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The Milton model was developed by Richard Bandler et al by observing the language patterns of Milton Erickson, who would help his clients change through conversational hypnotic patterns.  While the meta model is comprised of linguistic patterns to gain specificity in...

My wife reported one day that my eight year old daughter was having a hard time spelling and asked me if I would work with her to see if I had any ideas.  I asked my wife what the problem seemed to be and she reported that my daughter “just can’t seem to sound out the...

Let me describe the order and sequence of the strategy I use to brush my teeth: I realize that I am tired.  Usually, by feeing a heavy sensation in my head. I check the clock and confirm that it is late. I walk to the bathroom and find my toothbrush. I put toothpaste...

First, it is important to say that if what you are doing works, there is probably no reason to change or fix the strategy.  But if your strategy is not working, what’s stopping you from making the changes necessary for your success now? There are several ways to...

There is much debate in the hypnotherapy world about whether or not there are different “levels” of trance that are important in therapy.  Many people are convinced that trance depth has no relevance in therapeutic hypnosis.  I think that most of the time for most...

Scientifically, hypnosis can be described as a state where the mind produces alpha brainwave patterns.  Alpha wave patterns represent waves of 8-12 cycles a second, as measured by an EEG.  The alpha state is a naturally occurring state of mental relaxation.  While...

People tend to organize their time in one of two ways: Some people see their time as passing through their body.  Their future tends to be in front of them and their past seems to be behind them.  Their time line tends to run through their body.  This is how I...

I just ran accross a link that talks about conviction and our voice tonality and how it affects our presentation.  This is worth watching.  Notice how the way he says something affects the impact of what he says. Conviction Link

There were two identical twin brothers who went off to college.  They had always done everything together—they even played the same sports.  Now that they were off on their own and school had started, they started to form their new routines.   The first brother got in...