If we get a NO to “are you willing to turn the pain off?” we ask, “are you willing to turn the pain down?” Or for groups ONLY “will you delete the pain or turn it down?”. Once you have the Yes - get them seated and comfortable with their eyes closed. Ask them to imagine a dial in front of them and have them physically put their hand out as though on the dial and ready to turn it. They see it set at their current pain number and the numbers go down to zero. Get client to ask the unconscious to control the hand and turn the dial down to the lowest possible number it is willing to do so. This will be a slow turning, allow as long as that takes. When their hand is stuck at a number the client can ask, just once, if the unconscious will take it a bit lower, they gently persuade it a little, until an acceptably low number appears – or doesn’t!
- If it goes to a 1 or a 2, THEY can bargain with the unconscious if it will delete the pain completely.
- When the number is acceptable, or will not go lower, tell the unconscious on their behalf, “I now want you to set that number as the maximum this Old Pain can ever be. I also ask that the unconscious continues to look for ways to reduce the pain and eventually remove it completely over as short a time period as is safe and possible”.
- Then go to the steps of Somatics & Draining. After which re-check score, if acceptable give a final “Thank you” to the unconscious. If the score is unacceptable, you may need to see what is holding back the unconscious from releasing them and if necessary, plan a second session. Do NOT repeat the Dial technique for pain removal in any session.
• NEVER FORCE the unconscious into doing something it doesn’t want to do in that moment, results would be very short lived.