Hypnosis: A Comprehensive Guide by Tad James

Author:Tad James [James, Tad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Psychology, Hypnotism, Hypnotherapy, Medical, Allied Health Services
ISBN: 9781899836451
Publisher: Crown House
Published: 2000-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Refining Your Style for Working with Metaphors

Erickson often took as long as a week to design a hypnotic intervention for a patient. He took great care in planning the metaphors that he would use.

As you begin to experiment with creating metaphors, I recommend two good sources: Therapeutic Metaphors by David Gordon, and The Answer Within by Lankton and Lankton. There are also a number of good courses on metaphors in the American Institute of Hypnotherapy's doctorate programme. You will get excellent results from a careful study of how to design metaphors and predict their effects. The best teacher, however, will be your own experience and experiments as you create and use metaphors.

Do not limit yourself to stories that you have heard or experienced. You can create stories from scratch that will exactly address the needs of your clients. One of Erickson's famous stories is a deep level metaphor about tomatoes. To a client who wanted to lose weight he said, "You know, I'm growing some tomatoes in my backyard. And the interesting thing about the tomatoes is that they know what to eat to be the right size. Tomatoes always come out to be just the size they're supposed to be." And he continued with a long, involved metaphor of how a tomato pulls the nutrients up from the soil, taking in the right amount of water and the right amount of nutrients. That is one way of doing an intervention!

As you continue to experiment with metaphors, you will find new ways not only to use them in inducing trance, but also to weave them into the change work that you do when the client is already in trance. And your subtlety and effectiveness will grow. People love stories. The Unconscious Mind is intrigued by metaphors.

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