The Eyes wide open part

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on July 5, 2010 at 5:38pm

Hi Brett,

My guess is your client's exhibiting a mild abreaction -- Talking to a client's parts reqires the client to create a symbolic fragmentation that constructs the parts that you are talking to. I am thinking your client is startled by your request to talk to his parts - so he snaps out of it and then you soothed and guided him back into the experience...

Perhaps another method would be better suited for this particular client?

Permalink Reply by Brett Cameron on July 5, 2010 at 5:42pm

Thanks Michael,
That is one possibility that I had considered. Even though I had explained in pre talk what 'parts therapy' was about, I was wondering if the reaction was actually a 'part' of him that didn't want to be exposed. ie the smoker part that really was quite happy being the 'smoker part' and didn't want to change.

just a thought
cheers ... Brett

Michael Ellner said:

Hi Brett,

My guess is your client's exhibiting a mild abreaction -- Talking to a client's parts reqires the client to create a symbolic fragmentation that constructs the parts that you are talking to. I am thinking your client is startled by your request to talk to his parts - so he snaps out of it and then you soothed and guided him back into the experience...

Perhaps another method would be better suited for this particular client?

Permalink Reply by CindyLou on July 5, 2010 at 6:27pm

Brett, I just got home from a parts session with a lady who, in the middle of the session opened her eyes. I was wondering if she was going to abreact, but she didn't. I had her close them and continued on. Then she opened them again. I could tell she wasn't thinking consciously, so I just let her keep her eyes open for as long as she wanted. We completed the session and it went just as if she had her eyes closed all the time.

I'm interested in what other responses will be. For me, it still worked fine, so I didn't worry about it much.
CindyLou

Permalink Reply by Suzan Iscil on July 6, 2010 at 1:53am

Interesting! I have had clients open their eyes and clearly remain in trance. I don't remember mine being during Parts Therapy, but just regular hypno sessions. I am curious now and will go back and listen to some session recordings to see what type of hypnosis we were doing.

Permalink Reply by Brett Cameron on July 6, 2010 at 4:01pm

Hi CindyLou, Suzan,
I also have had clients who open their eyes during trance ... sometimes for brief moments and sometimes a little longer. That hasn't created any problems. The main thrust of my question was the fact that this client opened his eyes in 2 sessions, each at the time that I was asking to talk to various parts. Maybe an abreaction? Maybe him being a self confessed control freak, he opened his eyes to see what was going on. He then relaxed and all went went well from that point. Thanks for the feedback.
Brett

Permalink Reply by Roy Hunter on July 17, 2010 at 9:50am

Over 15 years ago I had a client who had to keep his eyes open because he was deaf (but was able to read lips). The session was successful.

Roy Hunter

Brett Cameron said:

Hi CindyLou, Suzan,
I also have had clients who open their eyes during trance ... sometimes for brief moments and sometimes a little longer. That hasn't created any problems. The main thrust of my question was the fact that this client opened his eyes in 2 sessions, each at the time that I was asking to talk to various parts. Maybe an abreaction? Maybe him being a self confessed control freak, he opened his eyes to see what was going on. He then relaxed and all went went well from that point. Thanks for the feedback.
Brett