Help Your Rambling Client Get to the Point

Excessive talking can derail careers and hurt relationships. When people ramble, they bore friends and look foolish in front of coworkers. Clients with a tendency to overtalk often see vast improvements in their lives when they learn to reduce their rambling.

The Get to the Point Hypnosis Script from The Script Collection was put together to help clients develop a succinct speech style.

The script opens with a gentle pre-talk that assures the client that rambling isn't always bad. There is a time and place for long stories, told without preparation, that meander without making a point. However, there are also times when that kind of communication is harmful. During meetings at work or in difficult conversations with loved ones, babbling on can cause serious problems.

The client is assured that, rather than stopping their rambling forever, this session will give them the tools to choose how they communicate. They will develop the ability to "slow down" and "simplify things within" in order to structure their thoughts and speak more directly.

The induction begins with a progressive relaxation that focuses on physical sensations. The client is guided to notice a place inside their body that feels "especially relaxed," and allow that feeling to permeate through their mind and body. In place of direct commands, the client is asked to simply sense "what it would feel like" to be completely relaxed and open to making changes at the unconscious level before being guided to merge into that state.

The trancework begins as flowing language expresses how a conversation builds like brickwork, "one idea at a time." The client is assured they do not need to burden themselves with the responsibility for every piece. They are urged to "contribute one idea" and listen to someone else's response before adding another idea to the conversation.

Embedded commands tell the client they can "slow down inside" and notice the one idea they will add next. They can give this idea "the space it needs" to be heard. The client is urged to sense what it's like to offer an idea to someone clearly and simply so that they really hear it and take it on board.

A metaphor of backpacking through the mountains is employed to show the value of paring down supplies to "the absolute essentials." Similarly, it is suggested, good writing strips away unnecessary words to make the core idea more powerful.

The client is shown they have the capacity for simple and direct communication through two examples of straightforward questions people may have asked them as children that can be answered with a single word.

The client is guided to picture themselves as a director making a move about two people going on a trip. Would they choose to center on people picking a destination, making reservations, and planning their to-do list? Or would they focus on the experiences they have once they reach their destination? Embedded commands remind the client to "jump to action."

Now, the client is asked to imagine someone who speaks "clearly and efficiently." They are asked to "take in the essence" of how it would feel to be that person and speak directly. They merge into that reality and experience what it's like to get to their point efficiently in a way that perfectly fits the context.

Being direct is not rude, the client is assured. Directness is just simplifying things so that the "essential message" is clear. Embedded commands instruct the client to integrate this skill into their unconscious mind, to "make it [their] own."

The client is asked to notice that, when they quiet down inside, the essential message of what they want to say is already there, simple, clear, and powerful. They are assured their simple idea adds value to a conversation. The client is guided to experience being "straightforward and direct" in a future situation. Embedded commands instruct them to notice how this feels in their body and to memorize that feeling at a deep level.

The new clearness the client feels is framed as the result of a "profound decluttering" that has taken place deep within them. The internal change means they can "instinctively jump to the action" and "get straight to the point" when they talk. They are urged to get a sense of themselves speaking clearly and surprising themselves by how confidently and simply they express themselves.

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Get to the Point is also available as an MP3 download.