CHPH Manual Week 17
Week 17
Lesson Week #17 Mind Bending Hypnotic Language
Fundamentals Of Hypnotherapy Resourcing Problem Parts Think of the human nervous system as a set of lights on a Christmas tree. Every time you change state, have a thought or do something, a different set of lights is illuminated. Sometimes, due to habit or a traumatic experience, a network of these lights gets stuck. As soon as it is triggered, the whole circuit runs, but nothing from the outside gets in – it’s the same exact sequence over and over – that’s why people feel stuck when they have a problem! In psychology this stuck network is called a “Part” – it’s like a part of the person that they don’t have full access to. When the person tries to change, they “bounce off” a wall and go right back to the old routine. The real problem is that the resource the person needs to resolve the problem is usually somewhere outside the part! The resources can’t get in, they just bounce off the “boundary wall” that distinguishes a part!
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The longer the problem bounces around the inside of the part, the stronger the boundary of the problem part becomes. It’s a vicious circle. In everyday life, this can feel as though we have a split personality: You want to go to © 2008 (Under License) Streethypnosis Publishing, All Rights Reserved
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the gym, you get really fired up about it. But when the clock ticks six o’clock and it’s time to go, suddenly you don’t feel like going anymore, you just want to watch TV or have an ice cream. And the next morning you get up and you kick yourself and say damn, why did I do that? It feels like you were a different person. Now, this does not mean that you are cracking up and by no means does this mean you are developing a split personality. It is just that you have a problem part. In a very extreme case, small amount of people can create a split personality, it is same problem, just on a drastically different sense of scale. A Roman Therapy A problem usually begins with an initial event. Sometimes this can be a tiny thing (like a dog barking at you) that we don’t even pay attention to consciously. But as time goes by, the unconscious worries about it, and as other events that share some characteristic come up, they will trigger a reaction like fear or anger. Unfortunately, as time goes by, we collect more and more of these triggered events, and they grow larger and more uncontrollable. It is much as an oyster will form layers of shell around a piece of grit to create a pearl - only not as attractive! This is where people get overwhelmed by their problems. They think they have to tackle ALL of the problem AT ONCE. It is very difficult to process a hundred negative events together with all the associated emotions in one go. So they fail and begin to build defence mechanisms to avoid facing the mountain of problems. Initial event
End result of process
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But there is a solution: divide and conquer. The Romans knew the strategic value of only fighting a small part of a nation’s forces at a time. That way victory would be easier. Sometimes, fighting the right battle would win the war, even though the bulk of the enemy’s forces were still intact! This is what we do with “A Roman Therapy”: divide and conquer. Choose one specific situation and context, to resolve. Take trigger event X on day Y. Don’t fight whole kingdom all at once, just pick one specific tribe, one context, one time. And you have to nail people down to it. A lot of people won’t like that, they will want to take care of the whole problem at once, but you have to do it anyway because that is the way to beat what starts off as an enormous force.
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Simple Hypnotherapy Model o o
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Problem Context a. What are the negative states that keep them in the problem b. Need context for two reasons i. Something to attach resources to ii. For testing result Outcome Trance & Deepen, BP1 c. Revivify trance-like state d. Hypnotic gaze e. Magic moment f. Possibly bring up problem during trance phase Revivify (stimulate problem) g. Make the problem fresh and close h. Maybe move to place of safety (sanctuary) so they are not stuck in the problem Resourcing i. Direct Language j. Five words of power k. Revivify i. Revivify old positive life experiences l. Reframing i. Equate to past experiences m. Hypnotic blitz i. Blackjack rule, repeat each theme 15-21 times Tranceform n. Mix it up o. Attach resource to problem i. As you feel this confidence, go back to Tuesday, you see that dog and feel confidence p. If it attaches, great! q. If it doesn’t, go back to resourcing Test, Condition, Recovery r. Revivify context s. Future memory (previvify) t. Blitz + Future memory BP2, Self Esteem, Emerge from trance As they are in hypnosis afterglow, perform Hypnotic Blitz
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MBL Resourcing
Soap
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Resources
Mind-Bending Language (MBL) dissolves the barrier between problems and resources (which creates parts), like soap which allows oil and water to be mixed. This is the core idea behind MBL resourcing. Basic MBLs1 The idea is to take the basics of hypnotic attention shifting that you have already seen, and add a couple more pieces. 1. NAS 2. VAK 3. Spatial relationships: beyond, before, above, below, behind, close, far away, on top, left, right, etc. a. So, you are feeling fear, beyond that, what else are you feeling? 4. Negations b. What are you feeling that is not fear? 5. Changing syntax, sequence. Fear Cats Courage c. Client: I fear dog. d. Hypnotist: So what dogs fear you? .
X Problem definitions always come in pairs:
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The idea of MBLs was inspired by the Beyond Words model created by John Overdurf
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• I fear cats • I need a cigarette • When he looks at me, I feel angry The idea is to break the problem loop.
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Lesson Week #17 Mind Bending Hypnotic Language
Fundamentals Of Hypnotherapy Resourcing Problem Parts Think of the human nervous system as a set of lights on a Christmas tree. Every time you change state, have a thought or do something, a different set of lights is illuminated. Sometimes, due to habit or a traumatic experience, a network of these lights gets stuck. As soon as it is triggered, the whole circuit runs, but nothing from the outside gets in – it’s the same exact sequence over and over – that’s why people feel stuck when they have a problem! In psychology this stuck network is called a “Part” – it’s like a part of the person that they don’t have full access to. When the person tries to change, they “bounce off” a wall and go right back to the old routine. The real problem is that the resource the person needs to resolve the problem is usually somewhere outside the part! The resources can’t get in, they just bounce off the “boundary wall” that distinguishes a part!
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+ +
+ -
+
+
-
+
+
+
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The longer the problem bounces around the inside of the part, the stronger the boundary of the problem part becomes. It’s a vicious circle. In everyday life, this can feel as though we have a split personality: You want to go to © 2008 (Under License) Streethypnosis Publishing, All Rights Reserved
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the gym, you get really fired up about it. But when the clock ticks six o’clock and it’s time to go, suddenly you don’t feel like going anymore, you just want to watch TV or have an ice cream. And the next morning you get up and you kick yourself and say damn, why did I do that? It feels like you were a different person. Now, this does not mean that you are cracking up and by no means does this mean you are developing a split personality. It is just that you have a problem part. In a very extreme case, small amount of people can create a split personality, it is same problem, just on a drastically different sense of scale. A Roman Therapy A problem usually begins with an initial event. Sometimes this can be a tiny thing (like a dog barking at you) that we don’t even pay attention to consciously. But as time goes by, the unconscious worries about it, and as other events that share some characteristic come up, they will trigger a reaction like fear or anger. Unfortunately, as time goes by, we collect more and more of these triggered events, and they grow larger and more uncontrollable. It is much as an oyster will form layers of shell around a piece of grit to create a pearl - only not as attractive! This is where people get overwhelmed by their problems. They think they have to tackle ALL of the problem AT ONCE. It is very difficult to process a hundred negative events together with all the associated emotions in one go. So they fail and begin to build defence mechanisms to avoid facing the mountain of problems. Initial event
End result of process
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But there is a solution: divide and conquer. The Romans knew the strategic value of only fighting a small part of a nation’s forces at a time. That way victory would be easier. Sometimes, fighting the right battle would win the war, even though the bulk of the enemy’s forces were still intact! This is what we do with “A Roman Therapy”: divide and conquer. Choose one specific situation and context, to resolve. Take trigger event X on day Y. Don’t fight whole kingdom all at once, just pick one specific tribe, one context, one time. And you have to nail people down to it. A lot of people won’t like that, they will want to take care of the whole problem at once, but you have to do it anyway because that is the way to beat what starts off as an enormous force.
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Simple Hypnotherapy Model o o
P (Parameters) o o
C
o
(Critical Factor Bypass)
o
A (Access Resources) o
T
o
(Transform & Test) o o
Problem Context a. What are the negative states that keep them in the problem b. Need context for two reasons i. Something to attach resources to ii. For testing result Outcome Trance & Deepen, BP1 c. Revivify trance-like state d. Hypnotic gaze e. Magic moment f. Possibly bring up problem during trance phase Revivify (stimulate problem) g. Make the problem fresh and close h. Maybe move to place of safety (sanctuary) so they are not stuck in the problem Resourcing i. Direct Language j. Five words of power k. Revivify i. Revivify old positive life experiences l. Reframing i. Equate to past experiences m. Hypnotic blitz i. Blackjack rule, repeat each theme 15-21 times Tranceform n. Mix it up o. Attach resource to problem i. As you feel this confidence, go back to Tuesday, you see that dog and feel confidence p. If it attaches, great! q. If it doesn’t, go back to resourcing Test, Condition, Recovery r. Revivify context s. Future memory (previvify) t. Blitz + Future memory BP2, Self Esteem, Emerge from trance As they are in hypnosis afterglow, perform Hypnotic Blitz
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MBL Resourcing
Soap
MBL
.
Oil Water
Problem
- - - - - - + + + + + + + + - + + ++ + - ++ + + + + +
Resources
Mind-Bending Language (MBL) dissolves the barrier between problems and resources (which creates parts), like soap which allows oil and water to be mixed. This is the core idea behind MBL resourcing. Basic MBLs1 The idea is to take the basics of hypnotic attention shifting that you have already seen, and add a couple more pieces. 1. NAS 2. VAK 3. Spatial relationships: beyond, before, above, below, behind, close, far away, on top, left, right, etc. a. So, you are feeling fear, beyond that, what else are you feeling? 4. Negations b. What are you feeling that is not fear? 5. Changing syntax, sequence. Fear Cats Courage c. Client: I fear dog. d. Hypnotist: So what dogs fear you? .
X Problem definitions always come in pairs:
1
The idea of MBLs was inspired by the Beyond Words model created by John Overdurf
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• I fear cats • I need a cigarette • When he looks at me, I feel angry The idea is to break the problem loop.
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