Okay, I went to edit my post in order to clarify my message but the time has elapsed. My main message is this:

>> Well, she told me last session when I was talking to her about wanting more time for talking.. that the guided imagery would get shorter (only 20 mins that session) and eventually would be hypnosis.

> So what concerns me is why she would rather talk to hypnotised you than non-hypnotised you.

I don't think that hypnosis should be used as a short-cut way of getting the patient to disclose things that are hard because of the documented concerns with hypnosis especially as it applies to traumatic memories.

I'll leave it at that.