The Value of Using Scripts
Del Hunter Morrill, M.S., C.C.H.Well-crafted scripts are especially helpful in adding information to the broader bank of one's memory. It becomes easier, then, to pull what's helpful from one's intuitions, because the script's values have become such a part of the therapist's automatic tool kit.
Our daily intuitional level isn't always as sharp as we might like it to be. Scripts help us in that situation.
Scripts provide an excellent launching into more intuitive responses. A therapist might begin with a script, and then build a cadenza of poetic description, or take off on a wonderful excursion of the imagination.
At times, well-written scripts can provide more profoundness and be more "on target" related to particular issues, than we're able to conjure up with our immediate language or otherwise creative abilities.
There are many times, in a practice, when an issue appears, for which our experience limits us. Someone else's experience, in script form, can be helpful in adding to our own range of ability, in order to respond to a greater diversity of problems.
Carefully worded suggestions in a script help us to avoid the trap of inadvertently using language that may be less than helpful. Not every day is a great day for a therapist, just as it is not for any other human being.
There are days of not feeling well, feeling distant or removed, tired, or any of the other mental and physical responses we're capable of experiencing. Scripts can be helpful when we're not "up-to-par." They help us to recall what we know, and to discern what we might need to do with a client.
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Del Hunter Morrill, MS, C.C.H. (Copyright 2001) TRANSITIONS, INC, 3217 North Mason, Tacoma, Washington 98407 USA. E-mail: Contact Del Morrill Here; Web Site: www.hypnocenter.com