Hypnotism E-Zine

The Allegorical Hypnotism E-Zine
Written & Published by Carl Weisbrod, Ph.D.
Vol. 6 No. 33 ~ ISSN 1537-2820 ~ (c) July 2006

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I. Rantings & Ravings (editorial)
II. The Weisbrod Digest of Seminars
III. AskCarl's FAQs & Two-Valued Tricks
IV. Rasputin's Zap Chamber
V. Fresh Approaches to LifeStyle Problems
VI. Jokes 'n FunStuff {:-D
VII. Hypnosis & the Medical Diagnosis
VIII. Rip-Off of the Week
IX. The Allegory Approach to Hypnotism
X. The WDS Bedtime Story (a sample allegory)
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I. Rantings & Ravings(h)
I haven't done a private hypnosis session in several years, but I still get an occasional telephone call from a former patient hoping for an appointment. I hate to tell them that I'm no longer equipped to do such a session, especially since I can't even offer a referral source.

Today, I got a such a call from Oregon man reminding me of a successful session I had with his wife and himself for smoking elimination--over 20 years ago.

I'm motivated to find a way to deal with that category of need. I believe the computer, a low-cost phone connection, and a video camera may be the answer. The technology is there, the hardware is very inexpensive, the bottleneck, however, has to to with the public acceptance of such a system.

For the first time in history, technology is so far ahead of the need that its value is difficult to recognize.

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II. The Weisbrod Digest of Seminars (h)
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III. AskCarl's FAQs & Two-Valued Tricks (h)
Question:
AskCarl:
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IIIa. Two-Value Tricks (o)
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IV. Rasputin's Zap Chamber (h)
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IV. Rasputin's Zap Chamber (h)

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V. Fresh Approaches to LifeStyle Problems (h)
I like to listen to the radio and television talk-show therapists. These folks are sharp to begin with, and gain a level of experience not possible by us lesser mortals.

They have one problem that an in-office therapist doesn't have. They must work without the data generated by the office interview. How do they do that?

They must work by template.

Have you had the experience of a computer tech support person working (you can tell) from a computer-screen list of steps? If your problem doesn't fit the template they are working from, it's unlikely you will get your problem solved. It most cases, however it does.

It's the same with the media therapist. Both the therapist and his or her screener understands the formats used, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have some kind of code to communicate the template a particular patient will fall within.

Armed with this information, the therapist can launch into a tirade based on a pre-organized system. These docs are very smart, but with this system they appear smarter than they actually are. I wouldn't be surprised if they have lost the knack of gathering a complete history or doing a mental status evaluation.
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VI. Jokes 'n FunStuff {:-D (h)
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VII. Hypnosis & the Medical Diagnosis (h)
The best example of a dumbing-down system is found in the presidential race. It's personified by the concept of two-value thinking. The results have been wars that should have never happened, and broken social systems that fail, are resurrected, and fail again.

A therapist should never carry such a system (or a template system) into the clinical office.

Let me offer an example. You are called upon to do marital therapy, and decide to see each partner separately. A simplistic approach is the divide your note page in half. On one side note the defensive statements made by the first partner. On the other side note the accusations made toward the other partner.

I suggest offering only enough input to give the patient a feeling that the therapist is involved. The therapist's job (initially) is to ask questions that will bring out maximum information during the interview.

Handle the other interview in the same way. Eventually, as both columns spread down the sheet, a pattern will emerge.
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VIII. Rip-Off of the Week (h)
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IX. The Allegory Approach to Hypnotism (h)
This allegory is silly on purpose. So many problems are a result of someone making the same mistake over and over again, and with each cycle the injury becomes more severe. Being correct is often not a cure.
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X. The WDS Bedtime Story (an allegory) (h)

- Beware of the Dog -

First told 7-04

Once upon a time a man was walking home from work and he passed a house that had a sign that said "Beware, vicious biting dog!"

Sure enough as the man passed in from of the house a yapping and growling dog ran out from under the house and bit the man painfully on the leg. *crunch*

The man yelped with pain and the dog ran back under the house.

The next day, when the man saw the "Beware of vicious biting dog" he tensed up and sure enough, out ran the same dog and again bit him on the leg.

This isn't right, the man whined. I've done nothing to deserve being bitten by this dog. He knew he could have easily taken another route, but since it was the dog that was wrong, not him, he continued to walk by the same house, and each time the dog would bite him on the leg.

After a couple of weeks, the bites were increasingly painful because the injury from the previous bites hadn't healed so it was injury on top of injury.

A friend noticed he was limping and asked what was the problem.

The many explained about the "Beware of vicious biting dog" and how each time he passed that same house the same dog ran out and bit him on the leg.

The friend asked why he didn't take another route to avoid the painful bites, to which the man said, "Why should I? I've done nothing wrong. It's the dog that is wrong, not me."

So week after week the man kept walking by the house and the dog kept biting him on the leg until he eventually died from compound dog bites.
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And with that, the work of this #[in work] WDS E-Zine (Hypnotism Edition) is now done.
Carl Weisbrod
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