Responsibility in Hypnosis

Sometimes we believe in Hypnosis as a magical solution: we would like to lie down on the therapist’s bed (we hope it is) to be “fixed”, but perhaps, in a therapeutic path, it is not all that simple. What are the responsibilities at stake?

“I know that hypnosis can be the solution to my problems, doctor, do it yourself, I rely on!”

This is how some begin by asking, between the lines, to “fix” their lives, under the illusion of discharging the responsibility for their own healing to those who, with the magic wand of hypnosis, can make them lie down on the chaise longue of a study and arrange everything with some ” miraculous technique “.

Let’s talk about responsibility

This is the first goal of any therapeutic path and, as happens in any other approach, even the “magic” of hypnosis is effective to the extent that an empathic bond , of trust, of communion of purpose is established between therapist and patient. and, last but not least, the recognition of roles.

If the psychotherapist has the knowledge of some useful techniques and perhaps a little intuition and experience, the patient has the potential that will allow him to make changes in his life and that can only be mobilized following the awareness of his own responsibility.

No pendulums, no fluids, but only the creative use of the word, to paint together impalpable and at the same time real scenarios, to travel intensely involving paths, sometimes simple, sometimes tortuous, sometimes full of obstacles, harbingers of extraordinary discoveries and new acquaintance.

The power of hypnosis

Of course, it would be much more convenient to leave it to someone else, but the power of hypnosis lies in the fact that the resources that are used to implement the desired change have always belonged to the patient. To observe and appreciate them, he needs a mirror, which reflects the most hidden and profound aspects, which cannot simply be told, but can be “seen”, at the right time, observing with the eyes of the unconscious , wanting to “see “. This mirror is the therapist.

Not conditioning, not magic, but the creative process of construction or re-construction of identity on the basis of profound and authentic principles, no longer apparent and superficial.

No more satisfaction with the expectations of others , or an unattainable ideal, but a progressive and stable expression of the potentialities hidden, or forgotten, or not accessible, for some reason.

The real magic consists in the awareness of finally being able to adhere to one’s nature and life through introspection, change of perspective, coherence in action, with commitment and effort it is true, but the stakes are high and could be worth the penalty.