Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Basic to Advanced Techniques for the Professional [Hardcover]

Calvin D. Banyan (Author), Gerald F. Kein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0971229007 | ISBN-13: 978-0971229006 | Publication Date: August 10, 2001

Professional techniques and procedures for doing outstanding hypnotherapy using direct suggestion, convincers, covert testing, age regression and more. This is an exciting new book for professionals who are using hypnotherapy in their work (or would like to).It is highly organized and readable, and outlines and explains some of the most powerful and reliable techniques and procedures available to the modern hypnotherapist. A treasure of over 180 Hypnotherapy Techniques and Procedures that lead to successful hypnotherapy including: how to hypnotize every client, how to show every client that he or she was hypnotized, how to make your hypnotic suggestions more powerful than ever, how to make each session 10 times more powerful than the last one, how to covertly test your clients and use convincers that cannot fail, how to expertly conduct age regression sessions that are successful, how to work with overly-analytical, resistant or nervous clients, and how to amaze your clients and receive referrals from other professionals.

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About the Author

Calvin D. Banyan is the CEO and Supervising Hypnotherapist at The Hypnosis Center, Inc.,in Mounds View, (a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul)Minnesota. At The Hypnosis Center, Inc., he has conducted thousands of hypnosis sessions and supervised hypnotherapists who have conducted thousands more. His is one of the fastest growing practices and schools in the country. Holding both Bachelors (Summa Cum Laude) and Masters degrees in Psychology from the University of North Dakota, as well as publishing in the professional journals of the American Psychological Associaation and the American Psychiatric Association demonstrates his strong academic background which he brings to the practice of hypnotherapy. This is balanced with practical experience having worked in both private and government mental health facilities. The result is that Cal writes about a practical approach to doing hypnotherapy.

Gerald F. Kein is the director of the Omni Hypnosis Training Center in DeLand, Florida, where he maintains a highly successful hypnosis practice and professional training center. Having trained thousands of hypnotherapists nationally and internationally in over thirty countries, he is widely recognized as one of this country's leading instructors of clinical hypnotism. A graduate of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, Jerry holds a degree in education. He serves as Executive Director of the Florida Society of Professional Hypnotherapists. He is Vice President of Chapter 104 of the National Federation of Hypnotists and is active in legislative protection and creation around the country. He is also a contributing author to The Journal of Hypnotism, serves on the Advisory Board of the National Guild of Hypnotists and on the Certification Board of the National Guild of Hypnotists.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 219 pages
• Publisher: Abbot Publishing House (August 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971229007
• ISBN-13: 978-0971229006
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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62 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book for SETTING UP YOUR HYPNOSIS PRACTICE, October 29, 2004

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Laura De Giorgio "hypnotherapist" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Basic to Advanced Techniques for the Professional (Hardcover)

This book, more than any other, I've read - and as a practicing Clinical Hypnotherapist I've read few hundred books on hypnosis - focuses on helping a practicing hypnotherapist set us a successful practice.

You will find the book useful for the business aspect of your practice, rather than as a tool for learning hypnosis. It will be useful to you AFTER you have completed your training and already know how to use hypnosis successfully.

The book is not intended to teach you hypnosis or hypnotherapy, merely how to successfully MANAGE your practice.

Here's what you can learn from this book:
- Getting Started In Hypnosis And Becoming Better
- Setting Up The Office for Success
- Preparing Your Client - Before You Begin Your First Session
- What To Do During The Pre-Hypnotic Interview
- How To Increase Your Success For A Successful Age Regression
- Deepening The State Of Hypnosis
- Giving Hypnotic Suggestions
- Wrapping Up The First Session
- Preparing For The Age Regression Session
- Induction And Deepening For The Age Regression Session
- Using The Affect Bridge
- Uncovering Initial Sensitizing Event And Subsequent Sensitizing Events
- Transforming The Sensitizing Event
- Setting Your Client Up With A Vision Of Success
- Age Regression To A Specific Date, Time Or Event
- Wrapping Up An Age Regression Session For Maximum Results
- What Can You Do After The Session For Continued Great Results
- Continue To Learn And Grow As A Hypnotist

50 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a little misleading, April 23, 2002

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Drake "Drake" (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Basic to Advanced Techniques for the Professional (Hardcover)

This book is obviously professionally written. The only contention I had with the book was that it was misleading in the description that it explains how to preform hypnosis. It does not do that. This book is written for the professional Hypnotherapist and not a novice person who wants to gain an understanding on how hypnosis works and is performed.
The book essentially explains what things you can do to better your skills once you attain the basics of hypnosis/hypnotherapy. It goes on about how you can use such and such method to each a desired outcome but assumes you know how to perform that method. So it is definately not a beginners book.

With that said, the reviews are correct in saying that it is written in a style for everyone to understand. It is very readable and well written.

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some quite useful information but...., January 25, 2005

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LambiePie (East Coast USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Basic to Advanced Techniques for the Professional (Hardcover)

mostly a rehash of free articles available on the author's website and a promotion tool to sign up for his 5 Path training. There is pratical and useful descriptions of organizing your practice and making good initial impressions.

The author describes the first 2 of his 5 "paths" including age regreassion in great detail and then invites the reader to sign up for training to learn about the final 3 paths. I respect Mr. Banyan as a hynotherapist and businessman, but writing is clearly not his best talent. This book is poorly written and there are several typos, which is unprofessional looking. The author has also employed a hypnotic writing technique at the start of each chapter that states everything "you will learn" in the following chapter. It is annoying and time consuming. I don't want to be told what I will learn, just give me the information.

While the book has some merit, most of the information can be gatehred by reading the free articles on his website.