Why not take a leap away from being limited by the technical aspects of hypnosis to seeing the practice of hypnosis as requiring the understanding of individual psychological needs. The field of hypnotherapy is a collection of techniques in need of a unifying theory. Hypnosis remains a tradition embodying a large number of techniques, but one who lacks an intrinsic theoretical infrastructure of its own. Thus placed hypnotherapy becomes a useful part of the treatment of the human psyche. At his death he is hard and stiff.
Green plants are tender and filled with sap.
At their death, they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. My formal training was in clinical psychology, school psychology, family life and last, but not least Hypnosis, including various aspects of altered states, existential therapy, experiential therapy and the list continues. My training was along traditional lines. It included the diagnosis, prognosis and course of treatment.