Hello Nicole & Matthew,
I am certified in Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT), which has been an amazing tool for helping my clients. RRT utilizes “hypnosis” or “accelerators” on an as needed basis. While this form of therapy has not been listed in Ecker’s writings, myself and many other therapists have found it incredibly useful in establishing lasting, painless, and almost immediate change for clients. Unfortunately, it is not as of yet considered an evidence based practice, however it does meet Ecker’s (2012) “rules for unlearning and erasing target learning” (Reactivate, Mismatch/unlock, and Erase or revise via new learning). However, with my clients I do not refer to it as hypnosis, mostly because the stigma attached to the word. I refer to it as intentional attention or focus, as described in my training in Interpersonal Neurobiology (Dan Siegel). I believe one of the most beneficial aspects of this therapy for clients and therapists is what I call its “canned responses” for the typical ways clients have ineffective beliefs systems which require mismatch to erase. Reactivation should never retraumatize and strengthen ineffective neural pathways and RRT doesn’t. Personally, when my client is in the default mode network and is becoming activated by prior trauma (that is not happening now) I will guide the client through intentional attention to focus to help calm the “survival brain” so new learning can take place in the “thriving brain.” It’s highly effective!
Kind regards,
Mary Bowles