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Helping a Boy Achieve a Breakthrough
JOAN KRUEGER has Joan
Krueger has a private practice with an office in Kirkwood. Many individuals have achieved their behavior change goals, both personal and professional, through guidance they have received in her hypnosis sessions. You can contact Joan to discuss how hypnosis could help you achieve positive change in your own life by calling her at (314) 962-7558, emailing her at jfkhypnosis@charter.net or visiting her website www.jfkhypnosis.com.
HYPNOTHERAPY CASE STUDY #8:
Helping a Boy Achieve a Breakthrough
BY JOAN KRUEGER, CERTIFIED HYPNOTHERAPIST
I remember working with a boy who was 9 years old. He wet the bed frequently, and his mother was at her wit’s end. He didn’t do it consciously, but he was a sound sleeper, and he wasn’t waking up when his bladder was full so that he could go into the bathroom and go. When he came into my office, we talked so that I could find out what was going on with him. He felt ashamed and very self-conscious about still wetting the bed at his age. I explained hypnosis to him and his mother in more general terms than I would use with an adult client. I asked him who his favorite superhero was, and he told me it was Superman. I told him that he had his own Superman inside of him that could help him do things that he didn’t know he could do. During the session, I gave him the suggestion that his arm was going to be so heavy that it would seem like a baby elephant was sitting on it. He wasn’t able to lift it from the chair. I suggested to him that he was going to be able to move that heaviness up into his eyelids so that even though he was awake and could hear me talking, he wouldn’t be able to open his eyes, and that was successful. After a couple of other examples, showing him that his subconscious mind could help him do things that he didn’t realize he could, I told him that in the middle of the night, when his bladder got full, that his “Superman” would wake him up and he would be able to go in and use the bathroom. Then, he would be able to go back to bed and fall back to sleep easily. His body knew the sensation of having a full bladder and after the session was over his “Superman” would alert him of that feeling while he was asleep. It worked like a charm. His mother called to report that “Superman” made all the difference! Many people don’t think about using hypnosis to help their children achieve changes, but children can be excellent hypnotic subjects. If you or your children would like to achieve changes, please feel free to call me.
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