Hypnotic Realities: The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis and Forms of Indirect Suggestion [Hardcover]

Milton H. Erickson (Author), Ernest L. Rossi (Author), Sheila I. Rossi (Author), Andre M. Weitzenhoffer (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1976

... Hypnotic Realities is a verbatim transcript of Dr. Erickson's induction of clinical hypnosis and his approaches to trance training. It provides students and professionals with clear examples of the evolution of clinical hypnotic phenomena. Two major innovations in this volume are the utilization theory of hypnosis and indirect forms of suggestion....Each chapter includes an essay by Ernst Rossi which clarifies and elaborates on the relevant issues of Dr Erickson's work just illustrated. In these essays, Dr. Rossi analyzes Dr. Erickson's approach in order to uncover some of the basic variables that can be isolated and tested by future experimental work. These sections are a bridge between the clinical art of Dr. Erickson's hypnotherapy and the systematic efforts of the science of psychology to understand human behavior. --- excerpts from book's dustjacket

Product Details

• Hardcover: 326 pages
• Publisher: Irvington Publishers; Har/Cas edition (June 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829001123
• ISBN-13: 978-0829001129
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic on Ericksonian hypnosis. A must., November 25, 1996

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This review is from: Hypnotic Realities: The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis and Forms of Indirect Suggestion (Hardcover)

I have read this book many times and continue to learn more and more each time. This book is a definite must for the student learning indirect suggestion

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read for Hypnotists, September 6, 2010

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Bridget McKenna (Seattle WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hypnotic Realities: The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis and Forms of Indirect Suggestion (Hardcover)

My continued reading on the subject of Ericksonian hypnotherapy has often taken me over the same familiar territory. It's a good territory, and there's no denying the satisfaction of having my opinions validated by more experienced heads, but Hypnotic Realities took me a step above that.

Erickson and Rossi's analysis of how Erickson approached hypnosis, language, calibration, and the unique individuality of every hypnotic subject managed to strike me as fresh and new, even after I'd consumed dozens of books on the subject, and taught me delightful new ideas on almost every page. If you're learning hypnosis and/or NLP, this is a valuable book to read and absorb and make your own.

This book was written before (but published after) Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., so the linguistic insights explored by Bandler and Grinder in Patterns will form a good background for appreciating Hypnotic Realities even more in light of what those volumes added to the understanding of Erickson's work.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Been Better, December 10, 2005

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Brian Cheong (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hypnotic Realities: The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis and Forms of Indirect Suggestion (Hardcover)

This book is the first in a 3-volume set. The stuff inside is good but not very well-organized which is not easy to search for info inside and also bit confusing. Get "Hypnotherapy: An Exploratory Casebook" (which is the second in the series) instead; I think it's the best in the 3-volume set. "Experiencing Hypnosis", the 3rd book is also better than "Hypnotic Realities".