to the client rather than trying to fit clients to your own favorite technique. There is NO technique that is so good that you can use it exclusively for all your clients.
Roy Hunter
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Permalink Reply by Graham Old on -
I find it really easy to limit myself to 1 tip:
Enjoy yourself!
It seems to me that the more serious the hypnosis is (i.e. therapy rather than stage), the more important that is.
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Permalink Reply by Don on -
My tip is similar to many others expressed in this thread: Don't get hung up on technique. Many hypnotists spend a great deal of time and money building an extensive reference library and going from conference to conference in order to develop as complete a repertoire of inductions and suggestions as possible. How clients respond to suggestions depends less on the nature and success of a particular induction than on the following variables: (a) clients' prehypnotic attitudes, beliefs, intentions, and expectations about hyppnosis; (b) their ability to think, fantasize, and absorb themselves in suggestions; (c) their ability to form a trusting relationship with the hypnotist; (d) their ability to interpret suggestions appropriately and view their responses as successful; (e) their ability to discern task demands and cues; (f) the hypnotist and client’s ongoing interaction; and (g) the appropriateness of the therapeutic methods and suggestions to treating the presenting problem (Barber, 1985, Lynn et al., 1996). Accordingly, no set of techniques can be expected to be sufficient in themselves. Clinicians should devise inductions and suggestions with these variables in mind and tailor their approach to the unique personal characteristics and agenda of each client they encounter. (Gibbons & Lynn, 2010, pp. 400-401.)
Don
www.hyperempiria.com
References
Barber, T. X. (1985). Hypnosuggestive procedures as catalysts for psychotherapies. In S. J. Lynn & J. P. Garske (Eds.) Contemporary psychotherapies: Models and methods (pp. 333-376). Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill.
Gibbons, D. E., & Lynn, S. J (2010). Hypnotic inductions: A primer. In S. J. Lynn, J. W. Rhue, & I. Kirsch (Eds.) Handbook of clinical hypnosis.(pp. 267-292). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Lynn, S. J., Kirsch, I., & Ruhe, J. W. (1996). Maximizing treatment gains: Recommendations for the practice of clinical hypnosis. In S. J. Lynn, I. Kirsch, & J. W. Ruhe (Eds.) Casebook of clinical hypnosis (pp. 395-406). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on -
Great post Don,
My Tip Is: Focus on your client's skills and abilities and believe in your client...
Don said:My tip is similar to many others expressed in this thread: Don't get hung up on technique. Many hypnotists spend a great deal of time and money building an extensive reference library and going from conference to conference in order to develop as complete a repertoire of inductions and suggestions as possible. How clients respond to suggestions depends less on the nature and success of a particular induction than on the following variables: (a) clients' prehypnotic attitudes, beliefs, intentions, and expectations about hyppnosis; (b) their ability to think, fantasize, and absorb themselves in suggestions; (c) their ability to form a trusting relationship with the hypnotist; (d) their ability to interpret suggestions appropriately and view their responses as successful; (e) their ability to discern task demands and cues; (f) the hypnotist and client’s ongoing interaction; and (g) the appropriateness of the therapeutic methods and suggestions to treating the presenting problem (Barber, 1985, Lynn et al., 1996). Accordingly, no set of techniques can be expected to be sufficient in themselves. Clinicians should devise inductions and suggestions with these variables in mind and tailor their approach to the unique personal characteristics and agenda of each client they encounter. (Gibbons & Lynn, 2010, pp. 400-401.)
Don
www.hyperempiria.com
References
Barber, T. X. (1985). Hypnosuggestive procedures as catalysts for psychotherapies. In S. J. Lynn & J. P. Garske (Eds.) Contemporary psychotherapies: Models and methods (pp. 333-376). Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill.
Gibbons, D. E., & Lynn, S. J (2010). Hypnotic inductions: A primer. In S. J. Lynn, J. W. Rhue, & I. Kirsch (Eds.) Handbook of clinical hypnosis.(pp. 267-292). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Lynn, S. J., Kirsch, I., & Ruhe, J. W. (1996). Maximizing treatment gains: Recommendations for the practice of clinical hypnosis. In S. J. Lynn, I. Kirsch, & J. W. Ruhe (Eds.) Casebook of clinical hypnosis (pp. 395-406). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Permalink Reply by Jeannie Martin on -
My tips are: (1) keep learning. The trip down the 'rabbit hole' of the mind is neverending. (2) Never assume you can predict the outcome of any session or why the client has his/her problem. (3) Hypnotherapists should never consider each other as competition. Our peers are the forum by which we learn about the unique experiences of hypnotherapy. (4) Be and do your best and you will reap your own rewards.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Cole-NLPTrainingQuest.com on -
Understand that 99% of the "personal issues" clients come to you for will stem from a lack of 2 things... Self Love & Forgiveness (of Self & Others).
Guide them through achieving both of those and then they've got a solid foundation for you to assist them in achieving Towards motivated... Goal oriented... Success after success in Life...
Kevin Cole
Live NLP, Life Coach & Hypnosis Certification Training
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Permalink Reply by Jim Einert on -
Wow, very good stuff. I am a new hypnotist, just trying to get started in practice, but I do have a tip to give.
Be prepared for anything!!! I had a client the other day and it was my first attempt at doing the Elman induction. Well, she didn't lose the numbers. So, luckily I had watched the DVDs about the Elman induction and instant inductions by Sean Michael Andrews and he had suggested if they won't loose the numbers use the handshake rapid induction. I didn't have the courage to try that, so I just had them start counting again from 100, and this time she lost the numbers and all went well. So be able to think on your feet. Remember, the client usually doesn't know what your doing, so if you never let on that you have made a mistake, they will never know.
Just my 2 cents from being a musical performer most of my life.
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Permalink Reply by John Cleesattel on -
Here are some techniques that should help you..:
http://www.hypnothoughts.com/forum/topics/716892:Topic:98342
http://www.hypnothoughts.com/forum/topics/an-induction-variation-that
John
Jim Einert said:Wow, very good stuff. I am a new hypnotist, just trying to get started in practice, but I do have a tip to give.
Be prepared for anything!!! I had a client the other day and it was my first attempt at doing the Elman induction. Well, she didn't lose the numbers. So, luckily I had watched the DVDs about the Elman induction and instant inductions by Sean Michael Andrews and he had suggested if they won't loose the numbers use the handshake rapid induction. I didn't have the courage to try that, so I just had them start counting again from 100, and this time she lost the numbers and all went well. So be able to think on your feet. Remember, the client usually doesn't know what your doing, so if you never let on that you have made a mistake, they will never know.
Just my 2 cents from being a musical performer most of my life.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Winstanley on -
Hello All,
Something I do quite regularly is give 'homework' to clients. This could be a simple journal to complete in which to monitor and report on positive changes, or it could have a CBT element. I really like 'Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner' (A.E. Jongsma, Ed) - this has a CDROM of worksheets - as it covers a wide area of issues and has some really nice ideas. Others I have used ideas from are 'The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook' (Davis, Eshelman and McKay) and 'The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook' (McKay, Wood and Brantley). I am not on their payroll, but think they are worth checking out for outside session support. There are no doubt loads of others similar, too.
I've found clients like this extra support outside of sessions and it gives us an additional starting point for recap and discussion at the beginning of the next session.
Cheers,
Mary
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Permalink Reply by Jim Einert on
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Well guys, it happened again. I had a guy in the chair, and I was doing the Elman, and he didn't lose the numbers. Well, this time I just kept going as if he had lost the numbers, and he had a most profound deep hypnotic experience.
So don't ever give up, just keep going and know that you can get hypnosis for you client no matter what!
Hope this helps someone!
Jim
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Permalink Reply by John Cressman on -
One tip I'd share is: Be a marketer first. Hypnotist second.
A marketer without a hypnotist is an agent. A hypnotist without a marketer is... unemployed.
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