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The pre-session brief, not a script.
Practitioner briefs around language, pacing, sensory input, and direction. Professional judgment stays in the room.
SOMType
A framework for seeing the silent mismatch sooner. Before a session stalls, before language misses, before resistance looks like unwillingness.
It does not tell the practitioner what to do. It helps mark the doors.
SOMType is a structured classification framework created by Jim Winner and published under the name James Winner. It gives skilled practitioners a pre-session read on how a person receives language, pacing, sensory input, and direction. The framework is connected to James Winner’s published article, “A multidimensional framework for classifying hypnotic responsiveness,” in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.
A good practitioner can feel when the work is not landing. The problem is that the room often teaches that lesson late. SOMType moves part of that read earlier. One door opens more easily. Another creates friction. Another makes the client go quiet. The practitioner still chooses. SOMType just makes the choice less blind.
The five dimensions
What the read is built from
01Absorption & Memory
02Body Response
03Mind Style
04Drive Pattern
05Attention Flow
Eight families · Sixty-four named types
One of them is the person across from you.
Jim’s own type → The Artificer, Strategist family.
All 64
The Strategist
The Narrator
The Imaginist
The Visualizer
The Challenger
The Reasoner
The Sensor
The Pragmatist
The ArtificerJim
The Draftsman
The Sentinel
The Cartographer
The Maker
The Planner
The Conservator
The Curator
The Luminary
The Conductor
The Emissary
The Envoy
The Herald
The Editor
The Keeper
The Archivist
The Visionary
The Forecaster
The Wanderer
The Ranger
The Pathfinder
The Surveyor
The Drifter
The Reckoner
The Igniter
The Catalyst
The Dreamer
The Pilgrim
The Wayfarer
The Roamer
The Sojourner
The Nomad
The Provocateur
The Contender
The Dissenter
The Auditor
The Inquisitor
The Examiner
The Skeptic
The Arbiter
The Tribune
The Orator
The Confessor
The Delegate
The Confidant
The Executor
The Companion
The Steward
The Hunter
The Scout
The Tracker
The Outrider
The Strider
The Marshal
The Sentry
The Guardian
The Forger
The Craftsman
The Settler
The Homesteader
The Operator
The Technician
The Cultivator
The Groundskeeper
What’s My SOMType
A named type and a written profile, in about five minutes.
The free read names your patterns in plain language. Deeper reads cover romance, money, career, stress, influence, intimacy, and parenting.
Research & publication
Published in 2026
SOMType’s framework was published as “A multidimensional framework for classifying hypnotic responsiveness” in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, under the name James Winner.
PubMed lists the article under PMID 42043790.
SOMType is educational and informational, not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a clinical decision-maker. Individual responses vary.
Mark the doors.
Walk in with a working read on how the person across from you receives language, pressure, and direction.