Magic Words: The Sourcebook of Hypnosis Patter and Scripts and How to Overcome Hypnotic Difficulties

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Magic Words: The Sourcebook of Hypnosis Patter and Scripts and How to Overcome Hypnotic Difficulties

by Richard K. Nongard

Have you ever fumbled for the right words in a difficult or unique situation during hypnotherapy?

Wouldn't it be priceless to have a resource that provided you with scripts and patter to solve many problems and unexpected events during hypnosis?

Do you know what to say when a client starts laughing or when a jackhammer starts banging on a nearby street?

Do you know what to say if a client bursts into tears or even becomes irritated claiming they are not hypnotized?

Do you know how to prove to your client they were hypnotized?

Knowing the magic words contained in this sourcebook will give you the ability to remain in control and have confidence, even during difficult hypnosis sessions.

Knowing the magic words to use will help you turn any difficulty into an opportunity to really help clients, rather than give up in despair and these patter scripts will make you a better hypnotist. But this book goes beyond just a few scripts of patter. This book will actually teach you how to structure hypnosis suggestions, compounding them and making them effective.

You will learn strategies for:

• Using both direct and indirect suggestion
• Turning disaster into opportunity
• Managing abreaction and intense emotions during session
• How to deliver suggestions without sounding like a psychic or a fortune cookie
• How to structure effective post-hypnotic suggestions
• How introduce stories, scripts and other tools into your sessions

This is not a script book that gives you start to finish "scriptmosis" scripts to read, but rather teaches you the useful patter to incorporate into your own hypnotherapy sessions.    Here are some of the many topics included:

SUGGESTIVE PATTER - PHRASES, CONCEPTS AND ANSWERS  

When meeting a new client who has never been hypnotized  

When meeting a new client who has been previously hypnotized by someone else  

When the client is anxious  

When a client has doubts  

Words that normalize hypnosis  

Words that define hypnosis for clients  

To get paid  

When questioned about high fees 

Do you have a guarantee?  

When a client is sleepy  

When a client is emotional  

When a client is unfocused  

When a client's mind is wandering  

When a client is not prepared to pay today  

When there is background noise  

How to mollify potential interruptions  

When time is short  

When clients swallow, scratch, itch or fidget during induction 

What if a client says he/she is more comfortable in a position you do not usually work in with clients 

To put clients into hypnotic posture 

What if a client’s legs or arms are crossed 

When clients laugh during induction 

What if a client says, “I just can’t do this”

What if a cell phone rings during the session  

When clients begin sneezing during induction  

To help clients who struggle with letting go  

When clients do not close their eyes  

When clients do not follow initial suggestions in preparation and induction  

If a client “twitches” or has a muscle spasm  

To avoid clients falling asleep   

To help clients feel safe  

To let clients know they are in control  

To establish your role   

Words to reverse role  

To deepen trance  

When clients won’t go into deep trance  

What if clients says they aren’t hypnotized  

To create hypnotic experience   

To create comfort  

To help clients have self-realization that they are going into hypnosis  

To manifest initial hypnotic phenomena  

To give clients a self-directed exit  

To create expectancy for two-way communication in induction  

To decrease resistance at any time in the process  

To create a faked alternative  

To change your plan or style to a new one  

To count to the deepest level of trance  

To introduce a written script  

To set up a story, parable or metaphor  

To deepen trance mid-session  

To keep client awake during mid-session  

To deal with tears  

To deal with intense unpleasant emotion  

To validate progress  

To give client ownership of suggestions  

To read from a script  

To alter styles to direct suggestion  

To compound suggestions  

To avoid sounding like a psychic or fortune cookie  

To have client take action in hypnosis  

To give universal re-inforcers  

How to give a post hypnotic suggestion 

How to create transition from deep trance to end of session 

To tap into unconscious resources 

To make sure the client is stable following a session 

To schedule the next visit   

Richard Nongard, LMFT/CCH is known worldwide for his contributions to clinical hypnosis. He is a skilled educator and a sought after conference speaker. His other books are among the most popular books on hypnosis. He is the author if "Inductions and Deepeners: Strategies for Effective Hypnosis" and "Medical Meditation." He continues to see clients on a daily basis at his Oklahoma office and his insights come from real world experience as a practicing hypnotherapist.