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Hi Joe thanks for friend invite I think I will benefit greatly from it cheers Nath

Hi Joe, it was a great class, wasn't it! Maybe we can connect at the next Tannen's event! Jim

No Justin is my partner and he was telling me about it. From the description I thought it might be you.

hey Joe..... Was that you Justin Tranz knocked out last night ?
Hugh Cole

Thank you, Joe...for the wonderful comments. And thanks for the friendship! Kelley

Thanks for the feedback. Nice to know my long winded response was helpful. I look forward to getting to know you more on here :)

- TA

I had the pleasure of having a skype session/conversation with Joe. Definitely a great experience. Joe is very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and willing to share. His "symbolic" approach to hypnosis and changework is very worth listening to.
Thanks Joe.

Joe,

In reference to your question as to what happens if the subject does not feel what you suggest:

I have found that there is only a few reasons why this would happen, almost all are based around your directions not being followed for one reason or another.

The reasons are mostly categorized into 4 groups:
1. The instructions were not understood
(what did he you mean by that? What does deeper mean? etc.)

2. The subject trying to "help" thus circumventing your instructions
(instead of taking the stairs one by one they shoot down to the bottom and wait for the next instruction kind of thing) This is why I always preface the induction with "there is nothing you can do to help me, other than to do an internal body scan and just look for the feeling I suggest."

3. The lack of desire to be hypnotized, either because of things like fear or even that their superconscious doesn't feel they deserve the help..(aka..I'm not worthy) This is usually solved with parts therapy, finding out if a part of them is standing in the way of them going into trance.

4. The ego. Wanting to "prove" that they can't be hypnotized.
When you explain that the conscious mind can only focus on one thing at a time, and that if they can do something and think of something else at the same time, it is a trance state where the body is automatically reacting, and all humans react this way as a species. It shows them that if they don't go into trance it is because they don't want to.. not because of your inability.

I always stress to the client that hypnosis is about desire, and permission. When encountering a problem, the most common reasons using the induction I gave you, are number two and number three.

That being said: There is one more reason that I have only run into only once. The subject is so emotionally repressed because of past trauma, that they literally can't feel anything. They have literally turned off their own ability to feel. You can switch modalities with these to one of the other senses.. taste, smell, etc to get around it.

Hope that helps
John