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The first time that this induction is used on a client there is some pre-talk required.

This discussion with the client basically revolves round the suggestion of ……………..……. ‘holding a thought makes all things possible’. So the therapist first demonstrates that if you hold the thought that you can make your arm……………………..’the most tense it could possibly be’……..then it will stay like that for as long as you hold that thought.
Then it is demonstrated that it must also follow that it is possible to make your arm …….. …….…………... ‘the most relaxed that it can possibly be’.

It is then explained, (and demonstrated), that the eyes are the easiest muscles in the body to relax and if you hold the thought that they are so relaxed that if you try to open them …………… ‘they just won’t open’……………….. until you change the thought to allow them to open, then they will stay tight shut.

The following instructions are then given to the client………

• Take a long deep breath…..hold it for a moment… and as you exhale this breath allow your eyes to close, (whilst at the same time the therapist brings their hand down from above the client’s eyes to below their chin). Note: If the client closes their eyes before you tell them to; start again because they must follow your instructions and not lead.

• Now relax the muscles around your eyes to the point that they will not work and pretend that you can’t open them; even though you know full well that you can open them if you wanted to. As long as you keep on pretending that they are so relaxed that they won’t open …and you hold that thought…..then they won’t open…

• And now test them to make sure that they won’t open. Note: If they don’t open…well done. If they do open……..OK you’ve proved that you are in charge and can open your eyes; now prove that you are in charge and can not open your eyes. If they don’t test their eyes, repeat……..remember they must follow your instructions.

• The client is now instructed to let the relaxation that they now have in their eyes to flow from head to toe (in stages).

• There then follows a few rounds of fractionation where the client is instructed to open their eyes….take a deep breath and close them on the out breath,… with the instruction that they allow their relaxation to double when the eyes close. At the same time you should bring your hand down from above their eyes to below the clients chin, as before.

• The therapist then tells the client that they are going to lift their arm a few inches and then let it drop…. and when it plops back down it will double their relaxation. This actually also checks that they are fully relaxed and it must be emphasised that the client does not assist in the hand lifting.

• It is now explained to the client that they have achieved wonderful physical relaxation…but the secret to true relaxation is to also obtain mental relaxation …….. and this is achieved by counting backwards from 100…….. They are instructed to do this out loud…..slowly….and with each number they say…. they are to double their mental relaxation…..and after each number they say they are to shrink the numbers….. and relax them out of their mind…..and within just a few numbers they will have all disappeared. Note: Some repetitive dialogue needs to be spent on this area to convince the client this is possible if they hold the thought that they can do this …it will happen if they ……………….. ‘ will the numbers away and make it happen.’

• At this final stage there is always a check by asking the client…. ………..………………………‘are they all gone’.

• In practice, Elman states that he mainly got the numbers to disappear by the time the client has reached 98……I personally average around 94/96. Occasionally he had a client where the numbers did not completely disappear even though he could tell from the clients voice and demeanour that they were going deeper and deeper…and so he would then just click his fingers and say ………………………. ‘OK, now let go completely’….. Also, he sometimes would vary the above by getting the client to spell their name and………….. ‘relax the letters out of their mind’….. before the spelling was complete.

• If he wished to deepen the hypnotic state he would use up to three escalators going down to basement levels A, B, and C. He would use this method whilst of course adding relevant deepening dialogue on the way down and he would use basement level C…… ‘as the very basement of relaxation’.

So, in summary…

• Pre-talk if required
• Obtain eye closure.
• Test eyes.
• Relaxation to flow through whole body.
• A few rounds of fractionation.
• Arm test for physical relaxation.
• Counting backwards from 100 to obtain mental relaxation.
Deepen as necessary with escalators A,B and C.


Why not give the Elman style a try…..it’s good fun to try something different!
 

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Article author: Christopher J Harrison BA (Hons)
Clinical Hypnotherapist
www.newdawnhypnotherapy.co.uk

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