n a physical pain, an emotion, a “catch-phrase”, a slip of the tongue and use it as an affect bridge.
In this paper I want to suggest using more of a technique (already in our arsenal), which I find fascinating (1). That is encouraging our clients to focus on their birthmark (or birth-defect). You will be surprised how many people around us have birthmarks (not moles).
Include a question in your intake form and if there is one, you may use it as a trigger to produce regression, if you think conditions are ripe and time is proper. Most of the time you will have wonderful results.