The Art of Therapeutic Language: Using Priming for Self-Improvement and Client Success Dr. Clifton Mitchell

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The Art of Therapeutic Language Using Priming
for Self-Improvement and Client SuccessDr.
Clifton Mitchell
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Brain most complex organ in the
universe100,000,000,000 nerve cells (100
billion)1,000,000,000,000 glial cells
(trillions) Each cell has 20,000 connections
to other cells1,000,000,000,000,000 connections
(quadrillion) Processes 400,000,000,000 (400
billion) bits of info per secondYou are only
aware of about 2000 bits of info being processed
per secondDaniel Amen
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The mind move you and your listener in the
direction of the dominant thought, regardless of
whether it is stated in the positive or the
negative.
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I shed pounds daily for no apparent reason.
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Priming refers to a increased sensitivity to
certain stimuli due to prior experience.
Priming occurs when an earlier stimulus
influences response to a later stimulus.
Priming occurs at the unconscious level.
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Subjects primed with words like polite
considerate respectwere less likely to
interrupt than subjects primed with words
likerude obnoxious impolite
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Subjects primed with words likeold Florida
wrinkles bingo etc.performed worse on
memory tests than subjects primed with neutral
words
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The Results of Priming

Conscious Subconscious Unconscious

Elephant
Large
Jungle
Elephant
Gray
Tusk
Tarzan
Trunk
Gray
Tusk
Jungle
Tarzan
Trunk
Large
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We are controlled by an unconscious behavioral
guidance system more than we think. And we are
unaware of it. Once covertly activated,
unconscious goals are more powerful or just as
powerful as conscious goals. Goals do not
require an act of will to be acquired.
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What Does This Mean for the Therapeutic
Dialogue?1. Remember you are constantly priming
your clients.
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What Does This Mean for the Therapeutic
Dialogue?1. Remember you are constantly priming
your clients. 2. Consistently state the
positive opposite of clients
negative framing of problems.
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What Does This Mean for the Therapeutic
Dialogue?1. Remember you are constantly priming
your clients. 2. Consistently state the
positive opposite of clients
negative framing of problems. 3. Use high
level empathic responses that include deficit
statements.
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Empathic and what you're looking for
Deficit Statement and what you
need(include and what you're searching for
content and what you want is and and
what you desire is feeling) and what you
wish isDeficit what client is seeking
worded in the positiveDeficit priming the
client to a future goal/stateDeficit a
potentially new dominant thought
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What Does This Mean for the Therapeutic
Dialogue?1. Remember you are constantly priming
your clients. 2. Consistently state the
positive opposite of clients
negative framing of problems. 3. Use high
level empathic responses that include deficit
statements. 4. Use embedded suggestions/command
s in your dialogue.
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What Does This Mean for the Therapeutic
Dialogue?1. Remember you are constantly priming
your clients. 2. Consistently state the
positive opposite of clients
negative framing of problems. 3. Use high
level empathic responses that include deficit
statements. 4. Use embedded suggestions/command
s in your dialogue. 5. Carefully observe client
reactions when prime clients.
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What Does This Mean for the Therapeutic
Dialogue?1. Remember you are constantly priming
your clients. 2. Consistently state the
positive opposite of clients
negative framing of problems. 3. Use high
level empathic responses that include deficit
statements. 4. Use embedded suggestions/command
s in your dialogue. 5. Carefully observe client
reactions when you prime clients. 6.
Remember that your job is to plant seeds. Talk to
the subconscious.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them
not, And things unknown proposed as
things forgot. Alexander Pope
English Poet (1688-1744)