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helping children to overcome the fear of spiders. Use whichever induction you
feel most appropriate, followed by deepener, then commence.
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In a moment I'm going to ask you to imagine certain things, and you'll find that
imagining these things will relax you even more - and with each breath that you
take and each word that I utter - you will find yourself drifting deeper and
deeper into a calm - relaxing - feeling.
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And I want you to imagine that you are sitting in your favourite chair at home.
. and you're feeling very comfortable and very relaxed - feel your arm as it
rests on the chair arm and you can see the things in the room - the door - and
the window - the fireplace - any ornaments or clock - the television - the table
- see all the things that are in the room with your favourite chair. And you can
see these things that I describe very clearly, and your imagining makes you
relax even more deeply.
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It's a comfortable sensation to feel that you are surrounded by familiar things
- your own very special, familiar things. And you're remembering now, other
things that I've not mentioned yet - and you can see these other things, even as
you're remembering them. And visualizing them relaxes you more and more.
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And now I want you to imagine that you can hear a soft knock on the door. - it's
a sort of tap - tap - tap - very quiet - tap - tap. . (at this point, tap
somewhere two or three times) - and you are too comfortable to get up out of
your chair - your legs are heavy - your body is relaxed - your mind is calm -
and so you shout "come in" - and look toward the door to see whose there.
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The door opens but you can't see anyone there, so you shout out.
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"Who is that?" and you hear a little sob and a tiny, squeaky little voice
whispers - "It's me."
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You look around the room but can't see anyone but then when you look down at the floor you can see a sweet little spider sitting there, crying his eyes out. One of his legs is wrapped around a red spotted handkerchief and the other seven are slipping about all over the place - you look to see why he's slipping and notice that his tears are forming a little pool around him.
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You ask the spider why he's crying and he tells you his furry feet are wet and he's lost his yellow wellies. Then a big, wide smile spreads over his furry face and he jumps up and down in the salty puddle - saying. . "There they are." The
salty puddle tears splash onto his face and he dabs at them with his red spotted
handkerchief.
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The next minute he has seven little yellow Wellington boots on his feet, rather
like Paddington Bear - and he has made a hat with the red spotted handkerchief
by tying the four corners into knots and putting it on his head - but it's so
big that it keeps falling down over his face. The spider looks so ridiculous
that you start to laugh.
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From this moment forwards - whenever you see, or think about a spider, you'll
immediately think about a furry spider with seven yellow wellies on his furry
feet and a red spotted handkerchief on his head - and this thought makes you
smile.
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You'll find that you feel more and more comfortable about spiders from now on, you think of spiders as your friends; they don't bother you, and you don't bother them, whenever you see, or think about a spider, you immediately think about a furry spider with seven yellow wellies on his furry feet and a red spotted handkerchief on his head - and this thought makes you smile.
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