has anyone here ever used time line therapy and if so what
similarities and differences have you spotted between it and
regression therapy?

I have been trained in hypnoanalysis and regression by one course but
on a different course the trainer said the timeline therapy was
better because it was disasociated so the client does not have to go throught the trauma what do you think?

in hypnoanalysis the beleif is the the root cause is a segnificant emotional event wich is repressed normaly in childhood so if the client is not in a deep trance will the client only be working on surface level emotions?

from what i seen and read timeline therapy seems to be alot quicker at releasing emotions from the past then regression hypnoanalysis but does it clear up as much as regression or analysis?

there are a though timeline therapy demos here.

YouTube - terryelston's Channel

Tom,

I've experienced both as practitioner and client and they both work well depending on the preference of the client. Some people are scared of regression so the danger is that anxiety will be increased, not helped. Also, regression needs a deep state of trance and you never know what will come up, real memories or constructs of the imagination. When I was trained in clinical hypnosis we were told that regression should be the "last protocol" and I tend to agree.

The comment about timelines being dissociated so thereby reducing re-experienced trauma is spot-on in my opinion. It feels much safer to the client and therefore they perceive that they have more control. This is important, as the originating event would have taken control away from them. Getting it back could be pivotal to feeling better.

As for the analyst's belief about originating traumas being repressed, I would exercise caution - this may be true in many cases, but often the child has found a way through the physical event but is now struggling with the beliefs that formed as a result of it. Therefore why go back to the trauma when NLP has so many ways to start looking at beliefs? For further evidence of how treatment for childhood trauma has changed, try finding yourself a psychoanalyst. They're almost extinct. Timelines and parts work are analytical enough, work consistently when practiced with skill and take much less time than wading back through the past and re-lighting the fire. My first NLP coach was very clear that "what you put your attention on grows" So, guess what happens if you spend too long dwelling on old feelings? Old feelings you will get. While emotion is important to deal with sensitively, NLP (and CBT) give us the tools for working with the structure of the presenting problem rather than solely looking at the content. The Robert Dilts book "Changing Belief Systems With NLP" is superb for this king of thing. Going back to the activating event will rarely resolve the emotion on it's own. To me that is one of the great myths of psychoanalysis. We need to find the thinking patterns, submodalities, accessing cues etc. and work through them with ecology. That's what works, not diving into a big pool of repressed emotion and causing unnecessary grief.

Cheers,

Mike.