Out of Conscious Unconscious

& Trance

Introduction

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Workbook Week 5

Hey there Agents of Change!

Welcome to what I call the Pièces de Résistance of Systems of Change… The Out of Conscious Unconscious System!

Once you have discovered the “Out of Conscious” System you will have two choices:

To make the Out of Conscious, Conscious… Bring awareness to the experience of what is happening out of consciousness.

2. Leave that system Out of Conscious and your approach will be very different. You can use that system to then “mind read” and provoke internal searches or create a trance state.

For our purposes we are going to choose the later. In doing that here a couple ways we can do that:

1. Use the Out of Conscious system to produce amnesia for beneficial suggestions:

I am using an example from: (Monsters & Magical Sticks pg. 98)

A person presents with Visual Output System/ Auditory Input System and Kinesthetic Out of Conscious System. Client states,

“Everything looks hopeless. When I see people looking at me I get really upset.”

*Therapist asked: “Tell me what the sound of hopelessness was. Persons face goes blank, looks confused. At that point, the therapist said, “Ok, instead, you can begin to feel stronger and feel more calm”.

*Client then replied, “What? I didn’t hear what you said.”

*Since the “suggestion” was made in her out of conscious system, while she was using her other system to search, she had amnesia for the therapist words.

2. Using the Out of Conscious to create trance through shock:

With this method you simply ignore the conscious and unconscious system, and go straight to the out of conscious system.

a. Example:

Conscious output system = Kinesthetic
Unconscious Input system = Auditory
Out of Conscious System = Visual

The client is speaking Kinesthetically about how bad they feel.

You respond, “ When you see what those feeling look like, I know you will be able to change the picture to one that looks much better.”

*With this approach, you have a good chance of producing amnesia for what you have said, causing an informal hypnotic state and producing an unconscious restructure without the client being aware of how all of this has taken place.

Workbook Week 5

You use hypnosis not as a cure

but as a means of establishing

a favorable climate in which to learn.”

~ Milton H. Erickson~

FAQ

DOES EVERYONE HAVE A OUT OF CONSCIOUS UNCONSCIOUS SYSTEM?

Each individual that is stuck will have a part of the experience that is keeping them stuck that will be kept in part of the unconscious mind. Does this mean that everyone has an out of conscious unconscious system… yes, to some degree.

Our job as agents of change is to help the individual to either release the charge, perception or belief that is keeping the individual stuck and to help re-write the metaphor so that the individual is able to move forward in their life.

WHY IS WORKING WITH THE OUT OF CONSCIOUS UNCONSCIOUS SYSTEM SO IMPORTANT?

Working with the individual’s weakest system or unconscious out of conscious system is important because unless every aspect of a issue has been released and re-written (or perception changed) the mind will have the ability to recreate the issue.

When we work with the conscious aspects of an issue the client will have relief and often will be able to say that the issue has changed, but will also be able to recreate it if aspects that are unconscious are not addressed.

WHO WILL I BE WITHOUT THIS?

Another source root of a secondary gain is the need to stay a part of our tribe. An individual might not like their family or the family behavior but on an unconscious level the unproductive behavior keeps them close to the family.

Or they might not have any other experience so are unable to imagine who they would be with out the behavior.

SECONDARY PAIN AND CHRONIC PAIN?

Secondary gain plays a critical role in patients with chronic pain syndromes.

It includes such things as avoiding onerous tasks;

EXAMPLE: a worker is injured on the job. Often the patient perceives himself/herself as strong and able to carry on a hard, demanding physical job throughout their working life. However, as he/she reaches his/her early 50s, the body begins to show evidence of age and he/she is no longer able to perform the tasks.
Next, he/she develops either a real or perceived injury and disability that prevents him/her from returning to the job; the individual may not want to return to work, does not want to return to that job in particular, or does not have the skills to find a different job.
The regular payments, received from the insurance industry or the disability system, provide a way to avoid going back to work, while providing a living.

Your time to shine is NOW!!

Right here Right Now!

I ‘m excited and grateful to be sharing this part of the journey with you!

Let’s Do This!