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Dale wants hypnnnooossssii....

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Spuds
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Dale wants hypnnnooossssii....

So Dale is pratically begging Dr. Kendra to be hypnotized. Well, it just so happens that I'm an NGH certified hypnotist!

Here's the message I sent to Dr. Kendra:

I'm sure you know how quickly word travels around "Dale's Circle"... I don't know that we've met, but my name is Robert Holloway. I'm a licensed hypnotherapist. I have my BCH from the National Guild of Hypnotists. I caught wind that Dale was practically begging for hypnosis, and it caught my eye.

I've been helping in any way I can, and I don't know how much you know about hypnosis, or whether you employ it's theraputic uses at all. But in any event I thought I would introduce myself and offer my services... free of charge to Dale of course because he was kind enough to pick me as one of the few people in the "Internet World" with which he might share his confidence.

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help. From what I know of Dale, he may indeed be very somnambulistic (actually a VERY old term used in conjunction with the early studies of hypnotism) and will fare pretty well with the procedure.

I offer my expertise as both a scientist and an investigator that we might find something that will help us get to the bottom of this. No matter how much the outcomes of hypnosis might be questionable, there's always some thread of truth to them that we might use to weave ourselves a tapestry of his behavior before, during, and after the incident.

Let me know what you think, Dr. Kendra. I look forward to hearing from you.

Robert Holloway, BCH

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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 9:01 pm

Spuds
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Dr. Kendra Replies....

Dear Mr. Holloway,

Your subject line certainly tells it all. I'm amazed that I will send out one
quick e-mail at the beginning of my lunch break, and it seems that by the end of my break I've got several more e-mails from people I've never corresponded with before knowing about the prior e-mail and asking questions about it!

Thank you for your offer of help. I usually stay away from hypnotherapy in my practice, one, because I usually don't have time to do any kind of psychosocial interventions with my patients, and two, because I think it's fraught with too many variables and possible confounds. Further, in Dale's case, he is convinced that hypnosis is the key to unlocking his memory and that he will remember things exactly as they actually happened, and we both know that simply isn't the case. I'm agreeing to hypnosis because I believe that he will indeed benefit from accessing some of his more buried emotions around the accident, and because I fear he won't come in unless I agree to this.

I have suggested to Dale that we try to have a hypnosis session this weekend, and I will certainly consult with you once we've finished. I'm sure that there will be a large jumble of material that I will need help in sorting through. I'm planning on taping the session, so if there is anything where tone of voice might help with interpretations, maybe I could send you some excerpts.

-Michelle Kendra

Michelle Kendra, MD
Inpatient & Outpatient Psychiatry
Princeton, NJ Headquarters
Klepsydra Mental Health Facility Network

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Spuds

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:24 pm

Spuds
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And I said Unto Dr. Kendra:

Thanks for your kind reply.

Tone of voice is always important. Not only is it an important thing to
analyze from the subject's standpoint, but it's important to be careful of
what you say when asking questions as well. I know that it's important for
many psychiatrists to offer options or opinions to their patients in hopes
that they may internalize the message-- thereby increasing the odds of
finding within themselves the problem at hand. I don't know how much
hypnosis you've done, but it's important that you stay away from asking
questions that might lead the subject to an answer.

Where are you, Dale?
A: In a dark place.

Is it a cave?
A: Yes.

It's easier for the subject, especially one who has been under a great deal
of stress, to manufacture answers that do more to hamper one's progress
rather than get a straight answer. The subject will say anything under
hypnosis that might be suggested to them especially if it might be easier
than the truth. However, keeping the questions simple and not at all
leading will help the subject come up with their own answer. Lacking your
guidance, they face the truth, and answer with that.

Hypnosis is still a young art. While first used for entertainment, many
physicians disregard many of the values that it does have. Dale is lucky
that you are amazingly open-minded about any kind of treatment. What is
even better is that Dale is suggesting hypnosis to you. Many subjects that
are skeptical of the process are harder to hypnotize.

Thanks for your help, Dr. Kendra. I certainly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart, as I'm sure Dale does as well.

Robert Holloway

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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:25 pm

dmax
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Suggestion

See if you can get Kendra to make Dale cluck like a chicken. I LOVE when they do that.

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That sounds like something HITLER would say!

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 1:04 am

Spuds
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What the CLUCK?

HUMOR:

Well, it's on my list... it's not WAY up there, but it's right after "Give me 50 bucks."

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Spuds

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 8:51 am

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