Why talking about the splinter in your finger does not stop it from getting infected...
/I often get asked how my work is different from Psychology, Counselling or even most other Hypnotherapists… Also, since about 90% of my clients come to me through word-of-mouth referrals, I thought it’d be helpful to share my ‘splinter in the finger’ analogy… 🌟
First, let's understand what hypnosis is:
It's a naturally occurring state of the brain that you probably enter several times a day. Think about those moments when you're driving, and suddenly you realise that you can't recall passing a specific landmark or roundabout. You were daydreaming, and a part of your subconscious was handling the driving, fully focused on the task at hand, while your conscious mind was elsewhere. 🚗
Children do this all the time, seemingly lost in their thoughts but absorbing everything around them. Similarly, when people are glued to their phones, mindlessly scrolling, and then wonder where the time went – that's akin to a state of hypnosis.
The more you do it, the better you get at it
As with everything else in life: the more you practise, the better you become at it. So keep listening to the complementary hypnosis recordings I sent you…
The splinter in your finger analogy…
Imagine one day you notice that you have a splinter in your finger… You don’t know how long it’s been there, but now you know it’s there: It's bugging you and often it’s painful and occasionally it even gets infected… 🤕
Is it really all that helpful to know which piece of wood the splinter came from? Was it this bench you sat on? Or that bench? Or maybe that sleeper? Or was it a different thing altogether…?
And does it help you to know if it was pine or oak or camphor laurel? In which forest the tree grow, where it was milled, who built the thing that ultimately resulted in you having a splinter in your finger...?? 🌲
Even when you can accurately answer each of those questions… That’s lovely…! It might even give you a very short-lived sense of relief…
Because ultimately you STILL have a splinter in your finger... And it hurts! And over the years that splinter will still become infected and fester.
At times it might calm down a bit but then you bump it and it hurts again… 🤒
And again… And again…
Clearly “trying to understand and uncover” every single detail does NOT make it miraculously disappear!
Here is my style of therapy:
Do you want to do what it takes to stop it getting infected, remove the splinter, do the exercises so it can all heal up properly so that you can get on with life…?
Because knowing where the tree grew and how it got into your finger is all lovely but it doesn’t change a thing…!
All I want for you is to help you remove the splinter so that you can live life again. ❤️🩹
As a bonus, you’ll also learn how to stop more splinters from getting in that easily.
So when you’re ready please just give Jane a call on 0422 525843. In case you haven’t met Jane yet: Jane is my wonderful, kind and helpful receptionist and friend who has been with me for at least 12 of my 15 years as a clinical Hypnotherapist…
I can’t wait to help you get rid of your splinters…!
Yours in happiness and wellbeing
Silke 🌟