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So, if you aren’t confident in your own abilities as a hypnotherapist, or you don\u2019t trust (or like) the methods you\u2019re using, this information will come across, on some level, to the client\u2026 Even if you think it won\u2019t\u2026 Even if you\u2019re trying to hide it… There will be an air of incongruence present, and an incongruent therapist breaks rapport, and broken rapport is not what maketh a great hypnotherapy session (usually, all\u00a0‘provocative therapy<\/a><\/strong>‘ aside). Secondly, when you\u2019re saying all that negative, worrisome shit to yourself, your intention at this point is not to ‘succeed’, but instead to \u2018try not to fail\u2019 \u2026and as we know, if you try NOT to do something, you first have to think about doing it in order to NOT do it, and it then becomes an uphill battle with the \u2018law of reversed effect\u2019 (see our Laws of Suggestion blog<\/strong><\/a>), as you \u2018future pace\u2019 yourself through various failure scenarios, planning and mentally rehearsing many different ways to stuff up your own session\u2026<\/p>\n You\u2019re a hypnotist \/ hypnotherapist. So, the first part of setting your intention is all about your confidence in yourself and in your hypnosis skills. The second part of the intention process is all about your intention to help your client. Fundamentally, your hypnotherapy sessions will tend to have better outcomes if you actually want to help your clients, because again, the client will pick up on it. They will \u2018feel\u2019 your genuine desire to help them improve their lives\u2026 I\u2019m sure, at some point in your life, you\u2019ve been served by a waiter (or some other customer service person) who just didn\u2019t give a crap, and was working solely to pay their bills. It happens, but would you want to work with a therapist who was doing the same thing? Going to someone for help, and having them \u2018just go through the motions\u2019 with you? I know I wouldn\u2019t\u2026 I\u2019d feel patronised, lied to, like I was an inconvenience or \u2018just another nameless face\u2019, and I definitely wouldn\u2019t be thoroughly engaged in the therapy process (or recommending them to my friends and family). I certainly wouldn\u2019t want any of my clients to feel that way about me as a therapist, and I\u2019m sure you probably feel the same. Now, I\u2019m not saying that you should be overly <\/strong>emotionally invested in your clients\u2019 life, or with their therapy results\u2026 I mean, if your weight loss client comes back a week later and she\u2019s put on 0.5lbs, don\u2019t start crying or flying off the handle. Conversely, when your tricky smoking cessation client comes back a month later to tell you she is still a non-smoker, you probably won\u2019t give her a big hug and a kiss and dance around the room like her best friend might, whilst cracking the champagne\u2026 but you should <\/strong>be appropriately engaged in your client, in their issues and in their outcomes. You should actually give a shit (at the appropriate level), because clients will appreciate that you\u2019re invested in helping them, and that you care (or at least seem like you do)!<\/p>\n Now, not everyone will automatically be able to turn on \u2018positive hypnotic intention\u2019 mode\u2026 Some hypnotherapists who\u2019ve been practicing for years still haven\u2019t found the switch to turn it on, so we can\u2019t expect it to be the natural state for all hypnotherapists from the outset. That said, it\u2019s certainly something that you can learn and develop. Yes, you can get better at utilising positive intention, it\u2019s a skill, and the single, easiest way to do this initially (and for those of you who\u2019ve read my book \u2018The Instant Hypnosis and Rapid Inductions Guidebook<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 probably know what\u2019s coming) is to \u2018fake it \u2018til you make it\u2019! This works more congruently with the first part above (about hypnosis \/ self-confidence), rather than the second part (intending to help your client), but hey, we\u2019ve all gotta start somewhere, right?<\/p>\n So, your task to take away from this blog, is to be mindful of your thoughts before \/ during your hypnotherapy sessions. Whilst you\u2019re working with your client, pay heed to what you\u2019re telling yourself. If you notice yourself thinking negative things or worrying, consciously<\/strong>\u00a0make yourself stop thinking those thoughts and replace them with your positive thoughts, real or fake, your positive intention for everything to work. Tell yourself it\u2019s going to work, that you\u2019re doing well, that the way you deliver your suggestions is awesome, etc. Remind yourself that you want your client to succeed, both for their sake and your own. Eventually, by practicing giving yourself these positive intentions \u2018manually\u2019, you will soon naturally begin to incorporate this new way of communicating with yourself, to the point where it will become a subconscious process. THINK: your subconscious mind knows what works best for you to work at your peak, and allowing it to know how to set your positive intention at the start of a hypnotherapy session will only help your hypnotherapy practice to succeed more and more every day, with every client, and with each unconscious breath that you exhale, as you relax… Now go out there and know that you\u2019re doing your best…<\/p>\n …and know that you know it.<\/p>\n
\nYou know better than that.
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