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10. Going in with a plan instead of responding to the situation

9. Doing too much in one session

8. Relying on the conscious rather than the unconscious mind (both yours and theirs)

7. Treating analog problems like digital problems (and vice versa)

6. Failure to future pace

5. Seizing the locus of control (breaking the loop by trying to “run” things)

4. Failure to calibrate

3. Having the subject speak in light trance

2. Going too quickly for kinaesthetic… Continue

Over the last two decades as a trainer and clinician, it's become incumbent for me to design a paradigm to create a logical, universal approach to treatment for a wide variety of issues, from anxieties and depression, to public speaking and sports performance. That's why I always tell my students: Detraumatize first. Whatever else you have in mind, whatever you are planning to anchor, suggest,… Continue

I developed Art Gallery about a decade ago, and teach it to my students at the University of Toronto. This is a really useful technique that a lot of Canadian and American hypnotists and therapists have adopted to clear up all sorts of problems, while working content-free. If a client has a disturbing issue they wish to work on privately, or simply needs to gain insight into the issue at hand,… Continue