It is a lot easier on a willing patient than it is on an unwilling one. Even with a willing patient, I have to basically trick the brain into entering a hypnotic state since sometimes a patient actively trying to be hypnotized will paradoxically block themselves from it.

There's no watches or other silly gimmicks like that. I typically make the patient as comfortable as possible and talk them into relaxing. On more than one occasion, I used other little tricks like using an old Magic Eye picture to have the brain focus on something else while I eased it into a hypnotic state. I'd offer to demonstrate, but I don't think you'd be comfortable with me doing that to you, especially on first meeting. I don't use hypnosis on unwilling patients unless there's no other choice. It's unethical.