Higher Psychology. Maxim Vlasov

client resources: Ericksonian hypnosis assumes that each person has all the necessary resources to solve their problems. And this is the absolute truth. Life will not create problems for a person that he cannot solve. Problems are sent to us for growth and development, not to break us, so they cannot be too much for us. You can consider this an axiom [a statement of a theory that is accepted as true within the framework of this theory without the requirement of proof and is used to prove its other provisions]. So, the goal of the therapist, in our case, is a specialist in higher psychology – to help the client gain access to their resources and activate them. To do this, it is necessary to instill in a person faith in his own capabilities. This is what we do when we say that he himself can understand everything, feel everything, in relation to the higher forces that are trying to realize their plan through him. He just needs to listen to himself. We inspire a person to believe in the influence of higher forces [of the system] on his life, encouraging him to find evidence of this in himself – in his thoughts and feelings.

      Individual approach: Также This technique also teaches you to adapt to a person, which is also what we need in higher psychology. The therapist adapts techniques and techniques, in this case Ericksonian hypnosis, to the individual characteristics of each client, taking into account their personality, experience and needs. Well, I wrote about this in the beginning when I said that we adapt the idea of higher powers to the beliefs that a particular person adheres to. What is true for him, we will use as a demonstration of the manifestation of higher forces.

      Rapport and collaboration: An important aspect is to establish a trusting relationship between the therapist and the client, based on mutual understanding and cooperation. Here the Erickson method is no different from our approach, and in general, to be honest, any psychological method requires trust, cooperation, otherwise you will not convey anything to a person.

      Trance as a natural state: Erickson believed that trance is a natural state that we experience in everyday life, for example, when we are thinking, dreaming, or watching an interesting movie, forgetting about what is happening around us. Yes, we all experience this state from time to time, when, let’s say, we start flying in the clouds. Here, in Erickson’s hypnosis, the therapist helps the client to deepen this state and use it for therapeutic purposes. In our higher psychology, this is also necessary. Therefore, it is important that the client is relaxed and ready to accept our information about the role of higher forces in their life.

      Ericksonian hypnosis techniques:

      Trance Induction: The therapist uses various techniques to help the client enter a trance state, such as gaze fixation, relaxing suggestions, monotonous speech, and others. I will not describe them now, so as not to repeat what you can already find on the web. But we will further consider them in concrete examples of solving various psychological problems with the help of higher psychology, and in particular, with the help of suggestions, and specifically using the technique of Eric basic hypnosis.

      Indirect suggestions: Instead of direct instructions about what to do or feel, the therapist uses indirect suggestions that imply the desired result, but do not impose it. That’s why we began to consider the Erickson approach separately. It is important for us to be able to indirectly inspire people with our idea of higher forces, about the influence of the system on their lives. You will see this in the examples.

      Metaphors and Stories: Telling stories and metaphors that reflect the client’s situation and offer possible solutions helps bypass conscious resistance and address the unconscious directly. Any stories that show that nothing in a person’s life just happens, there is a higher meaning behind everything, they will suit us.

      Using the client’s language: The therapist tries to use language and expressions that are familiar and understandable to the client, which helps establish rapport and deepen trance. This seems to be the third time we have repeated this. Because it’s important.

      The “binding” technique: The therapist associates the desired behavior or condition with the client’s existing experience or habits, which makes it easier to achieve. That is, in this case, using this method in higher psychology, we make it clear to the client that some of his skills, abilities, and experience are a good start for achieving certain goals that are relevant to him. We set these goals either together, or if the client doesn’t want to think about it, we decide for ourselves how good their life should be. And we show them what can bring them closer to it. How he should coordinate his actions with the plan of the higher powers, so that everything will be fine for him.

      How does an Erickson hypnosis session work:

      Let’s take a look at the practice and think about how to apply it to higher psychology. СеансAn Ericksonian hypnosis session usually begins with a conversation in which the therapist learns about the client’s problem and goals. That is, a person’s vision of their situation and their desires are revealed. The therapist then helps the client enter the trance state using various techniques, which we have described and will see later in the examples with suggestions. During trance, the therapist uses indirect suggestions, metaphors, and other techniques to help the client access their resources and solve the problem. After the session, the client returns to his normal state, feeling relaxed and rested. Everything is simple. You just need to play everything properly.

      Advantages of Erickson’s hypnosis:

      Soft and safe: The non-directive approach makes this method of hypnosis milder and safer than classical hypnosis. Therefore, we considered it for ourselves, as a separate method of suggestion.

      Effectiveness: Erickson’s hypnosis can be effective in solving a wide range of problems, such as anxiety, depression, phobias, addictions, psychosomatic disorders, and other similar mental illnesses. But in our case, in the case of higher psychology, we need to take only methods of suggestion from this method – not direct, not rude, not directive.

      Individual approach: The method takes into account the individual characteristics of each client, which increases its effectiveness. Here we can say that in general, any individual approach to something will be more effective than something mass, averaged, generalized.

      More about suggestions

      I also want to say the following about suggestions: they occur with any more or less intense communication between people and even with the usual consumption of content. Something always penetrates the subconscious mind, even without any effort on the part of both receiving and transmitting information. The topic is only important. You need to choose a topic so that the brain is tuned not to everything in a row, but to what will be important for it. What we will make important to him. And then suggestion will occur only due to the very process of consuming information. Even now, when reading this book, the reader perceives some of the information through his consciousness, through logic, some passes into the subconscious without any processing-critical, logical, analytical, but something can fly by without settling in the head at all, being, for example, noticed. Although, I think, the subconscious mind absorbs everything. What has passed the conscious sphere will still settle in the subconscious. But we don’t know for sure. These are my guesses.

      Be that as it may, the point is to surround yourself with some idea, so that it is constantly discussed, to read about it, watch it, listen to it, think about it, then it will firmly take root in your head. If пyou constantly think about it, read about it, and tell your brain to always be loaded with it, then both on a conscious and subconscious level, it will do its job. In our case, this is the idea of the influence of higher forces on a person’s life, the plan of higher forces, the highest meaning, so that we can decide for ourselves why certain events occur in our lives. I repeat, the goal of higher psychology is not to study, not to discover, not to find out, but to form. Form the truth, come up with meaning, decide what will be the cause of a particular problem from the point of view of the entire system, read Genesis. And also to think out and decide how to influence it, how to change it, or how to adapt to it. We do not delve into childhood, do not identify patterns in the work of the human psyche, we