What is a "script" in hypnosis?

What is a "script" in hypnosis?

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In the context of hypnotherapy, a script is simply that. It is prose (verbiage) that is used by a hypnotherapist to help offer suggestions to a client in the pursuit of transcending an issue. They are prewritten and the hypnotherapist may or may not write his or her own scripts. There are books of scripts out there where you can get thousands and thousands of different ways of expressing things like eating food properly or exercising. I personally do not use scripts in hypnosis. I prefer to treat each session on its own and work with the client based on what I feel is the appropriate way to deal with it. There are certain structures that I might use but I do not pre-write scripts. A script in hypnosis is basically like a movie script. It's verbiage and prose that's used to help introduce hypnotic suggestion.