Pev has been running sessions for twelve years. She has 223 completed cases.
The sessions are fifty minutes. The client states the target belief. Pev confirms parameters, runs the machine, writes the notes. Most cases close in one to three sessions. Some run longer. She can tell you, without checking records, that the most commonly presented belief is some variation of the belief that the person deserved what happened to them. She can tell you that beliefs about other people's intentions are harder to remove than beliefs about one's own. She can tell you that twelve percent of clients return within two years with something new.
The client finishing their list today is 34 and came eighteen months ago with eight beliefs they wanted removed. They never elaborated on the reason. Pev did not ask. Today is the eighth session: the belief that what happened changed what was possible. Pev confirms parameters. Runs the session. Writes her notes.
At the end the client says: I've been meaning to ask. How many have you removed? On yourself?
Pev says: I don't have a practice on myself.
The client says: why not?
Pev says: I haven't decided what to start with.
The client thanks her and leaves. Pev logs the case as closed. She checks tomorrow: two new intakes.
The practice notebook is in the top-left drawer. She started it nine years ago when she first considered beginning. She has opened it five or six times in the first two years and then less. She knows the list has fourteen items. She knows the first item by memory. She has not run a session on herself in twelve years of practice.
She logs the next intake. The notebook is in the drawer on the left.
She starts the next file.