And I wonder if you can feel yourself sinking gently into that chair, now.... and feeling yourself supported as if you are on a big fleecy cloud... and just drifting down and down...into that cloud.... feeling yourself going deeper and deeper... deeper and deeper...

Just allowing yourself to drift away now... nothing is important... nothing matters... and you can feel yourself going down and down..

And my voice can become whatever you want it be... my voice can become the sound of rain on the window pane on a winter's night.... or my voice can be the voice of a teacher... or a parent... or a friend... and my voice can be the wind blowing along an empty street.... in summer... or maybe... the wind is blowing along a street in autumn...

And picks up a leaf and that leaf gets carried away .... here and there.... and it goes left and right.... and up and down... and that wind... carries the leaf safely and gently.... as it goes round and round... swirling and swooping....

And then it goes down... gently .... swirling round.... as if it is in a spiral stair case... 

And I wonder if you can imagine a spiral staircase.... the way the spiral staircase goes down and round and round... and you can imagine yourself on that spiral staircase... and you can imagine going down that spiral staircase.... and there can be a handrail and it's safe...

And you can count yourself down that spiral staircase.... and the first step is TEN... and the next step goes down deeper NINE... and EIGHT feeling more relaxed and more comfortable...  and SEVEN drifting away... then SIX down and down..... really relax.... then FIVE deeper and deeper... and then FOUR... nothing matters.... nothing counts.... you have nothing to do... you don't have to do anything... you don't have to think.... listen... anything at all.... and then THREE nearing the bottom.... totally relaxed... then TWO ... almost there .... and ONE... gone down... into some warm dark place... where your mind can just drift away... if any thoughts come into your mind just let them go... like leaves caught in the breeze.... blown around and around and away... they'll just go away... and then ONE... you're at the bottom... feeling really good... totally relaxed... and you can just enjoy that feeling of release and relaxation.... knowing that everything's OK and you're OK.... and there are no issues... nothing you have to do...