Recently, as I was working with a 12 year old girl who was having a lot of trouble in school and didn't feel very good about herself, I found myself creating a process (and script) off the top of my head, to help her read faster and remember more of what she reads. It took only that that one session to break through the reading problem. Another session with her helped her conquer her problem with writing, and another with her shyness in meeting other children. In each case, the problem was conquered with one session.
The request for copies of these sessions was overwhelming. Because of it, I decided to be more intentional about turning on my tape recorder whenever I had these "flights of fancy." Not long after, I was asked to be keynote speaker for a convention, the theme of which was "Hypnosis and Children." The combination of individual script requests and the convention deadline led to a script pull-together, which became Volume I of GREAT ESCAPES.
As I was nearing completion of that volume, it struck me that most of those at the convention would be interested in scripts for adults and youth, as well. For several years, upon request, I had been sending my scripts to various counselors who were encountering specific problems with clients. The combination of increasing requests and the convention birthed Volume II of GREAT ESCAPES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction:
What Others Say
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Using this Book of Scripts
Inductions into the Hypnotic State:
First Time Induction
A Second Induction
A Brief Induction
The Meadow Induction
Alternate Setting: The Tropical Beach
Alternate Setting: The Seashore
Alternate Setting: On a Boat in the San Juan's
Alternate Setting: In a Cabin by the River
Relaxing in Nature: An Indirect Induction
(Especially helpful for anxious or phobic clients)
Eye Fixation Induction
Learning to Relax through Self-hypnosis
(For the client who finds it difficult to let go of control)
The Hot-Air Balloon
Clearing the Brush - Scripts for Releasing the Past in Order to Move On:
A Problem & Solution-Finding Process
The Cleansing Waterfall
The Ship-burning
Dropping Sandbags
Other Methods of Dumping the Past
Fears:
Anxiety & Panic Attacks (or Fears & Phobias)
New Beginnings: The Courage to Face Changes
Health and Healing:
Releasing Healing Energy
The Healing Light
Performance:
General Improvement for Athletes
Improve Athletic Abilities
Firearms Precision
Weight-Lifting Enhancement
Better Musical Performance (or other Stage Presentation)
Self Esteem, Confidence and Success:
Changing Labels; Building Self-Esteem by Creating a New Self-Story
Empowerment at the Center
Freedom to be the Great You
Self-Acceptance and Successfulness
Dealing with Shyness and Lack of Confidence
Breaking Habits:
Stop Smoking without Gaining Weight
(Designed to be used, also, with tobacco chewing)
Weight Management:
General Improvement for Weight Control
Shedding Layers: A Fable for Releasing Protective Armor
Affirmations:
Suggestions for Abundance and Prosperity
Suggestions for Confidence and Success
Suggestions for Health and Healing
Suggestions for Peace, Harmony and Balance
Emergence:
Emerging a Client from an Altered State
Choosing to Emerge Now or After Sleep
Moving from the Hypnotic State into the Sleeping State
Additional Helps:
The Water Signal
A Few Post-Hypnotic Suggestions
Introducing the Client to Ideomotor Signals
Clarifying the Real Issues: A Questionnaire
Appendix
Letter to a Friend: Dispelling the Concerns or Fears about Hypnosis, By Del Hunter Morrill
Fear of Transformation (A reading designed to help people through life transitions)
A Story of an Affirmed Life: A Metaphor for Self-esteem and Encouragement
Bibliography
About the Author
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