DETECTING THE HYPNOTIC IN COACHING CONVERSATIONS

If indeed all communication inherently involves aspects of the hypnotic and if an intense and personal coaching conversation takes a person inside in a hypnotic way— how can you tell? How can you recognize when a client is in a trance state? How can you use hypnotic language patterns in an effective way in your coaching? \ In answer, calibrate to your client. Learn to tell when a client is speaking from what’s on the edge of his tongue versus when he goes inside and enters into a “downtime” state. Can you tell? What are the signs of a trance? It’s obvious when a person goes into a deep trance— eyes glaze over or close, facial muscles smooth out, breathing becomes slower and muscle tension relaxes, etc. Similarly, these same signs will be there when your client is turning inward— except they will be more minimal and less obvious, hence he need to calibrate.