WORKSHOP ON

“AUTO DUAL” INDUCTION

(FOR ANALYTICAL/INTELLECTUAL CLIENTS)

BRUCE BONNETT

I. John Kappas “The Professional Hypnotism

Manual”

A. “In addition to physical and emotional suggestibility, there is a

sub-category of emotional suggestibility called intellectual
suggestibility, which is present in only about 5% of the population.
The intellectually suggestible person is one who must have a reason
for everything. If you tell him that when you hypnotize him he will feel
calm and relaxed, he will ask you why. When you give him suggestions
in hypnosis, he will ask why they will work. You can usually reach him
only through inferred suggestions and must always give him a
reason for the suggestion and a reason why it will work. The auto
dual method of hypnosis is the most successful with a subject of this
type. If you tell him to repeat everything after you and assure him
that he is really conducting the session himself, he will usually
respond more readily than if you intellectualize every statement you
make to him.” (page 16)

B. “The auto-dual method is an approach that has been

designed for the analytical or intellectually suggestible subject.
When a subject arranges to see a hypnotist, pays for a session, and then
tries to analyze himself out of hypnosis, we can assume that he has a
fear of being controlled by the operator. The auto-dual method
prevents this type of individual from analyzing what the operator
is saying or doing, and thereby causes him to enter the hypnotic state
through a form of misdirection. It allows him to believe that he is
hypnotizing himself instead of being hypnotized by the operator.

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Although this is not actually the case, this method does break down
resistance, allowing the operator to reach the subject more easily.

The mechanics of the auto-dual method are as follows: Place

your subject in a straight-backed chair.

Tell him to put his feet flat on the floor,

To place his right index finger on the pulse of his left wrist,

And to stare directly at the fingernail of his right index finger.

He has now accepted three suggestions consciously, which

prepares him to accept what follows. Now, have him repeat after
you the following:

I will now enter the state of hypnosis for the reasons of deep
relaxation and self-control. I will count from five down to zero and
with each count I will become more deeply relaxed. When I reach
zero, I will go deep asleep. Five. . . I begin to feel my breathing
growing deep, gentle and rhythmic.

Suggest this just as his breathing pattern begins to vary. The

subject himself is usually not aware of the natural change in his
breathing as he prepares to enter the hypnotic state. The tendency
of his head to drop forward should also be utilized. The instant
you see his head jerking forward, suggest that his head is growing
heavy and is beginning to drop forward.

Four . . . I begin to feel heaviness in my eyelids, as I become

drowsier and sleepier. [His eyelids will naturally tire from staring
at his fingernail.] Three . . . I begin to feel every muscle, nerve and
fiber in my body relaxing, deeply relaxing. Two . . . My arms, my
legs, my entire body are now deeply relaxed. One . . . My eyelids
grow even heavier, breathing becoming more rhythmic, I am deeply
relaxed. Zero . . . deep asleep!

The fact that the subject is talking and repeating after you
prevents him from simultaneously analyzing what is being said, so

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when you reach zero he is psychologically and physically prepared
to follow the final suggestion of deep hypnotic sleep in order to
defend himself against his own fears of being controlled.

To awaken him, simply reverse the count and say Wide

awake.” (pages 57-59)

II. HMI Workbook

Intellectual Suggestible: This type of person is very analytical, having an
Emotional Suggestibility score of 80% or higher. The intellectual suggestible
fears being controlled by the hypnotist, and is constantly trying to analyze,
reject or rationalize everything the hypnotist says. The induction of choice for
this type of suggestibility is the “Auto-dual” method. . .

https://hypnosis.edu/distance/foundations/workbook/v1.pdf

III. Use For Other Clients

Although auto-dual is the preferred, primary induction type for Intellectual-

Suggestibles, it may be used with all subjects. When used with other suggestibility
types, it is generally as a secondary induction or deepening technique, but may
also be used as a primary induction.

http://eym.hypnoathletics.com/2011/03/03/intellectual-suggestibles-and-
the-auto-dual-induction/

IV. Reasons Inductions Fail

“Top 3 Reasons Inductions Fail

. . . An induction isn’t something you do to someone. It’s something you do with

someone.

What are the top reasons hypnotists fail with inductions?

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Here’s reason # 3…

#3: A Lack Of Confidence Shown By The Hypnotist

. . . Now, imagine you’re defusing a bomb and the person talking you through it
says, ‘I think you’re supposed to cut the green wire. Maybe. I don’t know. I guess.’
How likely are you to follow instructions?

. . . . at least sound and act calm and confident — even when things don’t go
the way you expect them to.

How do you do that? . . . Practice and get comfortable with a few inductions. . . .
Visualize the result you want. . . .

#2: Lack Of Flexibility (by the hypnotist)

If you’re a one-trick pony, you’d better be hypnotizing a pony that likes that
trick. But people are like dancers. Each dancer has their own strengths and
abilities. Each responds uniquely. If you’re good, you’ll be able to take that in
stride. It’s doesn’t really take knowing many inductions to cover most of the bases.
And if you know ericksonian-style inductions, you don’t really have to memorize
anything. You can just start talking “erickson-like” and reinforce whatever is leading
to trance.. . .

If you make a mistake, that’s fine. You can make all kinds of mistakes and still
have a successful induction. Responding to a person rather than dictating to them
gives you lots of flexibility as to how to proceed.

#1: A Poor Pre-Induction Talk

The set up is often the more important than what induction you use. . . . .”

FROM: http://www.hypnosis101.com/hypnosis/inductions/inductions-fail/

V. PRE-INDUCTION TALK – COVER ALL POSSIBLE

WAYS CLIENT MIGHT EXPERIENCE HYPNOSIS
In your explanation of hypnosis, set things up so you cannot fail.

As an example, here is part of Bruce’s pre-induction talk:

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“Some clients are good at the kind of hypnosis stage hypnotists do. It is pretty
amazing. I could give them the suggestion that laughing gas was coming into the
room—and they would laugh like crazy. I once had a client who had to drink a
nasty chalky horrible tasting barium drink prior to an MRI or CT Scan. In hypnosis, I
just gave her the suggestion that it would taste like her favorite milkshake. When
she went in for the procedure, she gulped down the barium drink and asked if they
had any refills!

For other clients—like attorneys who tend to be stuck in their heads -- hypnosis is
more of an analytical thought process. It works just as well – but is more subtle.

Many clients are pretty alert and listen to everything I say during the first session.
That makes sense because they are curious about hypnosis and what I am saying.
Others may let their minds drift off to relaxing thoughts – or think about their “to
do” lists or other things going on in their lives. No matter what, the subconscious
part of the mind is still absorbing the beneficial suggestions. It is a little like at
night when you are asleep – but part of your mind is still listening in the background
for an emergency or the alarm clock. No matter whether you are concentrating
consciously on what I am saying or your mind is drifting somewhere else, your
subconscious is still paying attention to me. If I do want to make sure you are
consciously paying attention at any point, I may ask you to nod or say something.

There is no need to take notes. No test. If I want to remind you of some tool or tip, I
will tell you after I count you out of hypnosis at the end of the session – or text or e-
mail you later.

I actually find it sort of amusing and enjoy it slightly when some clients tell me at the
end of the session that they don’t think it worked – or they that did not feel
anything. Because inevitably they start noticing changes after the session anyway.

For some clients, the changes come quickly --- sort of like we flipped all the right
switches in one or two sessions. For other clients, it may take a few sessions to
start to turn around long held beliefs, habits, and reactions. Some clients see me
once or twice and that is all they need --- and they tell everyone about me and how
great hypnosis is. Other clients see me a number of times until we get things going
in the right direction. Some clients will come back for a “booster session” when
they need it – or when some new issue or stress presents itself in their lives. And, I
have a number of really lucky clients who can afford to see me once or twice a week
because they see how much it transforms their lives and lets them constantly keep
improving and achieving whatever they want.

It is probably easiest for you to imagine, make believe, visualize, or pretend you are
experiencing the things I describe. But, it also works for you to imagine you are
watching it all on a big TV screen. Or, it works too for you just to think about what
I am saying. It’s really up to you.

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In addition to the hypnotic suggestions I will be giving your mind today, I will also e-
mail you a list of some tips and tools you can use – including self-hypnosis
instructions – in between our sessions.”

VI. SOME OTHER INDUCTIONS/DEEPENERS TO

CONSIDER FOR INTELLECTUAL/ANALYTICAL
CLIENTS
A. “7 plus or minus 2”

“An effective induction for analytical/intellectual people . . . Short-term

memory (STM) is limited in the number of items it can hold. The small capacity
of STM was pointed out by George Miller in a famous paper called "The Magical
Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing
Information". Miller noticed that people could recall only about seven items
in tasks that required them to remember unfamiliar material. . . .

When short-term memory is filled to capacity, the insertion of new

information often displaces some of the information currently stored in STM.
For example, if we are memorizing a ten-item list of basic chemical elements, the
eighth, ninth, and tenth items on the list will begin to "bump out" earlier items.
Similarly, if we are reciting the phone number of a pizza parlor we're about to
call when someone asks, "How much is this pizza going to cost?" our retrieval
of the cost information into STM may knock part of the phone number from
our STM. . . .

The hypnotist can use this knowledge by creating an overload i.e. by offering a
person more pieces of information than the person can process consciously,
or by engaging a person in more tasks than the person can process
consciously. As this state creates a tension and/or confusion, the person is
open to follow suggestions offering a way out of the situation. Thus, the
hypnotist can lead a person easily into a trance.

One way of creating an overload is by engaging the person in activities that utilize all
representational systems at once while at the same time using each system in an
activity unrelated to the others.

Another way of creating an overload is by having two people communicate different

messages into each ear of the person. There will be more on this method of
induction "Double Induction" another time if the panel has interest.

SEVEN PLUS OR MINUS TWO - by Terence Watts

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Use this induction with analytical or intellectually orientated clients. It
contains elements of confusion and since it is almost impossible to resist, it
works particularly well with those who tend to find 'normal' relaxation
inductions uncomfortable. . . .

The Induction Script

All right, just allow yourself to be as lazy as you want to be... listening quietly to the
sound of my voice... and while you're listening quietly to the sound of my voice
concentrating for a few moments on your breathing... breathing slowly and
steadily, just as though you were sound asleep, or pretending to be sound asleep...
and imagining, perhaps, just how comfortable you might look while you're
relaxing there in the chair... using the power of your mind to see yourself in
your mind's eye... and then using the power of your mind to do whatever has
to happen to make you look even more relaxed...

and still thinking about your breathing, making quite sure that each breath in
lasts the same length of time as the last breath in... and each breath outwards lasts
the same length of time as the last breath out... even though each breath in will
probably be slightly shorter than each breath out...

and while you're thinking about your breathing, noticing, perhaps, the weight of
your head against the back of the chair... and still listening quietly to the sound of my
voice... And while you're listening quietly to the sound of my voice, it maybe
that you'll become aware that you've forgotten to think about your breathing...
but that's all right, you can just simply start thinking about your breathing
again while you're listening quietly to the sound of my voice and what I'm saying to
you here...

and in psychology, there's a rule called... seven plus or minus two...

and that means that most people can think of seven things all at once... plus or
minus two... so you should be able to think of at least five things all at the same
time... the sound of my voice... the steadiness of your breathing...

the weight of your head against the back of the chair... and how you might look
from the outside... and that's four things... so you can think of those four things
while you're listening to the sound of the music I'm playing in the
background... so that's five things, now... and I wonder if you can think about
those five things and then at the same time notice the way your feet feel on the
footrest of the chair... and perhaps how your arms feel... and that's seven
things now... the sound of my voice... the weight of your head against the back of the
chair... the music playing in the background... they way you look while you're
relaxing... and your breathing... and your arms... and your feet on the footrest... and I
wonder if you can now add an eighth thing into all of that... I wonder if your

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mind is powerful enough to think of seven plus one things... adding in,
perhaps, an awareness of the temperature of the room...

and then just testing to see whether you can add yet another input to your
senses... so that you're thinking of NINE things all at once... that's seven plus
two... thinking about all those eight inputs to your senses and then maybe
adding an awareness of the way your eyes feel while you're thinking about all
those other things...

the weight of your head... your breathing... the music in the background... how you
look from the outside... the temperature of the room... your feet on the footrest...
your arms... the sound of my voice... and how your eyes feel... The weight of your
head... your breathing... the music in the background... how you look from the
outside... the temperature of the room... your feet on the footrest... your arms... the
sound of my voice... and how your eyes feel... and of course, when anybody thinks
of all these things, what they are really doing is scanning round them one after
the other... very quickly... so quickly, it feels as if you're thinking of them all at
once...

and in the world of computers, that would be called timesharing... sharing your
available resources between the different tasks you are attempting to perform
all at once... and that's why some people can think of only five things... because it's
the limit of their memory... while others can actually think of nine things... and I
wonder how well your memory is working as you struggle to remember those
nine things... the weight of your head... your breathing... the music in the
background... how you look from the outside... the temperature of the room... your
feet on the footrest... your arms... the sound of my voice... and how your eyes feel...
And now you can think how good it will feel...when you simply allow yourself
to think of only the most important thing of all...

concentrating all your energies onto that one most important thing of
all...which is going to be so easy to think of, now that you are going to allow
yourself to think of only one thing instead of nine... and that one thing is how
good it feels to think of only one thing... thinking how relaxed you can be now...
that you're only thinking of how relaxed you might like to be... relaxing in your
mind... and in your body... no need to think anything at all, really... no need to
do anything... nobody wanting anything and nobody expecting anything... and
absolutely nothing whatsoever for you to do except to... relax.

End of induction

...

[NOTE:] Important to have a "cheat sheet" list of 9 things you want them to
remember otherwise you can lose track yourself because, as you point out, you are
monitoring many things at the same time.”

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https://www.reddit.com/r/hypnosis/comments/3gbluj/7_plus_or_minus_2_a
n_effective_induction_for/

B. Some Script Ideas (scripts available online

for a fee)
“It is a fact that the determinedly analytical or logical client can find it quite difficult
to get into a good working state of hypnosis.

Confusional induction methods are the 'standard' approach and while these can
definitely be effective a lot of the time. . . . Logical Indeepeners is a collection of 22
. . . scripts written by Terence Watts . . . . The scripts create a state of entrainment
and fascination within the thought processes of the intellectually-orientated client
and in this way, concentration and focus is enhanced, and suggestibility or recall
greatly improved.

11 inductions and 11 deepeners are . . . .

CONTENTS:

Tree: A mathematical approach is used in this script and it is therefore eminently suitable for the
obsessive type of personality. The associated deepener is suitable for use after any other induction
but works especially well with this one.

Tree Deepener: This deepener uses a logical approach to access the deeper thought process -
getting to the roots of things - and makes reference to both the fact that big ideas come from small
beginnings and that something is already changing.

Five to Nine: This is a completely new and differently-styled version of the popular 'seven plus or
minus two' script presented by the same author many years ago and which has worked so well for
hundreds of people. Read this script at a steady pace - because it is logically correct, there is no need
to speed read.

Five to Nine Deepener: This moves almost invisibly from logical and analytical thought processes
into creative visualisation, carrying the client along effortlessly into a comfortable and effective
working state suitable for either suggestion or regression.

Hands and Feet: Here, we employ the fact that it is impossible to hear a body part mentioned
without the thoughts immediately exploring that part. Starting simply, it soon becomes complex
enough to entrain the most analytical of brains. Good use of embedded commands enhances the
depth of trance.

Hands and Feet Deepener: Progressive relaxation in a disguise of total logic, this one can assist
even the most intellectual of individuals into a beautifully relaxed state from which they are often
unwilling to return!

Life: Based on the twin processes of cell-division and evolution, this induces a totally focussed state
of mindfulness, though it is likely that to the logically orientated client it will just feel like an

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immensely interesting thought experiment...

Life Deepener: This is a good one for the philosophically-minded person, though it will work well for
anybody who is orientated towards thought rather than emotion. It encourages acceptance of the
way that 'self' works.

Maze: This one forces continuous updating of information held in thought and needs to be read at a
steady pace. This induction and the following deepener works well where there is a specific objective
or goal that the client wants to pursue.

Maze Deepener: The client is introduced to the importance of belief and expectation and the fact the
hopes and wishes just don't make things happen the way we want them to turn out. There is an
almost invisible 'drift' from logical to creative thought.

Neural Traffic: This is designed for the introspective person who is inclined towards hypervigilance
and is often 'on guard' and leans towards anxiety about self. True relaxation is sometimes out of the
question with this type of individual but an 'inward focus' is definitely possible.

Neural Traffic Deepener: This works extremely well for the hypervigilant individual, especially if
they are also of higher than average IQ with a questioning mind. There is a slightly confusional
element employed in this one.

Pyramid: Not to be confused with the 'Now Pyramid' by the same author, this one lends itself well to
getting the logical and analytical individual into a good 'working state' for the commencement of
regression styles of therapy.

Pyramid Deepener: One for the experienced therapist, this can make a good introduction to
regression work, which, whilst not always easy with the logical individual, is sometimes a desirable
way to work. It is important to be aware that Abreaction is possible with this script.

Rainbow Prisms: This appeals to the individual with a strongly scientific nature and used with the
associated deepener it can carry this personality into the more imaginative and creative areas of
thought.

Rainbow Deepener: This is ideal where you need to stimulate the creative imagination, though it is
important not to rush the delivery. It uses Chakra colours, though it is probably best not to mention
that directly to the logical individual.

Synaesthesia: Particulalry good for the obsessive individual, this one can 'invisibly' open channels to
the creative imagination via what might be called 'pseudo-synaesthesia'. (Synaesthesia is the
involuntary 'crossing over' of sensory inputs, so that sounds or smells, for instance, may be linked to
a colour, i.e. somebody has a 'voice like warm velvet')

Synaesthesia Deepener: This one activates the creative imagination in order that suggestion might
'take' more readily and forward pacing might be usefully employed. Good use is made of embedded
commands here.

The Magician: This one explores the validity or otherwise of the belief that others might have in
various forms of magic, then draws attention to scientific concepts that are no more tangible than
magic. It is designed specifically for use with those individuals with a strong interest in science.

The Magician Deepener: This deepener seeks to encourage the scientific individual to accept the
ability of the invisible subconscious to achieve the goals and tasks it has been charged with. In this
way, suggestibility is greatly enhanced in the logical mind.

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Virtual Reality Machine: This is ideal for use as a 'subconscious primer' for either regression to
cause methodology or hypnoanalysis. It is entirely likely that it will engender abreaction, especially if
following with the associated deepener.

Virtual Reality Machine Deepener: The only script in the collection which needs a specific style of
induction, ideally one which draw attention to the processes of memory, thought and recall. Coupled
with the previous induction it makes a great first session hypnosis for regression work.”

https://www.hypnosense.com/products/scripts-for-anaytical-personalities

https://www.amazon.com/Logical-Indeepeners-Terence-Watts-
ebook/dp/B0059JIP7M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490827524&sr=8-
1&keywords=Logical+Indeepeners+By+Terence+Watts#reader_B0059JIP7M

C. Ericksonian Confusion Technique

“This particular script would be most effectively used for a client who is more
intellectual or analytical. The reason for this is to disengage the client’s
analysis, and help them to gear more of their attention towards their
experience. Milton Erickson (the founder of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy) used
confusion techniques quite frequently. . . . In this particular script, the therapist
is confusing the patterns of breathing with a visualization of ocean waves. The
timing is very important for this script, watching the client’s breath and talking
about it as it occurs, but using a vocabulary relating to the ocean.

“So allowing now a time to think, wonder, and feel…it might make you curious to be
here and now in a place like this, as you sit just where you are listening carefully and
closely to the words and phrases that vibrate from my voice.

Sometimes I might say something that gives you a feeling, other times it may
help you to understand in a deep and relaxing way, and other times still it
might make you wonder what do I really mean by all the things that I am
saying, and that’s okay, as a trance is something easy, and simple, but genuinely
comfortable…

I encourage you to breath, breath deeply and comfortably and feel the
expansion of your consciousness and let it slow, and expand and slow again,
and while you continue to expand and slow yourself down in a relaxing way
you might want to begin to launch in your imagination to a time when you
were near the ocean waves, and as you imagine the waves expanding to the
shore, and slowing as they return to the sea, you can remember the soft sand
between your toes, as the waves expand to the surface, and the sea smelling breeze
is such a wonder, as the waves again and again move deeply inside the vast ocean
surface, the waves continue to expand and return slowly and easily moving inside
the ocean’s self, as it is sooo easy, and sooo natural for things to change and flow…

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the water really can allow each wave to move deeper into the ocean, as the changes
on the surface are telling a story of peace, calm, and relaxing changes. Smelling that
thick flowing air as the waves expand, and continue to slowly enter the calm and
deep ocean, each wave expands only to wonder what its like to let go, now… as the
ocean takes itself on a journey into the waters of the mind and soul.”

https://christopher-delaney.com/2015/09/10/free-hypnotherapy-script-
ericksonian-confusion-technique/

D. Counting and Reversing

Ask the client to start counting up from some number. Then tell the client
each time I say “reverse”, you will change the direction you are counting.
And, each time I say faster or slower, you will start counting in that direction
faster or slower as I command. After the client seems overloaded, tell them to
relax and go deeper.

VII. A FEW MORE COMMENTS ABOUT

ANALYTICAL/INTELLECTUAL CLIENTS
A. Some comments
“I am . . . having difficulty with a client who analyses everything. . . . she is constantly
questioning, ie; am i visualising the right thing,will I go into hypnosis, should i be
visualising in this colour or that, and so on meaning she is unable to let go. . . .

[REPLY] I never tell my clients I am going to hypnotise them. I tell them it is an eyes
closed process. I ask them if they are able to close their eyes and of course they say
yes, so I then tell them this is all they need to do. A lot of clients have never
experienced hypnosis on themselves so they are always wondering what the feeling

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will be like and anxious if they are under or not. Explain that by asking them to close
their eyes it makes their 5 senses work so much better and will enhance this
wonderful feeling and that is all they have to do. Tell them that everyone
experiences this process differently and that there is no right or wrong way.
Whatever colour, event or experience they visualise it will be the right one or way
for them. . . .

[ANOTHER REPLY] I’ve found that analytical clients must be given many things to
think about so that they stop second guessing everything you say to them. To do
this, I usually give the client many options to think about. For example, when using
progressive relaxation techniques, I often say that Im not sure when you will begin
to relax - maybe right away or maybe in a little while -- whenever you begin to
notice the relaxation happening is the right time for you." This way they dont have
to wonder if they are doing the right thing all the time. Also, make sure to have many
options available - in other words, always speak in inferences instead of speaking
directly. You will find that your client will eventually drop into a deep hypnotic state
as soon as they realize that they dont have to analyze everything. . . .

[ANOTHER REPLY] Analytical clients. Be artfully vague, eg In front of you is a door

or gate. It can be made of any material you want, Is it wood or is it metal? Feel it is it
rough or smooth? Is it warm or cool?" let them make their own picture.
You can add a bit of confusional dialogue in there by mixing things up a little. Eg
"feel it is it rough or cool, maybe its warm or smooth! Either way its Just right and its
the doorway to DEEPER DEEPER RELAXATION" Its a simplistic example but enough
to send the clients conscious mind into a spin looking to make sense whilst you
continue to deliver suggestions of going deeper. . . .

[ANOTHER REPLY] I did emphasise that there was no right or wrong and to go with
whatever her imagination gives her as we are all different etc. . . .

[ANOTHER REPLY] I also share she will hear me, follow suggestions that are only in
line with what she wants, and I also explain the difference of stage hypnosis so they
know they are always in control.”

https://www.hypnoticworld.com/forums/view?forum=1558

B. Another comment
“I love it when a session goes better than expected. And this last one I did tonight
went much much better than I had hoped or even dreamed! This particular client
was over-analytic. . . . She said she even surprised herself that she was able to let
herself go. So, how did I do it? I just asked her to allow the analytical part of her to
sit in the bleachers and observe the session along with me, and that she could be just
as fascinated by whatever comes up as I am and analyze it later. I didn't even have to
do a confusion induction.”

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http://hypnothoughts.com/stephanie-conkle/blog/3362/bring-on-the-
analytical-clients-yeah-baby

C. For more ideas and inductions for

analytical/intellectual clients
See: “Inductions That Are Designed for Analytical Subjects; Created: 02/14/14
03:03:58PM”

http://hypnothoughts.com/community/forum/community/92051/inductions-
that-are-designed-for-analytical-subjects/p=8

VIII. SOME CARTOONS AND IMAGES ABOUT

HYPNOSIS, SELF-HYPNOSIS, AND THE NEED TO FEEL
LIKE ONE IS IN CONTROL (so we remember to smile
and not take ourselves too seriously!)

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