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http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-3/
http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-4/
Joshua Houghton
1/21/2014
A newly qualified or trainee hypnotist will rely heavily on the standard scripts and deepeners their training
organization furnishes them with, and quite right too. Given time and confidence theyll adapt these to suit
themselves more closely.
But what if that basic script and deepeners arent quite sufficient? What if that reliable deepener leaves you
facing a fidgeting client whos clearly a long way from the level of trance required for the work you had
planned?
The key is to have several deepeners up your sleeve. (You might think Im speaking figuratively here, but I
know one student who literally wrote keywords on her forearms, and would quietly roll her sleeve up for a
quick reminder while her client lay with eyes closed, blissfully unaware!) If one deepener isnt enough, you
can smoothly progress straight on to another.
Many books on hypnosis will include several deepening scripts (see the resources section of the website for
some recommendations). But to help you start your collection of deepeners, youll find 10 well known and
reliable ones outlined in this series of articles.
If you exhaust all of these and still dont have a relaxed and receptive client, perhaps you should reconsider
your induction techniques and pre-hypnosis preparation talk!
The Deepeners
Many deepeners are based on counting, and/or asking the client to visualize moving downwards as this
naturally corresponds to going deeper into trance. They are really just variations on a theme, but those
variations mean you can use them all without the client thinking youre just repeating yourself (with the
suspicion, its not working)!
Other deepeners use physical sensations to increase relaxation, using deep exhalations, opening and closing
eyes, comparing tense and relaxed muscles, inducing heaviness or lightness, and so on. They can all be used
in conjunction with each other, giving you a comprehensive combination of tools to deepen the trance of
your clients.
So now in few moments Im going to start counting backwards from ten down to one and as I count
down from ten to one in a few moments youll find yourself relaxing more and more deeply with each
number drifting deeper and deeper into relaxation and its a really pleasant sensation to be so deeply
relaxed (pause, and watch the clients breathing to synchronize each number with an exhalation)
And ten beginning to relax and nine noticing how each time you breathe out your muscles quite
naturally relax and let go of tension and eight drifting deeper and deeper into that softcomfortable
feeling of relaxation with every breath and seven more and more relaxed
And so on, until you reach one and the client is ready for the therapeutic input you had in mind.
However, a simple countdown isnt always enough, and most hypnotists use some form of visualization along
with the countdown to help reach a deep trance more quickly. Good visualization can be an extremely
http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/5-ways-visualizations-powerful/ pleasant experience, making the client
look forward to sessions, and relax more deeply and quickly each time.
http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-2/
Joshua Houghton
1/22/2014
In part one, we looked at the reasons why a good hypnotist has to know several different deepening scripts,
and detailed two classic deepeners the simple countdown, and a countdown with a descending staircase
visualization.
Here in part two, lets look at some different visualizations that can be used in addition to the deepeners in
part one.
http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-3/
I guess youve made it through Deepeners part 1 http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-1/ and
Deepeners part2 http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-2/, and youre back for more
deepeners. Here as promised well explore some that utilize physical sensations to increase the depth of
trance in your subject. Theyre similar to some (and indeed can be used as) effective inductions.
I dont know about you, but when I read detailed scripts like the ones here, I find myself relaxing with them
I nearly fell asleep while writing the Vogts fractionation below whether it was the highly effective nature
of the script or that I was boring myself to sleep Ill let you be the judge!
will want to close as you feel more and more relaxed and sleepy in fact, they will close and youll drift off
into a deep deep state of blissful relaxation a much, much deeper state than youre feeling right now so
when I count up to five and you wake up you wont be able to keep your eyes open for very long at all
because youll feel so very, very tired so very, very drowsy that theyll soon start to blink and close. And
youll fall into a deep deep sleep
When the subject is then woken up, their eyes will begin to blink, or will remain half closed and this quite
natural state is what we utilize if they blink, youll say something like:
There you are your eyes are starting to blink because they feel so tired and drowsy theyre feeling heavier
and heavier and they just want to close
If they dont blink, but remain half-closed and sleepy, you might say:
Thats right notice how sleepy and drowsy those eyes feel they dont really want to stay open because
youre feeling more and more sleepy as Im talking to you more and more drowsy your eyelids are feeling
heavier and heavier and you cant help but let them close and youre falling into a deeper and deeper
sleep
If you deepen the trance even more using a countdown or visualization, then wake the client again, when
they drift back into trance theyll go even deeper and faster, and be more open to your therapeutic
intervention.
Before waking them up, you can suggest that when you mention the word sleep, theyll be unable to resist
closing their eyes and drifting off into a deep, deep, relaxing sleep.
http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/deepeners-part-4/
Joshua Houghton
1/24/2014
Here we are, at the final part of this mini-series about deepeners. By the time youve finished reading this
part, assuming youve looked at the first three articles in the series, youll have a nice, reliable bank of 10
methods for deepening the level of trance that your hypnosis clients experience.
By carefully noting what the client was feeling and in what order, you can take them back into trance,
describing what they are going to feel, in the same order as before.
It seems theres no resistance to these suggestions because they reflect what the client has already
experienced and expects to experience again.
This confirmation of the clients experience helps them to go deeper into trance each time, as they recognize
what you are telling them, and therefore accept that they must be going into trance.
You can repeat the procedure of waking them, discussing anything new about their experience this time, and
then inducing trance again, utilizing the new information. Each time, the level of trance achieved should be
noticeably deeper.