The Stories of our Lives

I love stories. For as long as I can remember, my fascination with stories has been a major part of my life. From the stories and poems my dad read me before I was old enough to read for myself, to the novels of today, I've seldom met a story I haven't enjoyed.
One of the story telling genres I always liked was the "campfire story" where a story was begun and then each person at the campfire added to the story. I always tried to anticipate where one storyteller would end, and the next one would pick up. But it was even more fun to try to guess where the story would end.
A variation on this genre is the "Create your own adventure" books that were popular in the 1980's and 90's. In this genre, the reader helped to create the story by making choices at the bottom of each page. If the reader chose A, he/she would be instructed to turn to page 47, if B, page 58. I liked this method of storytelling because it seemed to me that the reader not only became more involved in the story, but because it showed the link between our choices and the outcomes we experienced.
Hypnotherapy utilizes a similar process. Regression work helps our clients to see the choices they have made in the past, choices that often were made subconsciously, and to recognize the impact of those choices in their lives. Future progression helps them to see the different outcomes they can recognize by making different choices.
Writing the stories of our lives. Living the adventure as we go along. That's what hypnotherapy is all about.