Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills. In this essay I will be looking at the methods and techniques that are used to personalise screeds to suit working with different clients. In doing this I will explore the reasoning behind personalisation and in my con

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Introduction

In this essay I will be looking at the methods and techniques that are used to personalise screeds to suit working with different clients. In doing this I will explore the reasoning behind personalisation and in my conclusion I will consider whether this type of induction will always be more effective.

  1. Why Personalise a Screed?

The more personalised hypnotherapy is, the more effective it will be, as whilst all humans appear quite similar, we are different in many ways. We have different likes and dislike; come from different cultural backgrounds; and will have been brought up in environments that have provided us with different outlooks, values and perspectives.

Discussion with clients is important, however the impact that the words we use only make up 7% of our communication. The tone and volume come in second at 38% and body language at 55%.1 When we are using our screed for Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) the client has invariably got their eyes closed and therefore 55% of our communication ceases to be effective. Also, to make the PMR effective, an exuberant tone or volume may not always be wanted. Thus, we have to deliver our messages and suggestions in words alone.

If the best possible results are to be obtained there is a need to work closely with individuals in order to identify their likes and dislikes as well as their personality. In this way we can gain their trust and assist them in reaching a suitable state of hypnosis.

Taking the time to get to know the client, through the use of rapport during the initial consultation, is a key element to determining which type of screed is best to use. Completion of an assessment form will also help, preferably after the first meeting.

  1. Modalities

        The word ‘modality’ refers to a certain type of information and/or the representation format in which information is stored. The ‘medium’ is the method whereby this information is delivered to the senses of the interpreter.2

        As the brain receives information from our senses it represents it internally in a way that allows us to gain access to it. The senses referred to are sight, hearing, feeling, smell and taste, although the last two are often considered as secondary senses to the feeling category.

An individual will find one of the senses easier to imagine and therefore by talking the client and establishing their modality it becomes possible to talk to them in a way that they will feel most comfortable.

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Some examples of the speech pattens in the different modalities are as follows:-

Kinaesthetic         (feeling)        “I know how you feel…”

“Not a clever move…”

“Put your finger on it…”

        With this modality some of the better words to use when talking to this client or personalising a screed would be :- touch, smooth, gentle, move,warm, cool.

Visual (sight)                “I see how you feel…”

“It looks good to me…”

“It just goes to show…”

        

        In this case some good words to use would be :- look, imagine, watch, bright.

Auditory (hearing)                “I hear what you are ...

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