RTT Therapeutic Techniques & Modalities 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In RTT, what is the primary purpose of the 'Command Cell Therapy' technique?
- To give conscious instructions to the body's cells to heal and change (Correct answer)
- To use medication alongside hypnosis for faster results
- To command the client to adopt new behaviors immediately
- To instruct the subconscious to forget traumatic memories
Correct answer: To give conscious instructions to the body's cells to heal and change
Command Cell Therapy uses direct hypnotic suggestion to communicate healing instructions to the body at a cellular level.
Question 2: Which technique in RTT involves the therapist speaking directly to the client's subconscious as though it were a separate entity?
- Parts therapy (Correct answer)
- Regression bridging
- Somatic anchoring
- Aversion conditioning
Correct answer: Parts therapy
Parts therapy in RTT addresses different 'parts' of the psyche separately, allowing the therapist to negotiate between conflicting internal voices.
Question 3: What distinguishes RTT's use of regression from traditional psychoanalytic regression?
- RTT regression is forward-moving and solution-focused, reinterpreting past scenes for healing (Correct answer)
- RTT regression requires the client to remain fully conscious throughout
- RTT regression relies on medications to access deeper memory layers
- RTT regression avoids emotional content and focuses only on cognitive reframes
Correct answer: RTT regression is forward-moving and solution-focused, reinterpreting past scenes for healing
RTT uses regression not just to uncover the past but to actively reframe and reinterpret those memories so they no longer hold negative power.
Question 4: In RTT, the 'Transformation' phase of a session typically involves which of the following?
- Installing new, empowering beliefs while the client is in hypnosis (Correct answer)
- Waking the client to discuss insights from regression
- Administering breathwork exercises before induction
- Having the client write affirmations in a journal
Correct answer: Installing new, empowering beliefs while the client is in hypnosis
During the Transformation phase, the therapist delivers targeted suggestions and new belief frameworks while the client is in a hypnotic state for maximum receptivity.
Question 5: What role does the client's personal recording play in RTT therapy?
- It reinforces hypnotic suggestions daily between sessions to accelerate change (Correct answer)
- It documents the therapist's session notes for future reference
- It captures the regression scenes for the client to analyze consciously
- It is played to family members to explain the client's issues
Correct answer: It reinforces hypnotic suggestions daily between sessions to accelerate change
The personalized recording is listened to daily for 21 days post-session, embedding new beliefs and commands through repetition in a relaxed state.
Question 6: Which of the following best describes 'bridging' as used in RTT regression work?
- Following a feeling or symptom back to its root cause in an earlier memory (Correct answer)
- Connecting two separate clients' sessions to identify shared patterns
- Linking conscious goals with subconscious metaphors through journaling
- Transitioning the client from light to deep trance using counting
Correct answer: Following a feeling or symptom back to its root cause in an earlier memory
Bridging in RTT traces a present-day emotion or symptom backward through the client's timeline to locate the originating scene or belief.
Question 7: An RTT therapist notices a client resists regression and stays 'stuck' in the present. The recommended approach is to:
- Ask the client to 'make something up' and trust whatever scene emerges (Correct answer)
- End the session and reschedule once resistance is lower
- Deepen trance using medication adjuncts before retrying
- Switch immediately to cognitive behavioral exercises
Correct answer: Ask the client to 'make something up' and trust whatever scene emerges
Marisa Peer's RTT method teaches that even imagined or invented scenes carry the client's subconscious projections and are therapeutically valid to work with.
RTT Therapeutic Techniques & Modalities 2
In RTT, what is the primary purpose of the 'Command Cell Therapy' technique?