The following structure is offered as a way of playing with the various components, as a place to vary from, and even forget about as soon as possible ...

What do you like to do? to create a mood of resourcefulness

What do you like about that? to clarify - like a window into someone’s soul

What’s the problem? that you would like to make some change 

What’s the problem about that? to disclose what background concern is being challenged 

What’s missing? to inform us all about what we are looking for 

Invitation into hypnosis

Would it be OK with you to [go to likes] 

then become more focused

then allow for increased absorption

we can observe and comment on any changes to enhance

Now the client is focused and absorbed in the experience of their “likes”, we can explore together, and find whatever the messing resource is that is missing for the client to have their problem. 

We can ask the client to learn that resource, to sit in it, absorb it, get to know it …

Then we can ask the client o bring this resource from their “likes” to what was a problem.

 Next we can invite the client to come out of hypnosis

 Ask “What’s different?”

 And finally say “Thank you!”

I'd recommend that you download the pdf and fill in the details as you practice with a friend, colleague or client.

The more opportunities you make to play with this, the easier it will become, and the sooner you will be able to leave this structure behind ... and play.

And please ... leave a comment about what you found useful in the exercise.