RTT Session Structure 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When should an RTT therapist conduct a detailed intake assessment with the client?
- Only after the session is complete
- Before the session, ideally prior to the appointment (Correct answer)
- During the hypnotic induction
- After the 21-day recording period
Correct answer: Before the session, ideally prior to the appointment
Intake information is gathered before the session so the therapist can tailor the induction, regression focus, and transformation to the specific client.
Question 2: In RTT session structure, what is the therapist's approach if the client goes to a scene that seems unrelated to their presenting issue?
- Stop the session and restart with a new induction
- Trust the subconscious mind and explore the scene anyway (Correct answer)
- Skip it and suggest a different memory
- Wake the client immediately
Correct answer: Trust the subconscious mind and explore the scene anyway
RTT therapists are trained to trust that the subconscious delivers the most relevant scene; what seems unrelated often holds the key belief.
Question 3: Which of the following best describes the 'exit' or awakening portion at the close of an RTT session?
- An abrupt awakening to test alertness
- A gradual count-up with suggestions of feeling alert, refreshed, and positive (Correct answer)
- Leaving the client in trance while the therapist leaves the room
- Waking the client with a loud noise
Correct answer: A gradual count-up with suggestions of feeling alert, refreshed, and positive
The awakening in RTT is a gentle, structured count-up with positive suggestions to ensure the client feels refreshed and grounded.
Question 4: What distinguishes the RTT session structure from standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
- RTT uses homework assignments while CBT does not
- RTT accesses the subconscious through hypnosis to find root causes in a single session, unlike CBT's conscious, multi-session approach (Correct answer)
- RTT requires a medical license; CBT does not
- CBT uses regression; RTT does not
Correct answer: RTT accesses the subconscious through hypnosis to find root causes in a single session, unlike CBT's conscious, multi-session approach
RTT uniquely combines hypnosis and regression to access subconscious root causes rapidly, whereas CBT works consciously across many sessions.
Question 5: During the transformation phase of RTT, the therapist uses language that is:
- Technical and clinical to maintain professionalism
- Poetic, metaphorical, and highly personalized to the client's discovered beliefs (Correct answer)
- Generic scripts read from a manual
- Silent, allowing the client to self-direct
Correct answer: Poetic, metaphorical, and highly personalized to the client's discovered beliefs
Marisa Peer's RTT methodology emphasizes using bespoke, evocative language tailored to the imagery and beliefs the client revealed during regression.
Question 6: What is the correct sequence of the core phases in a standard RTT session?
- Induction → Pre-talk → Regression → Transformation → Awakening
- Pre-talk → Induction → Regression → Transformation → Awakening (Correct answer)
- Regression → Pre-talk → Transformation → Induction → Awakening
- Transformation → Induction → Regression → Pre-talk → Awakening
Correct answer: Pre-talk → Induction → Regression → Transformation → Awakening
The correct order is: pre-talk to prepare, induction to enter trance, regression to find root causes, transformation to rewire beliefs, then awakening.
Question 7: Why is the 21-day recording period considered an integral structural component of RTT, not an optional add-on?
- It replaces the need for regression
- It reinforces new neural pathways formed during transformation through repetition (Correct answer)
- It is required for RTT certification only
- It allows the therapist to monitor the client remotely
Correct answer: It reinforces new neural pathways formed during transformation through repetition
Neuroscience supports that repetition over approximately 21 days consolidates new thought patterns; the recording extends the in-session transformation into daily life.
RTT Session Structure 3
When should an RTT therapist conduct a detailed intake assessment with the client?