Hypnosis Techniques--Using The Affect Bridge

By Dr. Anthony Taylor

The hypnotic technique of the affect bridge is not something a lot of people talk about. This hypnosis technique begins in the offices where hypnotherapy is practiced, as the hypnotist attempts to dissolve the root of a problem by traveling The Affect Bridge. The affect bridge is in a sense an unconscious connection to the origin of various emotions or experiences. If you can follow The Affect Bridge, you can change a person's unconscious blueprint.

Fear and anger are two of the common emotions that hypnotists eradicates through the affect bridge. So, if the hypnotist is working with a person who is dealing with anger, what the hypnotist will do is induce trance and then follow the affect bridge until the unconscious mind brings the person to their initial recorded occurrence where they felt anger.By removing anger from its roots, what happens is that the frequent anger a person feels will be removed as well. This same hypnosis procedure applies to how a hypnotist removes destructive fear in a client.

A hypnotist who is following the affect bridge must not forget that once the origin of whatever particular emotion they are trying to get rid of is realized, that the person has still likely learned important coaching from the incident. This means that while the hypnotist is in the process of clearing away the unwanted emotions, that the hypnotist must not also by accident clear away the critical learning experiences their client received from the unwanted emotions.

So, as a basic rule, the hypnotist must first induce trance, then follow the affect bridge to discover the very first experience that led to the unwanted emotion. Then, the hypnotist should bring their client through a regression in order to dissolve the unwanted emotional state while at the same time encouraging their client to learn from their past experiences that caused them to experience these unwanted emotions to begin with.

The affect bridge is one of the most significant tools a hypnotist can use while they carry out regressions on their clients to clear away unwanted emotions, but the hypnotist must not dissolve the important learning experiences along with the negative feelings. - 31857

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