In session 1.3. you saw how Dr. Verena Stinhoff was able to guide a patient successfully through a stressful situation using Comfort Talk ®. The research trials described in segment 1.4. will empirically provide you with the knowledge that offering, just offering, your Comfort Talk ® skills can improve patient outcomes. But emotionally it still takes an extra dash of self-confidence to get started. Experiencing self-hypnosis oneself may be the best way to understand it. Note that “self-hypnosis” and “self-hypnotic relaxation” are not to be misunderstood as “hypnotherapy” but as methods for guiding a person to mobilize inner resources and achieve focus to help relax them or enter a state of resourcefulness.

In the following section, you can listen to parts of the script we used in the clinical trials described in Segment 1.4. We will use this script throughout this course but in addition to the basic elements, the use of different “inserts” will allow it to be tailored to the objective at hand. The purpose of this recording is to provide you with a sense of confidence whenever you may need it at a moment’s notice (and to familiarize you with hypnoidal language). The insert uses anchoring which connects a particular experience (in this case, a moment of confidence) with a specific signal you choose to allow you to reenter this state at any time you desire thereafter.

Make yourself comfortable and just enjoy the experience. As always, don’t listen while you are driving, operating machinery, or otherwise need to give close attention to what is happening around you right now.

Please listen to the recording:

Recording 1.5.1  Confidence

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Fully alert again in the here and now? If not, you can just count backwards from 3 to 1 again and stretch and move around a bit: on 3 getting ready, on 2 rolling up your eyes and 1 with eyes wide open feeling refreshed, alert, and ready to go on with learning and reflection.

You may want to reflect on the experience. Best to write down your impressions in response to the following prompts—they can be in your journal when you later revisit your work. Also, writing things down helps to learn and retain what it is important.

Please enter your thoughts in response to the following questions:

R1.5.1  What was the experience like for you?

R1.5.2  Did you experience a magic moment where everything clicked? Can you describe it?

R1.5.3  Which anchor (part of the experience) did/do you prefer to associate with the experience of confidence? A color (visual)? A sound/melody (auditory)? A feeling (kinethestic)? Touching thumb and forefinger or curling your toes (kinethestic)? A combination of the above?

• Session 1 Segments
  • 1.1 Welcome
  • 1.2 Introduction
  • 1.3 Confidence
  • 1.4 Science and Background of Comfort Talk
  • 1.5 Experiencing Confidence and Self-Hypnosis
  • 1.6 Rapport
  • 1.7 Sensory Preferences
  • 1.8 Sensory Preferences—Eyes
  • 1.9 The Study Script
  • 1.10 Hypnoidal Language
  • 1.11 Negative Suggestions
  • 1.12 Touching
  • 1.13 Comforting Words
  • 1.14 Encouragement
  • 1.15 Frank's Method
  • 1.16 Anxiety Management
  • 1.17 Ideomotor Signals
  • 1.18 Pain Management
  • 1.19 Pitfalls
  • 1.20 Conclusion Session 1
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