“What the mind can believe you can achieve”
The eminent Hypnotherapist Roy Hunter says that imagination is the language of the subconscious mind. The subconscious does not know the difference between what is fact and what is fantasy; it responds to what is imagined just as though it is real. In our imagination we are able to discover and eliminate subconscious blocks, leaving us free to let go of limiting beliefs, free to move forward and live more fulfilling lives – achieve whatever we wish to achieve, be anything we wish to be.
Client Centred Therapy
A good hypnotherapist will base their therapy around the client’s problem. This is called client centred therapy. Some hypnotherapists simply read general scripts using suggestion and imagery. This is called ‘Clinical Hypnotherapy’ and will work on its own for some of the people some of the time, however for the therapy to be successful, the hypnotherapist should base their practice on a solid foundation.
Roy stresses the importance of the ‘Four Cornerstones of Hypnotherapy’ . These are important objectives providing a blueprint for increasing the probability of client success. These ‘Cornerstones’ are:
1. Suggestion and Imagery:
2. Discover the Cause
3. Release
4. Subconscious re-learning
Suggestion and imagery
If you, the client, have a strong emotional desire to change, then just using suggestion and imagery alone may be helpful. However, without a strong emotional desire to accept the suggestions, either the conscious or the subconscious may block or resist the suggestions and the improvement may only be temporary. For lasting success the other three cornerstones should be employed.
Discover the Cause
When you are in a state of hypnosis, you are deeply relaxed, your conscious analytical mind starts to recede and let go. The subconscious or inner mind can then be guided back in your imagination, to reveal the cause of the problem. It is then possible to look at childhood perceptions of the past with adult eyes and allow the emotion attached to this to be redirected or released in a positive way. This leads us to the third cornerstone – Release.
Release
There are a number of different techniques that can be used to gain release from the cause of the problem without confronting anyone. The hypnotherapist can facilitate forgiveness or release in an appropriate way, freeing the client from the bondage of holding a grudge and resolving the problem.
Subconscious re-learning
The fourth hypnotherapy objective uses suggestion and imagery to facilitate adult understanding at a subconscious level. Clients verbalise their own re-learning and the hypnotherapist paraphrases back in the form of suggestions and imagery giving the client a more mature understanding and a new perception of the problem.
Source: The Art of Hypnotherapy, Mastering Client-Centered Techniques by C Roy Hunter MS, CHt.
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