When your therapist asked you to visualize the problem, and you couldn't, that is the same kind of thing that happens to me. If you ask me to visualize the source of the problem, nothing happens. Which is why I take a very different approach with my clients:
I take them to a location, a safe place. I get them practiced at allowing their subconscious mind to interject imagery into the scene. Then I ask them to simply ponder on the question (such as "think about the behavior which you are doing, and ask yourself why you might be doing it, and just let that question mull around in the back of your mind. Let it bounce around, and stir up thoughts, memories, and ideas.") Then I have them wander around in their safe place, looking around, and see what stands out to them, what catches their attention the strongest. What comes up is almost always a symbol for the root problem. It's not THE problem, but it is almost always either a stand-in for the problem, or a pointer to the solution.
So the next time you are asked to visualize something, don't TRY to visualize it. Instead, just ALLOW yourself to visualize WHATEVER comes up (and by visualize, I mean allow ALL of your senses to create whatever experience they want to) , and then tell your hypnotherapist what you see, hear, feel, smell, taste, and what emotions that come up. Let the idea of the question create the imagery, and it will (under almost all circumstances) be appropriate and useful.
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Posted - 01/04/2012 : 3:00:15 PM
