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Incorporating NLP in Hypnotherapy By Lisa M. Duranza Information Gathering - With each person I watched for words that were descriptive of their representational systems. Such as "I feel that.." or "When I am faced with the problem…" I watch their body language and mirrored them; I do find it difficult to pace their breathing unless it is something obvious like a sigh. Client #1 Goal (Problem) - Reduce drinking and reduce overeating. Intervention - Time Line Past was her left; Present was center (not touching her); Future was her right. I left each where it was. Her description of her past was, "compulsive, unhappy, angry, groggy, disappointed, confused, smell of wine and food." I asked her to imagine that she had achieved her goal, move it to the future, and she described it as red, green, colorful, calmer, no smell or taste. I had her self-anchor this on her right wrist." Method - Swish Pattern Positive picture was of her in an evening dress that presently is too tight. Negative picture was of her overeating and anxious. She was able to eventually see only the positive picture. In the middle of this, she suddenly says that the faces of two people at her work who she dislikes popped up. I had her see the stressful situation and put mismatched music to it and the result was it seemed comical. (I learned this method from NLP The Technology of Achievement.)Follow-up - This was recent and I have not seen her since the last session. Next - Get feedback on how she is doing and proceed with another goal or do more intervention with the current goal if there is still a problem. Client #2 Goal - To spend more time with her creative projects of music, dance, art, and acting. Intervention - Time Line - Past was behind her (a sealed cave, blue-ray, slate, with water.) Present was in from of her, like a mirror image (moth-eaten, cobwebby, sour, acrid smell, slimy and stinky, moaning sounds.); Past was herself currently - Amazing!!! All I did was ask her to move the future from behind her to in front of her. Suddenly it was opened, she walked in with a torch, red colors, treasures, instruments, a boyfriend, flute sounds, smells of warm incense, sap smells, she is in a blue dress, riding a horse, and there are gemstones and crystals. I asked her to put the past behind her and it became a smaller cave, brown and black, far away. I asked her to look at the present self, which now has become a mirror of her body waving. I asked her to put this inside herself, and she cried with joy, feeling comfortable and integrated. She was amazed at this process. Follow up - This was recent and I have not seen her since the last session. Next - Get feedback on how she was doing and proceed with another goal or do more intervention with current goal if there is still a problem. Client #3 Goal - A relaxation session. Intervention- New Behavior Generator I went through the process with him, and his anchor word of his choosing was "calm". He emerged feeling wonderful, complimenting me for my work. Follow up - This was recent, and I have not seen him since my last session. Next - Get feedback on how he was doing and proceed with another goal or do more intervention with the current goal if there is still a problem. Client #4 Goal - He had tinnitus, but came to me for other things. As a child, a friend, who is his current friend, boxed him in the ears during a fight. In the process, I thought I would work in some therapy for the tinnitus, but I did not ask him if he wanted this to improve. Intervention - Changing Personal History Follow up - Last time, I asked, he still had ringing in the ears. Next - I may use the same or other techniques of NLP, or even REIKI, before I do anything, I may ask his subconscious mind if it is ready to release the ringing (problem).
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