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Falling asleep in the session
If you have a client fall asleep whilst in trance how do most of you guys deal with it? I am aware of some therapists who just carry on with their suggestion or metaphor work regardless ... somehow I wouldn't be comfortable with that - after all they are not paying you to send them quite literally to sleep.
This has happened to me quite a few times and I will talk louder or maybe say something along the lines of ... and now you will feel my hand on your shoulder and this is your cue to rouse out of sleep just back into a lovely hypnotic state or something similar ... sometimes though they tend to slip back again.
I do however have a regular client who sees me every couple of weeks both for counselling and hypnosis to work on his goals and general self esteem. He almost always falls into a deep snoring sleep - on the occasions that he doesn't he reports as to not having been "very deep" . I think he equates it with hypnosis, I have explained otherwise and am now starting to think well if he's happy with falling asleep and feels he gets something from it maybe I shouldn't stress and its a job well done.
I would also just point out that I never use the words sleep in my induction, deepening or pretalk as I have never been comfortable saying it - I find it a bit "stagey" for me.
hmmmm your considered thoughts would be appreciated.
Sam
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Permalink Reply by Samantha on -
Hi All
I just wanted to say a big thank you for the tips and advice received by everyone on this message board - I think I may have managed to make myself sound like the worlds most boring hypnotherapist and that I had people taking 40 winks all over the place! Thats certainly note the case but would be quite a way to get myself known!
Theres been some really useful info included and I thank all of my friends here at hypnothoughts for there considered input
Sam x
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