Roxanna Erickson Klein

Roxanna Erickson Klein [email protected] December 2015

EXERCISE

The SELF Model A design conceptualized By Mary Ellen Bluntzer and Roxanna Erickson Klein

This exercise is designed to facilitate use of unconscious resources offering new possibilities for change. It is particularly useful for subjects who are stuck in a repetitive loop of problem solving.

THE SELF MODEL

The Self Model is a technique for overviewing a subject’s style of interacting with the world. People commonly have dominant ways of problem solving, sometimes at the exclusion of using other ways. Many times, the introduction of a novel approach to problem solving can jar an individual past a position of feeling stuck.

The Self Model posits that people have a common self, a higher self and a deeper self, all of which contribute to the individual's sense of who they are.

The Higher Self encompass ones Hope Faith Intuition Creative Capacity

The Common Self leans on Science Rational thinking Deductive Reasoning Logic

The Deeper Self embraces Dreams Symbols Metaphors Absence of Logic Roxanna Erickson Klein [email protected] December 2015

INTERVIEWING A PARTNER, USING THE SELF MODEL

The Purpose of the Exercise is to 1. Explore a subject's habitual responses. 2. Indirectly invite the subject to consider thinking limits of habits. 3. Seed the potential for discovering new ways of approaching a problem. 4. Harvest words, ideas, images and symbols that may become useful inviting the subject into a hypnotic trance state.

Before you Begin  The interviews will each be only about 5 minutes long  First one partner will play the role of Hypnotist, and the other is the Subject, then they will swap roles.  The Subject should "think about the problem" that they are working on, but not describe it to the Hypnotist.  Questions provided here are intended to stimulate thinking, not intended for use as a script. The hypnotist is to consider the Self Model, as questions are asked

STEPS of the EXERCISE 1. Hypnotist interviews the subject using the Self Model as a base to inquire about subjects problem solving. 2. Hypnotist notes which "self" is the dominant, and which is under-utilized. 3. Hypnotist inquires the possibility of working in an area outside of the subject’s habitual zone. 4. As the questions proceed, the Hypnotist gathers words. Ideas or images that may be useful in constructing meaningful communication with the subject. 5. Do NOT share the words ideas and images until AFTER both individuals

SAMPLE QUESTIONS "As you think about your problem ..." 1. Can you see it as a color, animal, sound ....?? 2. Does the problem carry a meaning that you can identify? 3. Can you draw a symbol that represents the problem? 4. Do you ever dream about it? 5. Are you good at taking logical steps to change the problem? 6. Have you reached out to a higher power? 7. Have you ever thought about it in an illogical way? 8. What do you currently use to help manage the problem? 9. Do you find meaning in artistic expression? Roxanna Erickson Klein [email protected] December 2015

REALERT Now

Make yourself comfortable Feet flat on the floor Adjust your body Feel the support of the chair Hear the sounds in the room Here and now Fading in the moments, rising and falling As breathing changed And time slows

And think now to the INTENTION you had When you decided to come her Connect with the feeling of HOPE The desire of what you could learn May learn May already know Now Looking back to looking forward to the moment of being here The long journey to arrival Now past Here we are All together now

And think now of the PROBLEM that came with you Smaller than the state of Texas Bigger than a loaf a bread Bread, the meaning it brings

And the meanings of the word The word Bread is so different from language to language Roxanna Erickson Klein [email protected] December 2015 Your own language The meaning completely changes Let curiosity lift you To wonder about the word, and the feelings, How they change

Settle down Settle in Face the moment Feel the moment attend to the moment Of now

In this moment, set aside all that we have talked about Enter the images that are within you Recollections of times when you looked to the Sun

Tiny moments when You did not yet know Which way is West Or which is the East Not yet tuned into the time of day

Perhaps memories of long ago, Perhaps moments that came to you briefly Like wispy clouds that brush along the sky

Let an image of a horizon speak Its colorful language Go deeply into the moment now When time has not yet spoken Direction is erased

Deeply into a brief moment of uncertainty Of wonder and awe Of majesty and glory Roxanna Erickson Klein [email protected] December 2015 The sun on the sky Encircling the earth

Let the moment make its mark within you Of freedom to discover in a whole new way

Now, begin to find your bearings The directions of mother earth The rhythms of father time Cradling, teaching, loving and protecting A lifetime of wisdom Lifetimes of wisdom Embracing you with safety and healthy Protecting you Directing you Bringing forth what you need From within

All that you need Is already here In this moment And through your life

Bring it altogether Create the transformation already within Connect with the direction Moving east to find the west Awakening to sunrise Horizon of tomorrow Feeling Rested and Refreshed Protected and Directed Connected from within Awake and Alert Ready to Rest and to Continue to Grow