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Mark seeks to deal with the panic attacks in this first session.\r\n\r\nUsing solution focussed, goal oriented language, Mark seeks to externalise the panic attacks from who Valerie really is and finds resources she can use to help her leave panic behind. Mark describes everyday experiences of dissociation to start the process of hypnotic dissociation in Valerie herself. During hypnotic trance Mark tells Valerie a therapeutic metaphorical story relating to fear.","has_sess_audio":true,"sess_audio":8687,"sess_video":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/138847321","sess_tech":[{"sess_tech_type":"Solution Focused Questions","sess_tech_start_time":"10.22","sess_tech_stop_time":"10.34","sess_tech_note":"Mark asks Valerie to describe how the problem presents by asking: \u201cWhat would I see?\u201d This also encourages Valerie to view the problem pattern from the outside so that she can begin to feel separate from it"},{"sess_tech_type":"Solution Focused Questions","sess_tech_start_time":"15.44","sess_tech_stop_time":"16.08","sess_tech_note":"Mark uses the presupposition: \u201cLeaving that panic behind will have the knock on effect of improving confidence and self esteem\u201d he is using solution focussed, goal oriented language indirectly in a way it won\u2019t be rejected. 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The story also matches Valerie\u2019s description of the panic as a \u201cshadow\u201d and Mark\u2019s earlier suggestion that it (the panic) \u201cpretends to be strong but is not\u201d"},{"sess_tech_type":"Stories and Metaphors","sess_tech_start_time":"34.00","sess_tech_stop_time":"34.23","sess_tech_note":"Mark is, of course, talking about the panic when he talks of the \u201cshadow\u201d"},{"sess_tech_type":"Miscellaneous Techniques","sess_tech_start_time":"45.59","sess_tech_stop_time":"46.54","sess_tech_note":"Mark gets Valerie to access the steps of the panic in order to teach her to \u201cscramble\u201d the steps and master the final stage. He is keen to help her dissolve the panic attacks first so that her self esteem can be worked on in later Videos."},{"sess_tech_type":"Miscellaneous Techniques","sess_tech_start_time":"47.36","sess_tech_stop_time":"47.52","sess_tech_note":"Mark makes Valerie laugh which further disrupts of \u201cscrambles\u201d the old panic pattern."},{"sess_tech_type":"Utilisation","sess_tech_start_time":"49.10","sess_tech_stop_time":"49.33","sess_tech_note":"Mark is using imagery of the sea because Valerie had previously mentioned she enjoys the sea and sky."},{"sess_tech_type":"Miscellaneous Techniques","sess_tech_start_time":"50.24","sess_tech_stop_time":"50.58","sess_tech_note":"Teaching the client to try to get the old symptom back but not be able to-a \u201chappy limitation.\u201d"},{"sess_tech_type":"Inductions","sess_tech_start_time":"56.15","sess_tech_stop_time":"56.40","sess_tech_note":"Mark is teaching Valerie to go into trance quickly and \u201cfuture pacing\u201d her to a positive future."}],"sess_notes":"","sess_resources":null,"sess_related":[8087,8088,8903]},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/u\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Thumbnail-UHTCONV-Valerie-Session-11.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - 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