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Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Basic to Advanced Techniques for the Professional

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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

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.

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.

As a professional I am very disappointed by the contents of this text as the title is very misleading.The suggestions and advice contained in the book is elementary not at all implied by the title.Much of the information is related to the experiences of the authorand that which works for him.It is also too generalized and not specific enough.The enclosures of taking a course or ordering hypnosis material from his institute gives the intent of writing this book,away.I am truly dismayed.There are far superior books on this subject to be had.

If you are a seasoned professional, or just starting into the profession this book is a must have! Both members of the National Guild of Hypnotists, the authors are two of the most highly respected instructors in our profession. I was very pleased to see that they did not hold back on sharing knowledge that has made them very sucessful. The book is so well written even a beginner could understand the advanced concepts in the end of the book. The numbering of topics throughout the book lends itself to easy reference of subjects covered. From setting up your office for success, to working with client's doing advanced age regression, Affect Bridge, Informed Child Technique, finding and working through ISE and SSE's and more, this book has it all! This book also has great information on instant inductions. Its unfortunate that there are still hypnotists that think they need to drone on and on making their clients suffer through a 30 min induction. There are still a few (I'm hoping less than 5% for the clients sake)of professionals who use only a 30 min progressive relaxation to do an induction. To those I say "It is time to stop watching Black and White TV! Color TV was born may years ago, as was the rapid induction." Dave Elman's book titled "Hypnotherapy" copyright 1964 brought the rapid induction into the manstream of Hypnotherapy. Mr. Elman had taught thousands of doctors and hypnotists his methods of inductions. It is slight variations of these, and the newer instant inductions that are the most reliabe inductions we now have. How powerful are they? There is accually covert tests build into the inductions to test for level of trance. This test includes testing for Somnambulism. In the back of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy there is(in my opinion)the best version of this very powerful induction. I have a large hypnosis library, and if I could only keep one book "Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Basic To Advanced Techniques for the Professional" would be it!

I was recently speaking with a world-renowned and published hypnotherapist, and I asked him the question, "What percentage of all practitioners in the world are REAL HYPNOTISTS?" By "Real Hypnotists", I meant, "What percentage of hypnotists use the most powerful, state-of-the-art techniques available---these being, namely, instant/rapid inductions, and also age regressions." The expert told me that no more than 1-2% of all hypnotists use these transformational techniques.

Welcome to Cal Banyan and Jerry Kein's book, "Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy". Both of these authors are also teachers with their own hypnosis schools, and both teach instant/rapid inductions, as well as age regressions. The work that these two are doing is phenomenal. And they have packed their book with trade secrets that are not widely available. Matter of fact, many hypnosis "masters" keep their most effective techniques to themselves. Not the case with Banyan and Kein, who have put their egos on the backburner and filled this book with effective methods for having dramatic hypnosis sessions.

Notice that the key word that I use above is technique. Many of the hypnosis books currently available are filled with theories and recounting of the history of hypnosis. This current book contains easy to understand techniques, passed from Master to student in an unbroken lineage. Not since Dave Elman's classic book entitled "Hypnotherapy" have I seen this be done.

For students who are serious about taking a quantum leap in their hypnotic skills, going to the root cause of emotional issues, this book is highly recommended and worth its weight in gold.

Do not buy this book if you have any interest in learning about hypnosis or hypnotherapy. It basically only outlines how to run an office and deal with clients. It's great if you need to brush up on your common sense, but doesn't really work out for people who actually what to learn something.

This is a definite 'must have' for working professionals. It is not a "How to" book for beginners. This book is an excellent guide for practicing hypnotherapists. It is basically a format for conducting a session in hypnoanalysis and is full of modern techniques that will practically ensure a succesfull outcome with most clients.

This book describes many necessary techniques and explains there usefulness. The form of hypnoanalysis covered in this book is an 'informed technique' that guides the client to the underlying event that may be the cause of a psychosomatic illness or emotional problem. It then gives the reader the framework to deal with the issues that may arise. It details the process in an easy to learn, and step by step method.

The authors have made a great job in providing structure and inevitable success for the practicing hypnotherapist.

It took me a long time to plow through the material in this book. The author's writing style is laborious and tedius. Like many of the newer hypnosis books on the market, it is a rewrite of the existing best seller's like Elman's Hypnotherapy whom have come before. It is not written for a beginner. I would recommend saving money and picking up Dave Elman's Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy written by Kevin Hogan or Hypnotherapy by Roy Hunter. John Watkin's books regarding Hypnotherapy and War Trauma illustrated with casework will provide the hypnosis practitioner as well as the layman with a well grounded foundation in the subject.

This book truly is packed with a multitude of tips, tricks, and techniques for the practicing hypnotherapist! As a practicing PhD psychologist, I have never encountered a book so easy to read, yet so filled with incredible insights into the workings of the mind and the art of hypnotherapy. In a refreshing, conversational tone, Banyan clearly explains each step of his approach, guiding the reader gently through the process, almost guaranteeing success! I have no doubt but that this brilliantly written work will become a classic in the field!