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masters@masters-center.com
wrote...
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anonymously? No
Which area is your meta4
useful in? Letting
go (Of: the Past /bad Habits /negative feelings /
perceptions etc. Dr. Philip Holder Note: Name and
copyright notice must accompany posting. I suggest
that this be used both during the pre-talk and intake
as "Waking Hypnotic Suggestion" and again during the
actual hypnosis session. The compounding effect of
doing so will increase the power of this metaphor.
Which country? USA
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"Your Favorite Rock" Copyright
by Philip Holder Ph.D. 2000.
"Name", you know what is interesting?
Some people hold on to destructive perceptions for
no apparent reason. It's kind of like a person holding
onto their favorite rock all the way to the bottom
of the pond.
It's been with them so long,
and they are so used to carrying that rock around,
that they continue to embrace it even as it drags
them deeper and deeper all the way to the bottom of
the pond.
The interesting thing is....
that it has always been within their power to simply
let go of the rock and to come easily to the surface..
where there is fresh air and sunshine. Life is like
that.
Most everything that holds
us down we can simply let go of if we accept that
we can, and just do it. We sometime tend to hold on
to everything that we've acquired, both good and bad.
Sometime's, we don't need to
do anything "more". In fact, the solution is often
just the opposite. We simply have to let go. Just
let go of that rock that can drag you down.
You can do that. Would you
be willing to let go of the rock of [reason client/patient
came for therapy] that's been dragging you down? [get
yes response/compliance from the client/patient]
* Once hypnosis has been induced
repeat the above plus the following....
Imagine yourself in a deep
pond of still water. You are holding a rock that is
made up of (or represents) [reason client/patient
came for therapy].
Feel yourself descending as
that rock begins to drag you deeper and deeper beneath
the water. Farther and farther from the fresh air
and sunshine.
Feel it, as the pressure against
you increases, and it becomes harder and harder to
hold your breath. Before you are dragged any deeper,
in a moment, I'm going to have you simply let go of
that heavy rock. that burden that has been dragging
you down.
Are you ready? I'm going to
count backwards from 3 to 1... and when I reach the
number 1.... I want you to release the rock, and notice
how gently, safely, and easily you drift upward and
above any difficulty.
Here we go..... 3...2...1.
Now notice how easily you drift upward toward the
surface where there is abundant fresh air and sunshine.
Notice life getting brighter. Now break the surface
of the pond and enter into a new day.
Today is truly the first day
of the rest of you life. A wonderful new beginning!
You've let go of that heavy weight that once kept
you down. You are free
"Your Favorite Rock" Copyright
by Dr.Philip Holder Ph.D. 2000
Ed's note:
Thankyou Dr. Philip.
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