It has taken me a little while to get back and update (apologies).
We have made some great progress – have just heard from client’s wife today that client is moving to thinking and engaging in things that they previously not considered a possibility.
It’s a bit of a story. As I mentioned earlier, we were unable to meet F2F due to Victorian Covid lockdown. We had two zoom meetings where I did hypnosis for relaxation (and readiness for change) for both the client and his partner. I supplied recordings and tasking.
Subsequently, we have been able to meet face to face and we have dealt with a range of issues. Order below:
1. Clients well formed goals/Evidence Procedure
2. Secondary gain (we managed to have a very open and frank conversation around this, and discussed identity and financial gains from various sources). Both client and partner were adamant that they were prepared to give up gains for improvement). I note Sandra’s point on secondary gain – if we couldn’t get past that, we would have had no success. See issue arising with mother below.
3. Timeline Therapy – cleared all major negative emotions and a number of specific events. Was a very slow process. Client very ‘K’. Got faster with experience. Immediate positive results, able to move arms when could not previously, other mobility issues improved. When cramping occurred, I used pain paradigm – what’s the emotion you are feeling now etc. Very successful. 3 two hour sessions with this client on TLT – no problem though as they both saw immediate improvements from first session. Slow going.
4. Set future images of self (internal representations) in client’s mind using hypnosis.
5. Setback caused by client’s mother. Family outing, mother insisted that client use scooter instead of walking – argument in public, humiliating for client. Client reverted to immobility..so used scooter.
6. Dealt with issues communicating/setting boundaries with mother. Step improvement again.
7. We have dealt with light sensitivity, sound sensitivity and a range of different issues. Have made strong use of hypnosis and submodality changes.
8. Overall – so far very successful. More to tell, later 🙂