CMH Regression & Age Progression 2

Question 1

Which affect bridge technique involves reconnecting a client to a past event by amplifying a current emotional feeling?

Accepted Answer

Affect bridge

Answer

The affect bridge uses a present emotional feeling as a pathway to regress the client to an earlier experience that shares the same feeling.

Question 2

What is the primary risk of convincing a client that a confabulated memory is real during hypnotic regression?

Accepted Answer

Creating a false memory that the client accepts as genuine

Answer

Hypnotic suggestion can lead clients to construct and believe false memories, a serious ethical and psychological risk.

Question 3

In age progression, a 'future pace' is used primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Anchor a positive state to a future context

Answer

Future pacing anchors the desired behavioral or emotional change to an anticipated real-world situation, reinforcing generalization.

Question 4

When a client displays spontaneous abreaction during regression, the hypnotist's first priority is to:

Accepted Answer

Provide containment and support while maintaining therapeutic rapport

Answer

The hypnotist should maintain composure, offer supportive language, and guide the client safely through the emotional release.

Question 5

The 'camera technique' in hypnotic regression asks the client to:

Accepted Answer

Observe the past event as if watching it on a screen

Answer

The camera or screen technique creates dissociative distance, allowing the client to review the memory without being overwhelmed.

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