a common everyday approach after Erickson
a generic invitation into hypnosis - an example
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Thanks Rob. We do many "scans" in the Feldenkrais work and the type of language that you are using will, I think, be a very nice way to help people focus on their experiences and changes....
... and anything we focus on tends to increase. We all can focus on something unwanted and create a problem ... and ... we can instead focus on something preferable, and sit back and watch to solution emerge.
Quite a different experience from classic hypnosis. The state is of course the same, but this is done more by suggestion, as opposed to being led. I found the number of options confusing, as I tried to follow each, and expect it will take some getting used to.
Effective at moving into a trance state - certainly. It was so comfortable that I ignored the suggestion to come back out. Rather, I waited a few moments after the audio finished, then came back.
Interesting.
The difference is that in this approach we don't direct, or even suggest - we invite, so anyone can then accept the invitation or not and the relationship is maintained. If we direct or suggest and there's no response the tendency is to say the client is reistant or uncooperative or not ready. In our approach there are no reistant clients, just resistant therapists.
In coming "back" you did what you needed to do, not what was suggested.
A very useful reminder for all of us.
That is so important to remember....invite and then allow. Great session. I was in a trance.
Helene
Thanks Helene. We can all do with a reminder about this. It's so easy to push and blame.
Very powerful example of absorption. You demonstrate that absorption is so natural to the participant themselves that they naturally can be directed to focus in their own manner and in their own way to that which they themselves are drawn.
So much more effective than say reading a staid script that you must robotically adhere to. Very natural and normal. Simple but amazing.
Yes, more effective, natural and normal ... and respectful. Thanks James.
Very nice experience.
I see that some clients can get absorbed in tapping (EFT)- would this be a form of hypnosis? Thanks Neva
EFT also involves focus and absorption, so there is that in common, as with meditation, mindfulness.
It was easy to respond to the invitation to re-experience a pleasant experience, I felt a willingness to just go along and see where I ended up, no sense of force, nor a desire to try to consciously assess if this was what I was supposed to do. I felt there was no possibility of failure, that whatever I focused on was OK, no chance that I could get it wrong.
relief all round. Thanks Judith
I love the permissiveness, creative use of confusion and improvisational quality of this. A script or rote method might give a sense of security, but here I can feel the encouragement to explore, play, allow something to unfold naturally right now which builds real trust in the client, in ourselves and in the process. And what Judith says is so true--pleasant experience is an empowering gateway to possibility.
Thanks Larry. I've noticed that when we play, creativity and respectful listening happens.
I'm using an iPad and have yet to find a way to download the files. The browser I used (iCab) to download the mp3 audio files when I took an on-line course with Bill O'Hanlon won't work here. I've been downloading and deleting mp3 file managing apps but still haven't found one that works.
If anyone is successfully downloading the files to an iPad I'd be grateful for a hint!
Thanks.
Hi Irene, the iPad needs help to download audio and video files. One has to either download to a computer first, add the songs to iTunes and then transfer them over to the iPAd or get an APP that allows one to download. Here are some instructions:
https://discussions.apple.c...
https://coffeebreakacademy....
- Ryan
Ryan, thank you for your reply. I have no computer, just an iPad, so the iTunes transfer isn't an option. I found an alternative browser, iCab, which I can use to download files (mp3, mp4) and then upload them to iCloud Drive. The download is often simply named 'download' and I discovered that renaming them to something more descriptive before uploading them to iCloud somehow turns them into text files. But uploading as-is and renaming them in iCloud maintains their integrity.
I hope this information is helpful tp other iPad-only participants.
Thanks again, Ryan.
Rob, I find your voice itself reassuring, I can hear the kindly smile in it. Your respect for boundaries comes through in your choice of words and I find it very easy to trust and relax deeply into my own experience. Thank you.
Thanks for this experience Rob, I found it easy to move into a relaxed state. Your gentle voice prompts made it possible to go deeper with comfort.
That was lovely Rob, I was deeply relaxed, yet aware of everything around me. The invitation is key as this allows for the person to accept fully accept the journey of being in a moment they created and enjoyed.
Tes, Vanessa, an invitation is an opportunity for someone to allow something that's there in the background - some useful experience - to be accessible, and because it comes from within the individual, it is easily incorporated.
A very effective and relaxing experience - Your voice is powerful - it's going with me today :) I've noticed that voice and speed for different manners of working really is powerful.
I am getting a sense here for the possibility of a deep stillness arising from focus and absorption, perhaps making for a greater clarity of an issue or underlying concern for which a continuing focus / absorption may allow solutions to be felt and explored. I am looking forward to continuing with this course. Many thanks for this Milton Erickson birthday gift Rob.
you have defiantly become more basic over time which is nice
A very relaxing experience. Thanks.