The Art of Reframing

When you utilize hypnosis(or NLP), one of the things that often happens in the process is that you find yourself doing something called "reframing." Reframing is exactly as it sounds. It is like having a picture. Maybe the picture would look better with a different frame around it, so you choose a new frame that suits it. Reframing in the hypnosis setting is just like that idea. You are the work of art and you want to change something (that is the frame), so you choose to make a change.

In more general terms, it is looking at something you are not happy with and relooking at it in a new way that works.

An example would be if you find that you stress easily and because of that have a lot of excess energy that builds up in the form of anger. Maybe it comes out in hurtful words to others or even violence. Rather than succumbing to such an end, you could reframe the energy and frustration found in anger into a more positive outcome. You could take up martial arts, buy
karate uniforms, learn the discipline, and heck, become a little more physically fit. The energy becomes a useful tool in overall health. In a sense, you have reframed the energy and frustration that was once destructive into something extremely good and healthy.

Of course you can do this without hypnosis. Committing to the reframing process might just be enough. However, hypnosis in this sense is helpful in getting to the bottom of the issue and making suggestion for the change. In the case mentioned above, the hypnotic suggestions would be to release the energy build-up in a disciplined environment of martial arts.