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ation exercise where I ask her to imagine herself and notice how relaxed she looks, and how she might look if she was ten times more deeply relaxed. This is a very easy a fast way of increasing the state of relaxation and it works particularly well for visual people.

The forehead tap is a classic deepener that instantly lowers the trance state. Many people say that the tap jolts them into a deeper trance. It s very easy and quick to use and can be added to any induction.

At 5.00 I begin the deepening using the idea of an escalator. I like this induction as most client can relate to it easily and it is much easier to imagine than the stairs technique, which is also very commonly used. The advantage of the escalator is that it requires no conscious effort on the clients part, the escalator does all the work. You can relate this to the way you fall asleep at night, not having to do anything and just letting it happen. This analogy gives you plenty of scope for imbedded commands so play around with it.

At 7.50 we reach the end of the count from 10 to 1, but progress onto zero, this additional count comes after the client thinks that we have reached the bottom.

Some clients will be resisting entering a deep state and will have a guard up during the deepener; this additional number catches them off guard and really helps to increase the trance depth. That said, if your client is resisting trance you would need to address this issue in your pre-induction talk.

At 8.00 I use the magical bed script. I like this as the idea as it gives you plenty of opportunity to include imbedded commands. I always loop the bed script around a couple of times, telling the client they are dreaming what they have justexperienced. This also helps to bring about a state of confusion, which encourages their conscious mind to hand over control to the subconscious. On the third loop I begin as before then interrupt the repetition with the idea of an openingin the floor leading down to a deeper level. This is a metaphor of the conscious and subconscious mind. The dream, magic bed and sleep references used just prio

r to this are all moments of transition. Together this process encourages the client to shift into a much deeper trance as their conscious awareness takes a back seat to their subconscious mind. The transition is complete as the client makes their way down into the lower room, and this is the point where you are able to begin the therapy.

The control room is one of the easiest ways to change any behaviour. It allows you to leave all of the details to the clients subconscious mind. Here I use it to boost the Natalie s confidence. Notice how I give her a reason that she can accept as why she has struggled with confidence before, by suggesting that the dial was locked. This will give her a reason for her previous failed attempts at increasing her confidence level on her own. It also enables you to unlock and adjustthe dial, then lock it again o that it doesn t slip back.

You can use the control room for practically everything. The really beauty of this technique is that the clients subconscious does all the work. I use it a lotduring weight loss sessions. As you are probably aware, there seems to be as many diets as there are people, so not everything works for everybody. By leaving the details up to the clients subconscious mind you are creating therapy that is tailor suited to their requirements.

At 11.35 you will notice a shift in tonality. As I talk about becoming confident I want to sound confident! It helps e to use body language to do this. Natalieobviously can t see my clenching fists and upright posture, but it does affect mytonality so it s important.

The energy movement is a Richard Bandler technique, and can be used with any emotion. If you can create an emotion it is usually possible to notice that emotion

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as a feeling somewhere in your body, and that feeling usually has movement. Bymanipulating that movement you can enhance or destroy the emotion. This technique is incredibly useful for pre-stage nerves. Just notice where you feel it, andnotice its movement, then change the movement, have it spin in the other direction and play with the size too. You can even whoosh the entire sensation out of your body, and as you do you will probably realise that your pre-stage nerves have vanished! Play with these techniques yourself so you can feel how different visualisation affect the emotion.

At 13.30 I use an NLP swish pattern with the aid of a TV visualisation. This allows very easy manipulation of the Submodalities (these are the qualities of theexperience, like volume, colour, brightness, size etc.) of the experience as people are used to seeing changes on TV, such as lowering the volume or having theimage in black and white. At 13.50 you will notice I disassociate Natalie from the experience of lacking confidence by saying she can see herself on the TV screen over there . By disassociating in this way you remove the emotion of the experience. I want her to strongly associate with feelings of confidence, and switching channels on the TV set allows this to be done very easily.

It is important to ensure that you say the changes are in the present, rather than the future, make the client believe that the changes have already been made.

I want you to listen to the description at 14.26 and then get up and walk around the room imagining the cape on your shoulders etc. just as described. This technique is an adaptation of an Anthony Robbins technique and it really does make you feel extremely confident! Try it yourself, as this will help you to use it on your client.

At 15.20 I expand the TV image so that Natalie becomes completely associated with the confident image of herself. The process of stepping inside somebody (in this case the other, more confident version of Natalie) is a basic NLP technique called modelling. You can step inside anybody that is doing something that you wa

nt to learn, and it doesn t even have to be a real person! You can even step inside a cartoon character if you want to! This technique is often used to help people improve at sports, but it is equally useful for anything you want to learn.If the text below runs off the right side of the pagecausing you to have to scroll right then selectView from the menu above and select WordWrap.

The anchor at 16.20 that creates an association with confidence and breathing serves as a hypnotic trigger, allowing the client to breathe in confidence whenever required.

At 17.00 I go back to the TV to demonstrate numerous situations where Natalie is confident. This flicking through the channels gives the impression that the old non-confident version of Natalie is no longer available.

At 18.30 I begin a series of basic suggestions of confidence. These are done inthe first person and Natalie is encouraged to hear them in her own voice. Many people that lack confidence continually tell themselves how and why they are a failure, using depressing internal dialogue that criticises everything they do. This technique will allow your client to begin using that inner voice productively to really help boost their confidence level.

The suggestion at 19.00 gives the idea that confidence is natural, but has beenpreviously stifled, now it has broken free. The suggestion that it would be impo

ssible to impression it again makes it easier to be confident. The subconsciousmind will naturally move towards anything that appears easier, so this really helps to keep the client confident.

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At 21.00 a post hypnotic suggestion is used to enable the client to access increased confidence whenever required.

The following suggestions, of the contract with the subconscious mind, help to create an acceptance of the therapy. This contract method is very useful when using hypnosis for change and you will no doubt find yourself using this techniqueoften.

The trance is then terminated with a simple wake up script. However, Natalie doesn t wake as expected. This is not uncommon, especially if the client is really enjoying the trance state. I leave a few moments and watch to see if she decides to open her eyes, and when she doesn t I simply run through the wake-up script again.

It is impossible to become stuck in hypnosis so if this happens to you don t worry about it at all. Just run through the script again a little more enthusiastically. On occasion your client will have actually fallen asleep, so you may need to give them a gentle shake to wake them.