âWe are only ever are true selves when we think no one is watching.â â Boratus
âMr. Heffler, your 1 oâclock is here.â Carol said through the intercom.
âSend her in, Carol.â I replied, pressing the little button.
1pm and Iâm already wishing it was 4:59. I like my job, I really do, but there are always those days when you just donât want to be there. Iâm a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist by trade, one of the best in the city actually. Iâd been at it for a year when that 1 oâclock came in. The day had been a âsnoozerâ. Itâs not that I didnât care about peopleâs problems but there are a lot of problems that are pretty common and that morning I had to sit through the top three, one of them twice. I hoped that this next patient might help to wake me up a bit. It would be especially difficult since a nice lunch was doing its best to make me sleepy. The short notes on this patient said: Angela Gambini, sexual repression. It certainly wasnât âhabitual smokerâ like my 11:00.
I lifted my head up from the short notes to behold the most beautiful woman Iâd ever seen in my life. Almost 2 metres tall, long curly golden locks that spilled over her shoulders, and an hourglass figure, though the top half was much larger than the bottom. A blue business suit with a white blouse attempted to give her more of a professional air than a sexual one but it failed miserably. Her breasts really couldnât be contained by it and the cut of it still hugged her slim waist and showed off her ass. Her shoes only had an inch heel but at her height she really didnât need any help up. God had sent me an angel or perhaps a minor goddess. I glanced back down at the short notes. Sexual repression? Her? There had to be some mistake! All she did was walk in and I already started to get hard. Well, guess that just proved that
I
wasnât repressed.
âHello, Ms Gambini.â I said, offering my hand.
âHello, Dr. Heffler.â She said shaking it with a light grip. She was obviously nervous. Most of my patients were the first time.
âPlease, have a seat.â I said gesturing to one of the chairs in front of my desk. âNow, my secretary said there was a small problem with the payment to deal with.â
âOh yes.â She said, quickly reaching into her purse. A moment later a wad of bills landed on my desk.
I picked it up and looked at her curiously. âCash?â
âMy husband thinks this type of help is bullshit. Excuse me. And so I canât have it showing up on the credit cards or checking account.â
âI see.â I counted the money and then threw it in a drawer. Iâd have Carol deposit it later. âSo I guess you wonât need a receipt then?â I smiled.
âOh no.â She smiled back, a little more at ease.
âNow letâs discuss what you feel the problem is.â
She looked around the room and caught sight of my couch. Yes, just like in tv and the movies. She smiled when she saw it. Everybody does that. They all look for it and are so happy to see it actually there. Then she turned back and seemed to talk to her hands.
âI canât tell you my problem.â She said as she fidgeted with the bottom of her suit jacket.
âExcuse me, Ms Gambini?â
âAngela, please.â
âAll right, Angela.â I acknowledged. âNow, itâll be a little difficult for me to help you if you wonât tell me what your problem is.â
âNot wonât. Canât.â She corrected.
I sighed inwardly. Itâs not good for patients to see that youâre getting frustrated. âOk. Can you tell me why you canât.â
âIâd feel too awkward and too guilty.â
âGuilty?â
âYes, guilty and I canât tell you why.â She said looking at her lap.
Thatâs right. Make it as easy as possible, why donât you. Ugh!
âWell if you canât tell me and you canât tell me exactly why you canât tell me then we seem to be at an impasse.â
âOh no, thereâs an easy way around it all.â She said still looking down and fidgeting.
âReally? And what would that be?â
This should be good.
âHypnotize me.â She said finally looking up into my eyes.
âExcuse me?â
âPlease, I want you to hypnotize me.â
âIâm sorry, Angela, but thatâs really not how this works. I donât force confessions out of people through hypnosis. Besides, if you really donât want to tell me what the problem is then youâll resist being hypnotized.â
âOh but I wonât!â She insisted. âYou see I read about how people can be made to say and do things when theyâre hypnotized and then forget them when they wake. What I want you to do is hypnotize me so Iâll feel relaxed and you can ask me about my problem but when weâre done youâll make me forget that I told you. That way you can help me but I wonât feel so embarrassed.â
âBut if you forget what we discussed then the session becomes meaningless.â I stated.
âBut what if I keep coming back and each time you make me remember the last session so we can continue and then forget again when weâre done. We can keep going until youâve fixed my problem and at that point Iâll want to remember and I will!â
Well, this certainly wasnât going to be a boring session! She thought she had it all figured out but she didnât seem to realize that she needed to remember each session so that she could mentally digest it before we met again. If we did it her way it would just seem like one long session to her and become difficult to deal with. On the other hand, if I put her under and then gave her the suggestion that she didnât mind confiding in me then I could overcome the embarrassment issue and we could continue with normal session thereafter. It was worth a shot.
âAll right, Angela. Weâll try it your way.â I said as I got out of my seat. She immediately got up and started toward the couch. I stopped her.
âNo, you may sit here. Itâs better if youâre seated the first time. On the couch thereâs more of a chance of you falling into a real sleep rather than a trance.â
She looked disappointed. She really wanted to try out the couch. They all did.
âDonât worry.â I assured her. âYouâll probably be using it on future sessions.â
A little grin crossed her face. It seemed almost mischievous.
âNow make yourself comfortable.â I told her and so she removed her jacket and then undid the top button of her blouse. I didnât tell her to make me uncomfortable!
I held up a pen and took her through the basic steps, having her focus on it and then telling her to take a few deep relaxing breaths. Soon she was counting backwards and her eyelids where starting to flutter as she struggled to keep them open. Then she was under.
âNow Angela, I want you to put yourself in a very comfortable place; a garden or a beach or somewhere where you can just relax and be alone and be yourself.â
âAre you picturing it, Angela?â
âYes.â
âGood. Now whenever you are in this place no one can see you or hear you and you can do whatever you like. Sometimes, you may get a visitor but if you do you will know that you trust that person because you have allowed them into your special place. Anything you say to them in that place will be ok because it is a place of trust. Understand.â
âYes.â
âAnd one more thing: there is a magic to your place which causes anyone but you to forget what happened when they were visiting your special place. That means you can confide anything you want to them and have no fear of them telling your secret because theyâll forget as soon as they leave.â
She smiled at the thought.
âNow, Angela, I am coming into your special place. You see me there with you and you know that you can trust me and you know you can tell me your secrets and when I leave I will forget them but you will feel better for having shared them with someone you trust.
âI trust you.â She said softly.
âGood. I want you to trust me. Trusting me makes you feel good. Sharing things with me makes you feel good. Is there anything youâd like to share with me now?â
âYes.â
âAnd what is that?â
âIâm a slut.â
Whoa! Hold the phone!
âYou ⊠you mean you feel that you act slutty sometimes.â I prodded.
âNo. I am a slut. I have been since I was a girl. I try to hide it in clothes and attitude but I hate doing so. I want to be owned and I want to be controlled. Thatâs why I came to you.â
âYou wanted me to control you?â
âYes, Iâve wanted to be controlled for so long now. I married my husband mostly for money but partly because I thought he was dominant and controlling but heâs not. Heâs just angry and bullying and jealous. Iâm trapped in my marriage so I canât ever be with a real dominant man but then I thought about hypnosis. I thought if I was hypnotized then a man would have total control over me. I couldnât do anything to resist him. That thought turns me on so much. Iâve played with myself to incredible orgasms thinking about it. Now itâs finally happening. Iâm soaking. Iâm so wet. Please order me. Tell me what to do.â