10/31/2025
It’s not the induction that creates trance
It’s the first contact, the phone call, the zoom call, the handshake
You may have spent 4,000 or 5,000 minutes preparing to be a Hypnotherapist
But the success of the actual session is created in the first 5 minutes of contact
I have students say – “what do I do when the Client is unresponsive or won’t follow my direction”
I say “What did you do in the first 5 minutes?”
That’s where the trust and the bond begins
Hypnosis as therapy isn’t about hypnosis – it’s about agreed trust