OTCC™

It is with great sadness that I inform you that my life partner, Dr. David Dobson, creator of OTCC™ and NFP™ died on February 22, 2008. Dave was a great hypnotic genius. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends as well as the many, many people he has helped all over the world.

His last wishes were that his valuable work be remembered and used for the great value it delivers and carried on by myself, Barbara and my grandson, Mick.

He is well-known for his Fun Shops, which we will continue sometime in the near future.

We are continuing to archive his work and will make it more available for you who wish to learn and utilize it.

You may contact us at mind@excelquest.com, or call 708-799-5329. His email or website will not be active or changed immediately, but sometime in the near future.

—Barb

You are invited to leave your memories of Dave, his work, your experiences with him, or just any thoughts you like.

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Here is Dave Dobson in an excerpt from the 2 DVD set The Beach Trip with David R. Dobson, Ph.D, available in our store.

As we approach 2007, many minds wonder to new years resolutions, setting goals/directions for ourselves. NLP is about setting directions in a way that assists us to create the life we desire. We can utilize this resource to write down our goals/outcomes/desires and us a process to manifest them.

For many years, I have taken New Year’s Eve to do that. It’s much better to make my life a party than to go to one.

I suggest a strategy of

1. Write down specifically and precisely what it is that you desire
2. Why you want it.
3. What it will give you.
4. How do you get it
5. What the necessary specific steps are to make your desire real.
6. Imagine what it will look like and step into the picture fully associated, seeing from your own eyes, hearing or saying to yourself what you say and feeling the great feelings you feel. Your intent is out there!

To summarize, come up with what you desire and drive it with pictures, sounds and feelings or emotions. Remember, we are not wanting green pieces of paper with pictures of dead men on them, etc. That is a means value. Most of us desire to be fulfilled, happy, secure, accomplished, etc. These are the ends goals or values and very general. But how do we precisely get our specific goals?

Now that you consciously know what you desire, rewrite it with the full linguistic representation, so that when you read it, it “wows!” you. Now, turn it over to your other than conscious or unconscious mind. Do this by reading what you have written and ask your OTC or UM to assist you in creating the life you desire. Do this at night before you go to sleep, so your conscious mind is resting and relaxed and your OTC takes the ball and runs with it. Don’t be delightfully surprised when you start getting new ideas and ways to do things that will propel you into the life you desire and deserve.

For extra resources in setting goals and directions, listen to CDs 4, 5, and 6B of 30 Days to Total Energy, available in our store.

Dave Dobson appears on DVD for the first time ever in a special presentation!

This two DVD set was recorded in July, 2006 with a group of attendees. On these enlightening DVDs, Dr. David Dobson discusses your brain, reference, consciousness, other-than-conscious mind and Hypnosis. He introduces his internationally famous Beach Trip and takes you on a delightful Beach Trip with him.

Seize this rare opportunity! You can buy this product at a special price, now, in our store.

Since I do so much ongoing coaching and private client change work, a lot of questions come my way about both. Questions like, “How do I start my business?” “Where do I begin?” “What should my fees be?” “How do I work with a client?” We'll answer a few of them now, from our point of view, of course.

Here are a few suggestions that will cost you little except your time:

You can let your social sphere know what you are doing. I started by doing small things complimentary for the practice. I began to get personal referrals. When you do an excellent job, you'll get lots of them. Personal referrals are how I got started and I continue to get many.

Do complimentary speaking engagements and let your audience know that you do coaching and private work. There are many organizations and companies who are looking for a freebee. Check it out. If you do seminars/trainings, let them know you do private sessions. Or if you want to spend a little or a lot of money, create a brochure, print business cards, advertise in local publications, get a web site.

To get down to specifics, what can make your job easier is to have them answer a detailed questionnaire and send it to you in advance of the scheduled session. If they won't do that, then they are probably not committed to the work. When they commit, the change begins. “But”, you say, “NLP is a content-free tool.” Yes, and you do need some information to be effective. The questionnaire should be carefully designed with questions to let you know what their modal operators, metaprograms, beliefs, values, current state and goals/outcomes are… A lot of information, which saves you both time and gives you a jump-start on the task at hand. Perhaps you could do a good job without it. You choose.

In the session, you set up the guidelines. You're the professional. First say hello Other-than-consciously. Use your skills of observation. Pay attention to their OTC™ communication. You’ve already begun the process. Listen to them, they will usually tell you what they want, even if they think they don't know. I ask them, “So why are you here? What specifically do you want?” Avoid letting them get into the therapy mode. You don't need to listen to their long, sad story. Interrupt the pattern and keep them on track.

What you charge for your services is up to you. You know what your time and skills are worth. There are some practitioners who charge by
the hour, some by the change, or in ongoing coaching, it can be an established monthly fee. The object is not to build client dependence, but to help them reach their well-formed goals as quickly as possible, so they can get on with their lives as successfully as possible. You do want referrals, right?

Brief example:

Recently I did private client work with a person we'll call Kiwi who was in a lengthy legal proceeding with Mango whom he let intimidate him to the point of terror. Kiwi wanted to manage/eliminate his fear and focus on the issue of winning a legal case.

What I didn't do is get in his face, fixate on his eyes, watch every movement, figure out if I should do a change history or a six step
reframe. Just paid attention. His words were, “I'm gonna lose and he's gonna eat me alive, dealing with him is destroying me.” It has been said that language is the mirror of the mind. What do you think?

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Kiwi had terrified himself with his own language. And Mango was loud and
vicious. "His tonality devastates me." We had him change his position and look at the situation and himself, from a distance, naturally. (Dissociate & break state). His comment was “that looks silly.” He laughed. I asked him how it now he said “better.” I suggested he say to himself in the most sensuous tone, “he's gonna eat me alive.” He began to laugh. He changed Mango’s tonality to a squeaky little voice and shrank him.

The picture, words and feelings are now changed forever. In this session, he learned how to interrupt his own pattern and outgrow ones that do not serve him. I asked him, “What will it be like when you have made these changes… now… in the future as you look back and see what it was like to have had that silly problem as you think about it here and now?”

Kiwi is now in a place to decide in a more positive way what to do here. The bottom line is that in the actual legal proceedings, several years ago now, he had to control his laughter and delight. The fear is gone. Mango lost his control and composure. Kiwi won the case!!

He has generalized this over time, and is doing well in other areas of his life. We still keep in touch.

We can all be winners easily. Dissociate from a problematic situation, look at it objectively, change your language, and use humor, all the while trusting that your OTC™ is an excellent problem solver. And as Richard Bandler says,“lighten up, loosen up,” It works.

The name, "Other Than Conscious Communication" says it all!

I've heard people say, "I'm not a salesman, I don't sell anything." Surprise! We are all selling all the time. Whether it be an idea, belief, or ourselves. Whatever you are selling, here are a few tips: The most powerful anchor one has is their name. When I meet a person, I take the initiative and say hello, I'm Barbara and you are ...? I then repeat their name. We like that. You can also notice how they say hello and match their behavior or as Dr. David Dobson says, "acknowledge their behavior." You will notice with a little practice how easily you connect with others. This is Other than conscious communication. Their OTC or unconscious mind says, "ah, a friend." It is just easy to calibrate their yes and no. Just pay attention and use your sensory acuity. Be genuine.

Sincerity works.