Passive hypnosis is similar to the YouTube style of recording that is widely accessible online. Generally, it is an audio recording with a cover picture or a nature scene. It is a wonderful resource to help us in today’s stressful environment. In the audio, the therapist makes suggestions that address the specific issue of the audio in a calm and peaceful way.
Hypnosis with a hypnotherapist usually involves a more active approach. It focuses on the specific issue the client brings to the session. It happens in real time. It allows the therapist to actively engage the client in the process of change.
Hypnotherapy sessions generally engage the client’s attention to experience the suggestions more actively with all of their senses. In each session, there are opportunities for the client to experience themselves as they would like to imagine doing, to act the process out in their mind as if it were happening in real time and to even practice it a few times. The client is also encouraged to speak and respond to those who they struggle to interact with, be they partners or authority figures. The better they get at experiencing it, the more the unconscious mind accepts it as real and the more easily the client can take it into their real life
Active hypnosis is a fluid process. At any point, the client may be asked to imagine being with the person they’re in conflict with. They can imagine acting mentally and physically in a way that empowers them to be in control. A client in pain might be encouraged to see their physical pain in a different light and imagine shrinking it or replacing it with something else.
An active approach involves the client and therapist working together as a team to achieve the client’s objective. Being in a hypnotic trance allows the client to imagine, like a child would pretend, that you could detach from your feelings, you could stand back and observe yourself, you could replace one feeling by another or you could change places with the person you’re in conflict with. It allows for discovery and adaptability at the deepest level.
Most hypnotherapy sessions include both active and passive hypnosis.
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