This 4,200-word article by Mary Elizabeth Raines, an internationally recognized hypnosis expert and instructor, outlines the complete step-by-step process of conducting a powerful current-life regression with a client in hypnosis. Included are profound and effective methods for healing, deep forgiveness, and integration.
Regression to cause as outlined in this article is intended for expertly trained hypnotists to use with clients who have issues such as unreasonable fears or inexplicable emotions/behaviors, but who are otherwise mentally and emotionally healthy. This technique is not intended for recalling memories of serious trauma or sexual abuse, except by a licensed mental health professional.
"Steps for a Current-life Regression in Hypnosis" is part of a series of articles being presented on hypnotism and guided imagery by the Academy for Professional Hypnosis Training. (Please note that it does not include scripts or inductions; the practitioner needs to have knowledge of hypnosis.)
MARY ELIZABETH (LEACH) RAINES is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction who has a home in Sedona, Arizona.
Her fiction ranges from the serious and symbolic ("UNA") to contemporary fiction ("The Secret of Eating Raspberries"); from her unusual and entertaining collection of whimsical short stories ("The Man in the GPS and other stories") to her popular book on past-life regression ("The Laughing Cherub Guide to Past-Life Regression: A Handbook for Real People"). Her writing has won a number of awards on both regional and national levels, including two awards from Writer's Digest.
Mary Elizabeth's formal education was in piano performance at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and she spent several years in independent film studies at the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh. She still plays the piano, and occasionally directs or acts.
Her nonfiction is related to hypnosis. The founder of the Academy for Professional Hypnosis Training, Ms. Raines has been hypnotizing people for more than half a century, and has been teaching top hypnotherapists since the year 2000.
Ms. Raines has been a newspaper reporter and an editor, and is a regular contributor to professional hypnosis magazines and books about hypnosis. She is a columnist for "The Journal of Hypnotism." According to the National Guild of Hypnotists, Raines is "recognized as one of the leading practitioners of the art and science of hypnotism." An adjunct faculty member for the National Guild of Hypnotists, she developed and taught that organization's Guided Imagery Certification Course, and she has taught self-hypnosis and guided imagery for the Continuing Education Department of the University of Wisconsin, as well as presenting seminars and workshops at conventions across the country.
Her pastimes are as diverse as her books. She has an immense respect for the natural world, is an ardent environmentalist, and agrees with Marcus Aurelius Antoninus that "all things are interconnected." Raines loves history, and in particular has a passion for the 19th-century transcendentalists of Boston and Concord. In addition to writing and playing the piano, she paints, enjoys walking, is fond of classical music, jazz and early Broadway songs, gardens, creates professional fractal art on her computer, designs all her own book covers, and loves growing, cooking, and eating delicious vegetarian meals. She is happy to have Louisa May Alcott in her family tree as a distant cousin, and is also increasingly fond of the Oxford comma.
EXCELLENT READ. I've been doing PLR for over 25 years and this book is spot on. Any hypnotherapist will find nuggets of gold inside Mary Elizabeth's book.