ABSTRACT
Imagine yourself at work in your usual clinical context. You have a person in front of you who is in some form of distress, and you genuinely want to help make a positive difference in this person’s life. You gather salient information you believe will help you form a sensible intervention, and simultaneously you establish a nice rapport with the person. You suggest hypnosis may be helpful in the treatment process and invite the person to begin to focus on your words. You suggest beginning by shifting his or her focus inwardly and then you proceed with your induction. What happens to the person as he or she participates in this process? What’s qualitatively different, more or less, about the person experiencing hypnosis that makes performing hypnosis a worthwhile endeavor?
