Comments on: Get It Here! Super Speedy Mega Hyper Quick Hypnotherapy!

By: Korey Samuelson

Korey Samuelson — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:00:56 +0000

I’ve often use the metaphor of winning the lottery as the instant change that people seek. An instant cash windfall can indeed happen and the life of the winner can indeed be transformed instantly and permanently for the bliss of all involved.

However, it can also happen that all that money, no matter the quantity, will not last long. The winner, having not earned money or the skills to spend wisely or the skills to maintain the wealth, let alone invest and have it grow, may be worse off at the end of the whole experience.

When an individual creates their own success, whether alone or with the guidance of another, they will know how to maintain that level of achievement or regain it if it’s lost. And that level of skill can take time.

It may be cliché but it’s not (just) about the goal, it’s about who you become as you strive to achieve it.

Self-efficacy is absolutely the key to long-term success. Quick change is pointless if it cannot be maintained long-term.

By: Adam Eason

Adam Eason — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:24:14 +0000

In reply to Duff. Thank you for taking to write and say that, I really appreciate what you've written. My very best wishes to you, Adam.

By: Duff

Duff — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:43:51 +0000

Wonderful, thank you. Clients often don’t even know that change is possible, whether in 10 sessions or 3 sessions, let alone 5 minutes. There is no reason to rush it to impress one’s colleagues. I’d rather do work with people that makes sure to get a good result rather than rush things and overlook something useful I could do. Milton Erickson used to sometimes do 100 or more sessions with a client, and he is arguably the founder of “brief therapy.”

By: howard Cooper

howard Cooper — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:38:13 +0000

In reply to Adam Eason.

Indeed… less is not always better… quite right! 🙂

By: Adam Eason

Adam Eason — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:33:39 +0000

In reply to Howard.

Thanks for that Howard, appreciate the LOTR reference in particular 🙂

I would never advocate taking longer than is necessary. Likewise, and my point in writing here today, I would never advocate taking shorter than is necessary. Those insisting that less is always better, just because it is, create problems for this field in my opinion!

My very best wishes to you, Adam.

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:24:48 +0000

I enjoyed reading this blog Adam as this is a theme that is very much in my field of interest (having a weekly podcast named Rapid Change Matters)…

In fact, despite feeling like I’m on a mission to show the world that Rapid Change is possible, I also like to caveat this claim with, I do not advocate that there is “1 technique to rule them all” (apologies for Lord of the rings reference!)

Nor is speed even the most important factor…

Simply that I rail against therapies that set out to work for longer than maybe necessary. ie. starting out by telling someone who you work with that we use a 10 session approach.

The founder of Cognitive Hypnotherapy, Trevor Silvester summed it up very nicely for me… when he talked about change-work being little like cutting a loaf of bread. You see his wife purportedly has very neat slices… whilst Trevor used to have messy crumbly wedges because he was using too much force! The difference being he explains is that his wife cuts to the speed of the bread!

I think we can take this metaphor a little further and explore how we can make our knives sharper but having one blade that we power through every loaf regardless of size, shape, or nutty texture may result in some quick bread chunks… but would they make a beautifully shaped sandwich that you’d serve in the savoy?