RTT Session Structure 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In RTT, the hypnotic induction is primarily designed to:
- Make the client fall asleep
- Bypass the critical faculty and access the subconscious mind (Correct answer)
- Induce amnesia for the session
- Test the client's suggestibility score
Correct answer: Bypass the critical faculty and access the subconscious mind
The induction guides the client into a relaxed, focused state where the critical conscious mind is bypassed, making the subconscious accessible.
Question 2: When a client becomes emotional during the regression phase, an RTT therapist should:
- Immediately wake the client to prevent distress
- Encourage the client to observe the scene with curiosity rather than reliving it with full intensity (Correct answer)
- Ignore the emotion and continue with questions
- End the session and reschedule
Correct answer: Encourage the client to observe the scene with curiosity rather than reliving it with full intensity
RTT practitioners are trained to help clients observe scenes with curiosity, maintaining therapeutic distance to process safely without re-traumatization.
Question 3: The phrase 'What do you think this experience caused you to believe?' is most closely associated with which RTT session phase?
- Pre-talk
- Induction
- Regression scene analysis (Correct answer)
- Awakening
Correct answer: Regression scene analysis
This question is a core regression technique used to draw out the limiting belief the client formed from a past scene.
Question 4: How many scenes does an RTT therapist typically ask the client to visit during a regression?
- Exactly one
- As many as possible, no limit
- Usually three scenes (Correct answer)
- Only scenes from childhood under age five
Correct answer: Usually three scenes
RTT convention is to visit three scenes during regression to gain enough material to identify patterns and root-cause beliefs.
Question 5: Which statement BEST describes what 'transformation' means in the RTT session structure?
- The therapist prescribes medication to change brain chemistry
- The therapist reframes past experiences and installs empowering beliefs using hypnotic suggestion while the client is in trance (Correct answer)
- The client is asked to journal about their feelings after the session
- The therapist and client role-play future scenarios in normal waking state
Correct answer: The therapist reframes past experiences and installs empowering beliefs using hypnotic suggestion while the client is in trance
Transformation in RTT means using hypnotic trance to reframe the meaning of past scenes and replace limiting beliefs with new, empowering ones.
Question 6: A client tells the RTT therapist before the session that they cannot be hypnotized. The best response during the pre-talk is to:
- Cancel the session since the client is unsuitable
- Agree with the client and use only talk therapy
- Educate the client that hypnosis is a natural state everyone can enter and address the misconception (Correct answer)
- Proceed without addressing the concern
Correct answer: Educate the client that hypnosis is a natural state everyone can enter and address the misconception
The pre-talk specifically serves to dispel myths about hypnosis and reassure clients, including those who believe they cannot be hypnotized.
Question 7: Which element of RTT session structure is most directly inspired by Marisa Peer's background in psychotherapy and hypnotherapy?
- The 21-day recording
- The intake questionnaire format
- The regression to root-cause technique combined with rapid belief change (Correct answer)
- The use of EMDR eye movements
Correct answer: The regression to root-cause technique combined with rapid belief change
Marisa Peer synthesized regression hypnotherapy with rapid belief-change techniques from her decades of psychotherapy experience to form RTT's core session structure.
RTT Session Structure 4
In RTT, the hypnotic induction is primarily designed to: