As Friday arrived Lara was really in need of another one of those wonderous sessions. She was stressed out of her mind and her finger near constantly tugged and curled at the end of a strand of hair hanging down her face.
Ms. Baker who was looking forward to this new appointment just as much for an entirely different reason was just as stressed. The more she thought about that trigger she had left the more nervous she became that it might hugely backfire. Of course she could focus today on removing that trigger and start over implanting a new one next week but that would be a huge back set for her plans.
Like always Lara just barged into the office and took her place on the couch. Dressed to impress in her expensive skirt suit. The fact that she was playing with her hair when entering was a good sign for Ms. Baker. It gave her some hope that she wouldn't have to start all over again seeing that her hypnosis from last week still affected Lara. Still it might still be best to start over anyways, after all if she screwed up she wouldn't get another chance.
"Good evening Lara, how are you feeling today? Have you noticed any differences in your week? How would you evaluate last week's session?" Ms. Baker asked as calm as she could to this woman she hated so much. Megan had moved back home to her and her husband and after hearing more about the case and how horribly humiliating it had been for Megan, her hate for this woman on the table had only grown.
All reservations she might have had about this whole revenge ploy were swept off the table. Playing with one's hair was innocent enough but some of the things she had planned weren't as harmless. Yet after having Megan move in she only wanted to go even harder on this bitch. Sadly hypnosis wasn't something you could rush, but every session would help into moulding Lara a bit more to what she had in mind for her.
"Well it started out amazing I was completely relaxed right after our session for a change instead of having just taken off the edge. When work started again I felt like it took a little longer for the stress to get to me, and when it did it was a little less severe than usual, but in the end right now I'm just as stressed as I was last week." Lara answered.
"Hmmm that's great, I mean great progress that is. This therapy takes a while to ramp up to drastically lowering your stress. It also takes a while to get really long-lasting effects that don't fade after a week, but the fact that you already felt a clear difference is a great sign that this therapy will work wonders for you." Ms. Baker said.
What she didn't say but what was also a great sign for her plan was that up until now Lara hadn't noticed anything else than how the therapy had affected her stress. Ms. Baker hadn't thought it would be any other way yet it was still a relief.
"If you say so doc, all in all I have noticed better results than just the ranting so even if there are no huge long-term improvements, I think I'll stay with this therapy from now on." Lara casually said, not realising what she was agreeing to.
"I still hope that we'll be able to achieve some long-term progress, but if you really haven't been as relaxed as after last week's session in a long time then I think it's definitely worth it to continue even if long-term results stay out." Ms. Baker said smiling at the opportunity it provided her.
One of her concerns about her plan had been that if she didn't make enough progress Lara would give up on the therapy. On the other hand if she really made a lot of progress Lara might deem that she didn't need any more therapy before she could get to the fun part of her revenge. Right now she really got the chance to simply work on relaxing Lara in session and maybe deepening the relaxing effect of last post hypnotic command to keeping it's slight relief in stress all week long, instead of having to continue to work on lowering Lara's stress levels to the point where the therapy might become obsolete.
Maybe she could even work on some negative reinforcement instead of positive reinforcement like with the hair. It was something worth exploring but first there was another dangerous moment with the trigger she used. Since the playing with the hair had held she decided she would try using it instead of losing two weeks even though it remained risky. After all her career and revenge were on the line.
"Okay Lara, I want you to lay back now and try to relax as much as you possibly can while I prepare to take you under once more." Ms. Baker said pulling out the metronome and setting it out in front of Lara once more.
Now for the moment of truth she thought somewhat nervously "Alright Lara, just like last week I want you to focus on breathing in and out with metronome. I'm going to count down and you will relax, three, two, Lara is a stupid slut." Ms. Baker exclaimed, her heartbeat rising in an instant, fearing the worst before letting out a sigh of relief as instead she saw Lara on her couch with glazed over eyes in a trance as deep as she had been last week.
A huge smirk spread across Ms. Baker's face as she admired her handy work. She was overjoyed that it had in fact worked. Now it was time for her to get back to work on taking this trance deeper, reinforcing the trigger and her previous post hypnotic suggestion to make sure it grow harder to overcome while getting Lara to drop into a deeper more mouldable trance next time she used the trigger.
"Good Lara, now that you are back to being so deeply and pleasantly relaxed I want you to remember everything we discussed when you last felt this good. I want you to recount how playing with your hair will take the sharpest edge off your stress, while you think about that I want you to let the metronome relax you even more, just breath in and breath out with every tick as you become even more relaxed. Then next time that I speak the words 'Lara is a stupid slut you will go right back to this even deeper relaxed state." Ms. Baker softly spoke.
"Now Lara, you trust me right?" Ms. Baker asked in anticipation of her next move. She smiled as the woman on the couch gave a brief nod.