CHAPTER 3
The General Approach of the Ericksonian Hypnotherapist
Consider for a moment the master jazz musician, the champion basketball player, the innovative thinker, the adroit communicator. What commonalities do such luminaries share? For one, they are totally committed to their art form. They have to be: artistic excellence demands it. Only from rigorous and devoted training can the artist develop the refined behavioral skills and gracefulness needed for a truly creative act.
Master practitioners surrender to their art form and move in the “flow” of creative expression. The musician begins to experience his or her instrument as an extension of self, and in doing so generates novel and creative melodies; the ballplayer develops an affinity ...
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