Re:Therapy for Traders

Hello Larry Price:

I day trade the emini version of the S&P 500 future contract from Spain. I trade after the first half an hour or the first hour to 11:00 or 12:00 Chicago time.

My interest in Hypnosis is now 4 years old. Initially I went with "classical hypnosis" a la Gil Boyne and David Elman. Then latter I discovered Dr. Erickson's work via NLP literature.

To make a long story short (and to the point): I do a tape every day before trading (the tape was prepared by Teresa from the Milton Erickson Institute of Madrid - she is a gifted story teller -metaphors that is). At the end of the tape I am "flowing" (to use Prof. Csikszentmihaliy's concept of flow vs. etnropy, or the psychology of optimal performance ...)

I can say this: without what I have learned from Ericksonian hipnosys I wouldn't be what I am today! From trading to anything else.

I define hypnosis as "a necessary daily conversation with my SELF in the most sincere terms where often enrmous criativity and inteligence spring up". I have no doubts whatsoever that if and when I fall ill I can harness my unconscious to heal.

From this I have developed a considerable interest in psychotherapy and will probably become clinically qualified in the not so distant future.

Apologies if this doesn't fit the forum but from the prespective of a user perhps the therapists would like to hear ... otherwise feel free to delete.

Kind Regards,

Pedro

Replies:

Re:Therapy for Traders, by Larry Price, 05/29/03 Re:Therapy for Traders, by Pedro, 05/29/03

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