Analyse either the CRC or Hartland Ego-Strengthening script to make clear why they are effective if indeed you believe they are. How might you improve them.
The script "Calmness, Rest = Self confidence" (CRC, see word in appendix) is aimed at giving the client calm and confidence. It can be used during the remedy portion of the trance alone or as a primer for some more focussed therapy, e. g. smoking cessation (NCHP, 2011). In this article, I'll analyse the script at two levels: composition and language. Inside the light of this analysis, I'll evaluate the script and suggest some improvements.
The script is meant to keep going about 10 minutes. It could be divided into seven parts of roughly equal lengths according to their theme. The parts build on the other person to deepen the client's leisure after and during the therapy procedure. In chronological order:
Calmness: your client is given a post-hypnotic advice to remain peaceful when the trance is over.
More positive conception of problems: your client should build-up on his rest to package more calmly and objectively with common tense situations.
Energy conservation: Because of his mental rest, the client is now able to relax physically and use his body more efficiently.
Confidence: It is the effect of the mental and physical rest.
Tensions go away: During the second 50 % of the script, the leisure now includes both physical and mental tensions. This section carries a body check to make sure it is no cost of stress.
Coping: This section strengthen the post-hypnotic advice of section 2. The client shouldn't exaggerate the value of his problems.
Wrapping up: The past three phrases conclude the script by repeating differently the key themes.
The analysis shows three main themes: physical and mental relaxation (portions 1 and 5), confidence drawn from relaxation (areas 4 and 7) and efficiency in everyday activities, both during normal activities and in demanding situations (parts 2, 3 and 6). The script cycles between physical and mental rest and builds on one to deepen the other. The quick body check by the end of section 5 makes sure the client doesn't tense up. By this time, the trance has lasted about 15 to 20 minutes and anxiety would be distractive for the rest of the script, in particular if the script is accompanied by further therapy.
At the dialect level, the Milton model of hypnotic terms (Burton, 2007) is a useful tool for evaluation. This model is normally found in neuro-linguistic development (NLP) and is based on the language utilized by Milton Erickson, the daddy of modern hypnotherapy. The Milton model relies on the assumption that some syntax increases results on the unconscious since it by-passes or distracts the conscious mind.
The main repetitive framework is the sequence of an modal operator (will) associated with an unspecified verb. Regarding the model, "will" implies a positive outcome for the verb it identifies. The unspecified verbs illustrate either a positive evolution (become, establish, convince, believe, lose, find), the client's experience during the trance (feel), or the permanence of an positive express (keep, remain). The latter is used for post-hypnotic recommendations.
The second important aspect of the script is the linking terminology. Relatively different phrases are being used to fortify and link the recommendations. "As the days go by" is repeated 8 times and "so too" occurs 4 times. Mutually they generate a mantra to that your patient can anchor. "As time goes by" reinforces the result of the unspecified verbs about advancement. "So too" associated with other causal linking words (because, therefore) structures the progression of the script by developing a causal narrative between leisure, calm and confidence.
The last language pattern appealing in the script is the utilization of negative concepts. They are specially common at the beginning (worries, problem, annoy, upset). Of course, they can be always part of the sentence that indicates their decrease or removal for the good thing about the client. As the debate continues to be open on the utilization of negative ideas during trance, I feel that working on the ability to weaken problems can charm better to the individual than aiming towards potentially unreachable ideals expressed by positive concepts.
At the phrase level, the majority of the script is fairly clear-cut. It's only in the summary that two more complex structures are used. A lost performative introduces a general declaration about the benefits associated with the period (you will find that this interior feeling [] brings benefits). The conclusion is a presupposition with a straightforward analogy (it'll be just as though a weight have been raised from you []). Their position by the end of the script forces the client's brain to work a bit harder. This probably improves the task on the unconscious during the deepest part of the trance.
Overall this script is fairly simple and to the idea. It is therefore designed to clients who haven't done much hypnosis. It grabs their attention immediately and the linking words keep the conscious busy to allow unconscious do its work. It is also very authoritarian. Based on the type of patient, it could be beneficial to offer less immediate suggestions. For instance, one could replace "will" by "can" and affiliate it with embedded commands (as your system is relaxing so well, you can notice that you utilize less energy) or dual binds (as you're becoming more comfortable, you can feel well informed or more optimistic about the near future).
To conclude, the CRC script is a highly effective and useful script than can be handy for mild conditions of stress. In practice, the therapist can utilize it as a template in which he can add specific problems that the client stated outside of hypnosis.
Appendix: Milton Model analysis of the CRC script
Key:
Embedded commands
Linking language
Lost performative
Cause and effect
Presupposition
Modal operators
Unspecified verbs
Double bind
Ambiguity
Negative concepts
Script:
"Because you are soothing so well. . . when this session is over you will keep with you as much as you will need of the sensation of calmness and relaxation that you have now. . . and this internal sense of calmness and leisure will remain along with you. . . in fact. . . as each day goes on. . . you will feel yourself becoming more and more mentally calm. . . your brain will become crystal clear. . . your concerns will seem less significant. . . your problems suppose their true proportions. At times things and people may still annoy and annoyed you. . . that's perfectly natural. . . but nothing at all and no-one will fret you to the same degree. . . nothing at all and no-one will annoyed one to the same level. . . your thinking will no longer be dominated by exaggerated problems and as the days go by and you are feeling yourself becoming a lot more mentally quiet. . . so too you will feel yourself becoming more and more physically relaxed. . . and this means that when you're working. . . it won't subject what job you're doing. . . it will not matter what your location is. . . it won't matter who's along. . . you'll only be using those muscles which amount of energy necessary to do that job. . . the rest of your body will be comforting. . . and in this way you'll save energy. . . energy that you'll need to take pleasure from life fully. . . just as. . . while you're walking. . . you'll never be rushing. . . you will be taking everything in your stride. . . only using those muscles and this amount of energy necessary that you can walk. . . the remainder of your system will be relaxing. Again. . . a further conservation of energy. Also. . . when you're sitting down. . . it will not matter where you are. . . it won't matter who's with you. . . if you are sitting down all of your body will be soothing. . . as time goes by. . . and as you're becoming a lot more mentally calm and increasingly more physically relaxed. . . so too you will feel more and more confident. . . since when we feel mentally calm and literally laid back then we feel comfortable and free to be ourselves. . . in order the days go by so when you're becoming more and more mentally calm. . . more and more physically calm. . . so too you will be feeling increasingly more confident. You will be more confident in yourself. . . well informed about whatever you're doing. . . well informed in your capacity to handle things and with people. . . but most importantly. . . more confident and more optimistic about the future. . .
. . . as time goes by and since you're becoming more and more mentally calm. . . increasingly more physically relaxed. . . increasingly more confident so too you will be losing any track of pointless mental and physical tension. . . because when you feel mentally peaceful. . . when you feel physically relaxed. . . when you have this inner sense of confidence. . . tension just can't and will not exist. . . because tension is just the contrary of calmness. . . rest. . . and assurance. . .
. . . in order the days pass. . . and as you feel increasingly more mentally calm. . . increasingly more physically relaxed. . . more and more confident. . . so you will eventually lose all track of unnecessary pressure in your mind. . . in that person. . . in your throat. . . in your shoulders. . . in your arms and hands. . . in your breasts. . . in your abdomen. . . in your rear. . . in your thighs and legs. Therefore, as the days go by and also you lose any traces of pointless pressure. . . whether mental or physical. . . you'll be able to cope with anything. . . with anybody. . . with any situation. . . more and more easily. . . because you'll be coping in a more calm. . . more comfortable. . . more confident manner. . . and as time goes by. . . you will notice. . . possibly by only small things in the beginning. . . that you will be indeed dealing with anything. . . with anybody. . . with any situation. . . much more easily. . . this will show you. . . it will prove to you. . . it'll convince you. . . that you will be indeed learning to be a more quiet. . . more relaxed. . . well informed person. Above all. . . it will prove to you. . . that the challenge that you experienced is slipping away into the past and related to you less and less. . . and you will find that inner sense of calmness. . . relaxation. . . and self confidence brings many benefits. Yes. . . viewers nothing at all and no-one will get worried you to the same degree. . . little or nothing and no-one will annoyed someone to the same magnitude. . . in fact. . . it will be just as though a weight had been raised from you giving you absolve to take it easy more fully. . . and to become more yourself. "
