This episode is jam packed with some really great and important information... I even made a few notes to add to the clipboard I use in my pre-hypnosis interview. 🙂
Thank you Brenda for you comment, yes it is full of information on dealing with emotional clients. I'm glad you found it useful, and now I'm curious about what you have on your clipboard. Maybe you'd do an episode on that ? 😉
I think you are so right Erika when you suggest that many people really need to have their feelings validated, and that in fact it may be the first time they have even experienced that.
And Cal, I think you're advice is great that as long as we can have a dialogue or conversation with the client, we should be right to proceed.
I know what Erika meant about a client being so intensely emotional and wondering how to proceed with them. But, taking both your advice means that I would: 1) allow them to get the feelings out & validate them; 2) have a conversation with them about hypnosis and how it can help them and 3) begin the process.
I would assume you have had so much more experience now with clients Erika (given the time that has passed since this podcast) and wonder if you have found it just gets easier to make those calls on dealing with particularly emotional clients.
Thanks for your comments Susan. Validating clients emotions is important - some clients have never had their emotions or feeling validated relating to the specific reasons they're coming in.
Emotions can be a valuable asset that you can use while in the hypnosis session too because if the client is experiencing emotion right at that time, you can use that emotion to induce hypnosis using the Time Tunnel Technique or Affect Induced Age Regression Induction to quickly and powerfully get to the root issue and dissolve it away. Whenever a client in my office is emotional I think of it as a gift - because it often can expedite the process. 😉 Things have changed a lot since last October - I had to look at the date when you mentioned how long it had been, it does seem like a long time ago, and experience is the best teacher! Thanks again for your comments.
Cal Banyan, MA, BCH, CI, DNGH says
Hi Hypnotists. I just noticed that I did not put the link to my podcast #18 where I talk about the AIAR Induction in the podcast notes above. Sorry about that. Here it is, https://www.calbanyan.com/archives/2007/01/19/cal-banyans-hypnosis-training-podcast-18-cals-first-video-podcast-is-about-answering-questions-regarding-the-instantaneous-air-induction/
Cal
Brenda Titus says
This episode is jam packed with some really great and important information... I even made a few notes to add to the clipboard I use in my pre-hypnosis interview. 🙂
Erika Flint says
Thank you Brenda for you comment, yes it is full of information on dealing with emotional clients. I'm glad you found it useful, and now I'm curious about what you have on your clipboard. Maybe you'd do an episode on that ? 😉
Susan Mundy says
Another excellent episode...thanks Cal & Erika.
I think you are so right Erika when you suggest that many people really need to have their feelings validated, and that in fact it may be the first time they have even experienced that.
And Cal, I think you're advice is great that as long as we can have a dialogue or conversation with the client, we should be right to proceed.
I know what Erika meant about a client being so intensely emotional and wondering how to proceed with them. But, taking both your advice means that I would: 1) allow them to get the feelings out & validate them; 2) have a conversation with them about hypnosis and how it can help them and 3) begin the process.
I would assume you have had so much more experience now with clients Erika (given the time that has passed since this podcast) and wonder if you have found it just gets easier to make those calls on dealing with particularly emotional clients.
Susan
Erika Flint, BCH, CPHI says
Thanks for your comments Susan. Validating clients emotions is important - some clients have never had their emotions or feeling validated relating to the specific reasons they're coming in.
Emotions can be a valuable asset that you can use while in the hypnosis session too because if the client is experiencing emotion right at that time, you can use that emotion to induce hypnosis using the Time Tunnel Technique or Affect Induced Age Regression Induction to quickly and powerfully get to the root issue and dissolve it away. Whenever a client in my office is emotional I think of it as a gift - because it often can expedite the process. 😉 Things have changed a lot since last October - I had to look at the date when you mentioned how long it had been, it does seem like a long time ago, and experience is the best teacher! Thanks again for your comments.