Comments on: Redundant Sessions http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/09/04/redundant-sessions/ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:38:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Transparent Hypnotist http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/09/04/redundant-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-195 The Transparent Hypnotist Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:13:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=151#comment-195 I am with you on the idea of keeping someone coming back month after month. But you know what I think might be good, I have a friend who opens her door weekly and does guided meditations for relaxation. I think she has clients who do come back repeatedly for those. <br/><br/>Thanks for the insight on the audio idea. Life does change, so maybe they should just be updated. I am with you on the idea of keeping someone coming back month after month. But you know what I think might be good, I have a friend who opens her door weekly and does guided meditations for relaxation. I think she has clients who do come back repeatedly for those.

Thanks for the insight on the audio idea. Life does change, so maybe they should just be updated.

]]> By: Anonymous http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/09/04/redundant-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Anonymous Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:49:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=151#comment-194 Almost all of my clients I see only once. I never talk about "booster sessions" because I don't want to introduce the idea that the work we've just done, or are about to do, might not be effective. Belief is key. I do let them know that I'm there for them if they want to come back. <br/><br/>Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing clients a disservice by not pushing for multiple sessions. I generally follow up by phone or email and the feedback is generally positive, but how do I know they're not just trying to get me off the phone so they can have a cigarette? <br/><br/>It's important to me, though, to do things expeditiously. When I'm at a gathering of hypnotists and I hear someone make an off-hand reference to clients who come back week after week, I can't help but recoil a little. Hypnotherapy is supposed to be a rapid modality; clients aren't supposed to come back again and again and again for the same problem. Sure, I can see taking a faceted approach to a major life change as you (Ellie) do with weight clients, but even there we're talking a handful of sessions, not a long term relationship. It reminds me of the old story about a psychiatrist who dies, only to have his patients line up at the graveside at their usual appointment times and talk to the headstone. <br/><br/>I've never heard of someone rebelling against a recorded suggestion simply because of repetition. What I have noticed with the recordings I make for myself is that as things in my life change I have to update the recordings because the suggestions no longer 'fit' where my head is. <br/><br/>-Michael Raugh, C.H. Almost all of my clients I see only once. I never talk about “booster sessions” because I don’t want to introduce the idea that the work we’ve just done, or are about to do, might not be effective. Belief is key. I do let them know that I’m there for them if they want to come back.

Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing clients a disservice by not pushing for multiple sessions. I generally follow up by phone or email and the feedback is generally positive, but how do I know they’re not just trying to get me off the phone so they can have a cigarette?

It’s important to me, though, to do things expeditiously. When I’m at a gathering of hypnotists and I hear someone make an off-hand reference to clients who come back week after week, I can’t help but recoil a little. Hypnotherapy is supposed to be a rapid modality; clients aren’t supposed to come back again and again and again for the same problem. Sure, I can see taking a faceted approach to a major life change as you (Ellie) do with weight clients, but even there we’re talking a handful of sessions, not a long term relationship. It reminds me of the old story about a psychiatrist who dies, only to have his patients line up at the graveside at their usual appointment times and talk to the headstone.

I’ve never heard of someone rebelling against a recorded suggestion simply because of repetition. What I have noticed with the recordings I make for myself is that as things in my life change I have to update the recordings because the suggestions no longer ‘fit’ where my head is.

-Michael Raugh, C.H.

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