Metaphor Magic - The Language of the Mind

Make your plans for Hypno Expo in Orlando  May 19-21! Come early for our Pre-Conference workshop
May 17 & 18, 2023
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Karen Hand and Sherry Gilbert will help you walk away confident and excited to immediately use metaphors in your sessions, workshops, groups and scripts!
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​Do you remember the story about the boy who cried wolf? 
How old were you when you heard that story designed to teach a lesson? Isn’t it interesting that you still remember that story and it’s meaning all these years later. That’s a powerful post-hypnotic suggestion, is it not?
That’s the magic of metaphor and story-telling.

You can craft a perfectly positive and well-worded suggestion…but it’s the mind magic of the metaphor that is likely to spawn lasting change…just like that little boy who cried wolf.

Discover how to elicit meaningful metaphors from your clients, children, partners, employees, etc. In the simplest form, you’ll have a better understanding of the pictures being made in the head of the story-teller and in the best -case scenario, you’ll have a perfect path toward change for good.

In this workshop you will learn very powerful techniques to use in groups or in private sessions to reveal the power of the metaphorical mind. You will discover how to use symbols for powerful change-work. You will experience how to create metaphoric magic and how to ask the right questions to gather important information from your client to build rapport and speak the language of THEIR mind.

In this workshop you will discover:
  • How to use your client’s metaphors to create a session.
  • Handy metaphors to have at the ready for a variety of applications. 
  • How to turn metaphors into stories
  • How to use metaphor in private sessions and with groups
  • Metaphors for working with children
  • Script-writing on the fly using provided metaphoric material.

Karen Hand

Karen Hand is a Board-Certified Hypnotist, Trainer, International Best-Selling Author and World-Class Communicator. She has helped thousands of change for good. Karen is headquartered in Chicago and sees clients and trains globally via ZOOM. She has received numerous awards including the IMDHA Pen and Quill Award for Literary Excellence. Her books include Magic Words and Language Patterns, Hypnotic Workshops Like A Pro! and Trance Dance - The Hypnotic Art of Leading and Following.​

Sherry Gilbert

Sherry is a communication coach and relationship specialist and has trained with the Gottman Institute. She also has a degree in Holistic Health. Sherry has a passion for teaching and mentoring. She has created training programs for hypnotherapists to expand their skills and their practices that include transpersonal hypnotherapy, fertility, trauma release and emotional divorce. She is proud to have received the 2016 Hypnotist of the Year Award from the International Association of Counselors and Therapists.​