I could have told her what I thought was wrong with her. But it would have been a mere assumption of mine
and could never have been 100% correct under any circumstances. It would have also meant that deep down
in my heart I did not believe in her innate capacity and resourcefulness to bring harmony to her own life. I
could have told her how the painful past experience should be perceived and what learning she should be
gaining in order to get on with life. But it would have been an arrogant imposing of my views on her while
depriving her of the opportunity to derive her own learning and meaning from the event. Such leading
instead of guiding from a therapist only hinders clients from taking full ownership of their own lives and take
them further away from the empowering opportunities they so deserve.
My last question to her as we concluded our session was “If you could resolve this, what else do you think is
possible?”
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos
Hikari Healing –Hypnotherapy in Muizenberg & Southern Suburbs
Shizuko Naruse-Claassens
Client-Centred Hypnotherapist & Inner Resource Facilitator
Internationally certified hypnotherapist (non-medical), parts therapy facilitator
& NLP master practitioner
[email protected]
www.hikari-healing.com