Jay Shaw argues hypnotists get faster breakthroughs by building solutions instead of unpacking problems. International practitioners he trained cut session counts from five or six down to one after shifting their approach. Most therapists diagnose well but struggle to deliver concrete solutions.
I can work on the problem or I can build you a solution. Building the solution works really, really quickly. Like when different hypnotists from around the world come over here to learn with us and we take them out of working on the problem and put them into building solution, things that they used to take them 5 or 6 sessions, they now do them in 1 session. You know why? Because you're not taking the scenic route. Why are you unpacking something that you don't plan on keeping around anyway? Most people have mastered the problem and they are strangers to the solution. What is the solution? You gotta learn