Yesterday, the Occupational Health Department I'm attached to had an open day. I spent five hours doing speed-hypno; 20 minute sessions comprising five minutes of what-do-you-want? about 12 minutes of treatment and three minutes of afters.
I didn't know what any of them wanted in advance. Three were eating control, two smokers, two insomnia, one endogenous depression, one serious sexual assault, one case of hauling around too much emotional baggage, one who didn't want to talk about it so it was entirely context free, one white coat phobia (in a Consultant!) one flight-fright and one rheumatoid arthritis. The other lady came up to apologise for not being able to attend but her colleague had called in sick.
After which I was, if you'll pardon the use of a clinical term, knackered!
Best wishes
barry
ps ... the Consultant with the white coat phobia was due to have her blood pressure tested today (re an insurance policy). She's obsessed with her blood pressure and was convinced she'd fail. She had a monitor with her and we tested her at the beginning, 145/98, and at the end, 121/78. She called this afternoon to say she'd been checked twice and was 122/85. Result!
You always bring food for thought Barry ;)
Gareth20 minutes a client! You must have a really solid structure in place and a clear idea of how your sessions need to run.
I'm still at the stage where I can digress a little and have to keep an eye on how a session is progressing. During training, my tutors helped to impress how quickly you can help to affect change and it still surprises me when you get the chance to see the results in such a short time.
That must have been a real boost to your confidence getting those BP readings. There's nothing like getting some figures to go along with the client's feedback to really give a sense of reality to the changes.
Thanks for sharing and providing a new set of goals to aspire to.
Gareth
02:14 PM CST