Just as a driver of a car can shift gears as needed, therapy can help a client or a couple shift from a troubled set of mental associations into a more resourceful working meditation. One of the most powerful means of helping clients free themselves from the negative trance states that typically bring them to therapy is hypnosis. Through demonstration and exercises, you'll discover how to use hypnosis to help clients access the resources they desire—including assertiveness, openheartedness, courage, generosity, and compassion—at the precise moment they need them. Beyond that, you'll learn concrete skills for helping them evoke those strengths outside the treatment room even when they're under stress—at work, at school, and especially in intimate relationships.