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3.0 What factors will an ethical therapist cover during the initial consultation?
I feel it most useful to first answer the latter part of the question, and in doing this we can understand why it is so important. I have split the factors covered in to 5 areas: suitability, directing therapy, calming the client, ethical factors, and costs and contracts.
3.1 Suitability
Client suitability. In order to avoid wasting both client and therapist time, it is important to make an assessment on suitability. This covers several areas. One of the key prerequisites for successful hypnotherapy is the client’s willingness to participate. A client who is reluctant, or who may have been pressured in to therapy by a friend or family member, will be hard, or impossible to bring into the hypnotic state. Discovery of this, if the case, and either termination of the session, or an encouragement by the therapist to willingly participate is essential; motivation is …show more content…
Secondly, there may be cases where a combination of therapies, or a process of counselling, hypnotherapy and/or other therapies are the best plan. An ethical therapist will form the best plan for the client initially during this first consultation. It may be that hypnotherapy isn’t applicable to a client at all; it would be unethical in this case to propose this as a solution. Karle & Boys note that few clients, even those specifically requesting hypnotherapy have a realistic understanding of hypnotherapy. It is best practice for the ethical therapist to mention hypnotherapy early on in the initial consultation so the idea is firmly planted in the client’s mind and doesn’t appear to be raised ‘out of the blue’ at a later …show more content…
Our previous assignment focussed on personality types and modalities, directing the form and process of induction. While it isn’t necessary to repeat all this information, every client will need an individually tailored induction and therapeutic journey, with much of the information on personality, modality, and styles garnered during the initial consultation.
Hadley & Staudacher state “The more fully you understand the causes of a problem, the better you will be able to define it and resolve it”.
Further to this, it is important to gather personal information from the client so as to ensure the most appropriate treatment and cost-effective therapy. This can include any family history of illness, developmental/childhood issues, the client’s current living environment, any other life problems (work, social, relational), and any previous therapies undertaken by the
I feel it most useful to first answer the latter part of the question, and in doing this we can understand why it is so important. I have split the factors covered in to 5 areas: suitability, directing therapy, calming the client, ethical factors, and costs and contracts.
3.1 Suitability
Client suitability. In order to avoid wasting both client and therapist time, it is important to make an assessment on suitability. This covers several areas. One of the key prerequisites for successful hypnotherapy is the client’s willingness to participate. A client who is reluctant, or who may have been pressured in to therapy by a friend or family member, will be hard, or impossible to bring into the hypnotic state. Discovery of this, if the case, and either termination of the session, or an encouragement by the therapist to willingly participate is essential; motivation is …show more content…
Secondly, there may be cases where a combination of therapies, or a process of counselling, hypnotherapy and/or other therapies are the best plan. An ethical therapist will form the best plan for the client initially during this first consultation. It may be that hypnotherapy isn’t applicable to a client at all; it would be unethical in this case to propose this as a solution. Karle & Boys note that few clients, even those specifically requesting hypnotherapy have a realistic understanding of hypnotherapy. It is best practice for the ethical therapist to mention hypnotherapy early on in the initial consultation so the idea is firmly planted in the client’s mind and doesn’t appear to be raised ‘out of the blue’ at a later …show more content…
Our previous assignment focussed on personality types and modalities, directing the form and process of induction. While it isn’t necessary to repeat all this information, every client will need an individually tailored induction and therapeutic journey, with much of the information on personality, modality, and styles garnered during the initial consultation.
Hadley & Staudacher state “The more fully you understand the causes of a problem, the better you will be able to define it and resolve it”.
Further to this, it is important to gather personal information from the client so as to ensure the most appropriate treatment and cost-effective therapy. This can include any family history of illness, developmental/childhood issues, the client’s current living environment, any other life problems (work, social, relational), and any previous therapies undertaken by the