Case Studies

Les, 26,  (name changed) had completed his training at the Police Academy, had paid for his uniforms and equipment, and had a great job waiting with the Salt Lake Police Dept. His only problem was that he had not yet been able to run the mile and a half track in the required 11 minutes. “I know I can do this; I’ve lost 40# during my training, and I run 5 miles a day, but I haven’t been able to run this track fast enough; we get 3 tries, and I’ve had 2.” I believed him; he was quite “buff,”  and I had no doubt he could run that track in plenty of time, so what was holding him back? In working with Les, I found that it was a simple case of 2+2=5. He had a subconscious fear at work. You see, his father was a policeman, an alcoholic, and was abusive to his family. Les held the subconscious fear that if he became a policeman, he’d abuse alcohol and his family. That idea had never been spoken, but it terrified him. We did some excellent work together, he shaved off a minute and a half of his best run around the track, and has served with the best for the past 10 years. Congratulations to Les for recognizing he couldn’t get beyond this alone. That’s just smart!

Zander was 22, and anger issues had destroyed his last relationship. He was a bright young man who lacked confidence in himself in several areas of his life. Through hypnosis, he discovered a frightened and wounded little boy who had every reason to be mad at the world, but he was tired of reacting like that little 7 year old in his adult life. He was able to “rescue” his inner child from the drug addicted mother who held his head down in the toilet until he nearly drowned, and who regularly beat him with coathangers. Once Zander embraced that child, he was able to acknowledge the child was lovable and acceptable to him, and he realized the deficit was in his mother not in that sweet little boy; it was so much easier for him then to face his world with the confidence he had lacked all his life. He realized that while his mother started the abuse, he had continued it by not allowing himself to be loved by others. Our work was tender and still brings tears to my eyes, but Zander was able to eventually marry a loving wife, and he started his own cement business. I’ll always remember him with a great deal of respect.