🧠 “I Don’t Know What I Want to Work On…” (Now What?!)

🎨 The Blank Canvas Moment

💡 Don’t Freak Out! This Is GOLD!

🧠 What To Do When They Don’t Know What to Do

1️⃣ Ground Them in the Body

Start by bringing them into their somatic experience.
Use language like:

“Notice the feeling of your body in the chair…”
“Pay attention to the rise and fall of your breath…”
“Where do you feel heaviness, warmth, or tension?”

Amplify these ego sensations. This anchors the trance and tunes the client’s attention inward.

You’re helping the body speak before the mind does.

2️⃣ Use Projective Techniques

When the conscious mind has no answer, the unconscious will always provide one.

Try:
🌀 “Imagine walking through a hallway with doors. One of them calls to you. Open it.”

🌳 “Picture a garden. What’s growing there? What’s dying? What needs tending?”

📦 “See a box with something inside that represents what’s been pushed away. What is it?”

These metaphors allow the psyche to project its current inner state! No pressure, no overthinking, just pure subconscious expression.

3️⃣ Trust the Symbols. Follow the Threads.

You might discover:

• An old fear resurfacing
• A forgotten relationship dynamic
• A deep desire that hasn’t had space to breathe

Let the story emerge. Your job is to follow, not force.
Be curious. Reflect patterns. Validate discovery.

4️⃣ Give Post-Hypnotic Suggestions of

Direction & Clarity

“As you go about your week, clarity will begin to emerge.”
“You will begin to know what you want… and how to move toward it.”
“The answers are already within you, and they are becoming more clear with each day.”

🌱 A Note to You, Brave Therapist