I too have used the magic spot, With young children you can use a marker and draw a heart or something interesting. You can even swab the area with a little baby oil and tell them that you are rubbing in the magic so it will last. A word of…
Yes, the magic spot is really great!!! A physician has done it on our daughter....and it worked well, I did not know anything about hypnosis those days.
But later on I read about this technique in one of M.H. Ericksons work.
I just want to…
Barbara, I am late with my answer, but I also prefer the Magic Spot, I read it first in Dave Elmans "Hypnotherapy".
The other way is always funny for the child.
I use a reframe:
"This is not a shot! - It is an antiv-virus-update for…
Hi Barbara,
in D. Corydon Hammond's big red book, (Handbook Of Hypnotic Suggestions And Metaphors) there is a section for children's issues, including one by Steven F. Bierman M.D. called 'Pediatric Wound Injection -- Using A Visual…
My doctor wants me to help with pre-adolescent children who are too big to "hold down" to administer shots. He has seen it applied very effectively and I need a script if anyone has one. Thank you in advance.
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