NLP Email Training 21

Quote

“Your unconscious is smarter than you are!”
– Dr. Milton Erickson

The Milton Model

The Milton Model was named after Milton Erickson, one of the most significant hypnotists of the last century. In his therapeutic training, he preferred a style of language often described as “artfully vague.” Such language patterns allow statements that sound specific but leave room to find the missing information within oneself. This way, the listener can add concrete content from their own experience. Using unspecific language forms aims to induce and maintain a trance state, thus bringing the counterpart into contact with their hidden, unconscious resources of their personality. There is a vast amount of stored material in the unconscious. In the trance state, learned limitations are loosened by the usual frames of reference, thereby unconsciously releasing potentials for problem-solving. It is important to integrate what is learned into everyday life to consciously remember it.

Exercise for This Week

For this exercise, you need two more partners. Form a group of three with them (A → B → C).

A thinks of something that fits the following description: a situation in which he/she is internally involved and where attention is focused on a specific area, e.g., jogging, reading a book, writing, watching TV, going to the cinema, a long car ride...

A gives a simple label for the situation – no details. Just one word, then A leans back, closes their eyes, and pretends to be in hypnosis. The other two should then describe in statements about sensory perceptions what would necessarily belong to the situation if they were experiencing it. You put yourself in the “I” position and no longer see the situation from the third person. Example situation: Jogging. Not “The sun shines on your body,” but “You feel your feet moving.”

You must remain indefinitely vague. B and C take turns every two sentences. Everyone should have a turn. Person A should be closely observed. A pays attention to which statements bring them deeper into the experience.

Supplementary links

Audio:
The Milton Model – A brief introduction »»»
Stephan explains some patterns of the Milton Model in short examples.

Trance Induction 5-4-3-2-1 »»»
Here you will find a way to lead someone into a trance.

Text:
Biography of Milton Erickson »»»
Probably the most significant hypnotist of our century.

Metaphor of the Week

The Circus Bear
Once upon a time, there was a circus bear. His home consisted of a small cage. He had been born in such a cage and spent his free time taking ten steps forward and then ten steps backward in this cage. Eventually, the circus director decided to give up the circus as it was only making losses. He drove with the bear into the forest, set the cage down, and opened the door before driving away. The bear stuck his nose out of the open cage door. Now the world was open to him for a life as a free bear. The bear jumped out of the cage. He trudged one step forward, four, six, eight, nine... But after the tenth step, the bear went ten steps backward again...

Book Recommendation

Therapy in Trance
Authors: Richard Bandler & John Grinder

Short Description:
“Therapy in Trance” is a teaching seminar by John Grinder and Richard Bandler, for somewhat more advanced readers. The book offers a comprehensive overview of hypnosis techniques and invites you to gradually develop your hypnotic skills through practical exercises. Carefully selected case studies complement this work with a wealth of therapeutic contexts in which the described procedures can be promisingly applied.

Here the book can be ordered: Now at Amazon

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