HYPNOTIC COACHING — II

If “hypnosis” is a term that describe what each of us do when we “think”and “communicate,” then hypnosis is not an add-on to coaching, it is inherent in the process. “Thinking” itself is an expression of hypnosis or trance because when we think, we “go inside” and make movies in our mind. We see, hear, feel, smell, and taste things that we create in our minds of things previously experienced or that we want to experience. In hypnotic languaging, this is called hallucinating. In communication languaging, this is called by a range of terms: imagining, remembering, creating, problem-solving, etc.

Yet regardless of what we call it, the processes are the same. We have transitioned from the outside world to the inside world (trance) and seem asleep to the outside world as we focus more and more exclusively. So no wonder coaching conversations partake of the nature of trance! And if that’s the case, that explains why the Milton Model of Hypnotic Language is part of the NLP Communication Model and the source for understanding this aspect of communication.