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Hypnosis can teach us many things about how the human mind, perceptions and emotions function. It can also show how to help people shift those perceptions, mental processes, and emotions to resolve problems. Recent discoveries in neuroscience have pointed to the amazing plasticity of the brain and the mutability of habits, lending new interest to these age-old techniques.
While hypnosis is an endless subject, it can also be distilled down into some clear and simple principles. This book is the result of Bill O"Hanlon"s many years of teaching professionals how to compellingly invite their clients into trance and to help those clients reduce or eliminate the suffering that brought them to seek help. The third in the guidebook series (after A Guide to Possibility Landand A Guide to Inclusive Therapy), this is a brief, accessible, and fun guide to the essential points of a big therapeutic topic. Written with Bill O"Hanlon"s signature wit and style, this book is essential reading for all fans of O"Hanlon and anyone interested in hypnosis.
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"From emphasizing through voice volume to creating rhythm in altered states, is a fine addition to any health library." Bookwatch
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"[C]harming, instructive book, easy to consume." DianaPageJordan.com
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"Bill O'Hanlon has done it again....This short book is filled with useful information about trances and is written in an easy to understand and practical manner. I have already recommended this book to my students. I can easily recommend it to you as well...O'Hanlon's books are always filled with precious clinical nuggets." Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter
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"I highly recommend this to the serious clinician...This volume is probably the most concise opportunity for a practicing clinician to understand the breadth of permissive hypnosis." Tim Brunson, Ph.D.
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"Bill O’Hanlon has done it again….This short book is filled with useful information about trances and is written in an easy to understand and practical manner. I have already recommended this book to my students. I can easily recommend it to you as well...O’Hanlon’s books are always filled with precious clinical nuggets." Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter
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A friendly and brief guide to the essentials of hypnosis.
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Popular author Bill O'Hanlon offers an inviting and reassuring guide to the essentials of hypnosis, alleviating the newcomer's anxieties about how to make the most of this clinical tool. This brief book illustrates the benefits of solution-oriented hypnosis, which draws on the work of the pioneering therapist Milton Erickson (with whom O'Hanlon studied) and emphasizes doing what is needed to get results--which, more often than not, means trusting that the client holds within him- or herself answers or knowledge that need only be tapped or released by the therapist. O'Hanlon covers the key aspects of hypnosis, including: using possibility words and phrases; using passive language; and inducing trance. O'Hanlon offers practical tips and friendly encouragement for the novice hypnotherapist--in his characteristic warm, reassuring, and humorous style.
Synopsis
Popular author Bill O’Hanlon offers an inviting and reassuring guide to the essentials of hypnosis, alleviating the newcomer’s anxieties about how to make the most of this clinical tool. This brief book illustrates the benefits of solution-oriented hypnosis, which draws on the work of the pioneering therapist Milton Erickson (with whom O’Hanlon studied) and emphasizes doing what is needed to get results—which, more often than not, means trusting that the client holds within him- or herself answers or knowledge that need only be tapped or released by the therapist. O’Hanlon covers the key aspects of hypnosis, including: using possibility words and phrases; using passive language; and inducing trance. O’Hanlon offers practical tips and friendly encouragement for the novice hypnotherapist—in his characteristic warm, reassuring, and humorous style.
About the Author
Bill O"Hanlon, a licensed marriage and family therapist and a certified professional counselor, has authored and coauthored more than twenty-five books and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.