What happens during the "deepening" phase of a hypnosis session?

What happens during the "deepening" phase of a hypnosis session?

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Once a client is in a light state of hypnosis, we often want to deepen the state which means we want to deepen the concentration, deepen the relaxation, make it all much stronger. Deepening techniques which a lot of people may read about or hear about are simply techniques that allow that to happen. Once the brain has decided to go into hypnosis to let the conscious critical mind shut off for a little while, the subconscious mind loves to go into that state. Deepening techniques are simply very easy-to-use tools that allow the brain to get more and more focused, more and more relaxed and then deeper into trance. Very often the deeper the trance, the more profound the results, although that is not always the case. For some issues and for some protocols, like weight loss, for instance, a lighter state of trance has proven to be more effective. So, depending on what we are trying to accomplish with a given client in a given session, we may deepen or lighten the state several times during the session.