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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] very naturally because of the way in which we generally want to have a good idea of what is going on. So what causes can there be for non-closure? One common cause is the existence of a lot of internal verbal activity. The Subject can easily be thinking such things as, "I feel silly," "My neck is hurting - I want to stop this nonsense," "Why is nothing happening?", "I must try hard to fall asleep soon," and so on. All such thoughts will tend to increase the general level of arousal. Or, especially if the approach is authoritarian, there may be a strong resistance in many subjects - "I won't do what he asks." Or again, there may be a lot of emotional activity: a feeling of anxiety about the situation. This would not necessarily be expressed internally in words, but could arise from a lack of confidence in the Hypnotist (a lack of rapport) or, if the Subject is in a reclining chair, associations with being at the dentist's, or just fear of the unknown. Or again, there may be some physical discomfort which is proving very distracting. How can we tell? There may be some body-language signs which will help, but the easiest way is simply to ask. The questions, "What are you thinking?" and "What are you feeling?", "Are you comfortable?" http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~dylanwad/morganic/ph_chap09.htm (5 of 13) [19/06/2000 8:27:35 PM] Principles of Hypnosis (9) IThe purpose of inductions explained in a systems approach. give answers which can be very informative of what is going on. For some reason, rooted in the old authoritarian traditions of Hypnosis, many Hypnotists seem to feel that questions are banned, but in the context of Hypnotherapy the more that we know, the better. Counting In many inductions the Subject is given the task of counting silently. This may be from some number in the hundreds down to zero. It may be upwards. What is the purpose of this? What this activation of a process of counting (C) achieves is to make it very hard for any other internal verbal process (IV) to take place. We cannot speak sentences on two different subjects simultaneously. So IF we are dealing with a Subject in whom there is a lot of internal verbalisation, and particularly if some of this verbalisation is acting to prevent any particular goal that is being aimed at, a task like verbal counting can be very effective. In shorthand we have: /C > \IV. What are the problems that might arise with this? The main one is that there seems to be no way of knowing if the Subject is continuing to comply with the instruction. What if he stops counting? A possible answer to this is to synchronise some simple physical movement: a tap of a foot, a movement of a finger, a nod of the head. An elegant way of selecting the movement is to allow the Subject to choose, as follows. "As you count, I want you to find that part of your body which most feels like moving in time. Keep counting and test the various parts to see which is most responsive. It might be anything. It may be a finger. (Pause, while Subject tests finger movement.) It may be a foot. (Pause.) It might be your head. (Pause.) Perhaps something else? (Pause.) Now which comes easiest?" (I wonder if you, the reader, can think of the most natural set of muscles to synchronise with the counting?) When the Subject has chosen the most natural movement, this can then be made active and synchronised with the counting. As long as the visible movement continues there is then a very good chance that so will the counting. It is very unlikely that the Subject will hit upon the most natural set of muscles to synchronise with counting, which are, of course, the muscles of the vocalising system! But I do not suppose that one person in a hundred will think of this unless it is suggested. The process of just forming the words with the lips, or even speaking them quietly, is a totally foolproof way of ensuring that the counting is continuing. It may be argued against speaking the words quietly that by allowing the vocalising system to be active we are encouraging a higher than necessary degree of arousal. Even if this were to be true, the small loss [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |