The Thin Book : Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts for Weight Management (Book and Audio CD) [Paperback]

Hal Brickman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 1999

This collection of discrete hypnotherapy scripts is designed to aid clinicians in helping their clients deal with the complex, often lifelong issue of weight management. Armed with a truly creative approach to negotiating the reality and fantasy of food, clinicians finally have an edge as they face with their clients the challenge of developing a sense of empowerment out of a depleted sense of self-esteem.

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About the Author

Hal Brickman, M.S.W., is based in New York City and has maintained a thriving private practice since 1977. He founded Alpha Psychotherapy Center in 1977, and in 1992, he established Alpha Calm Therapy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen (December 4, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891944096
• ISBN-13: 978-1891944093
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There are a lot of things to love about The Thin Book., April 24, 2002

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"alyssa_fallert" (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Thin Book : Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts for Weight Management (Book and Audio CD) (Paperback)

There are a lot of things to love about The Thin Book.

The first is that it is, literally, a thin book. It is 108 pages of double spaced type. Personally, I believe most books, and most certainly those in the mental health field, are much too long. The Thin Book sets a great example of what is possible.

Another reason to love The Thin Book is the simplicity of its organization. It is a terrific book, and that, it seems, was Brickman's intention. He has given us fourteen chapters, each of which is a well-developed trance script addressing the subconscious meaning of a specific weight loss challenge. Some of these scripts, such as "Compulsive Eating as a Defense Against Anxiety," "Craving Fruit and Vegetables," or "Late Evening Eating," I might expect to see in a book for weight management.

To my delight, Brickman goes beyond the expected by offering scripts on, "Being Overweight as an Expression of Passivity and Hostility," "Slowing Down the Act of Eating," "Exercising," "Feeling Deprived After a Successful Effort," and "Lacking Resolve when Eating Away From Home."
The book is also unique in that the only writing Brickman presents other than the well-constructed and structured scripts is a 3-page preface. Here he describes himself as a "specialist in weight management." He states, "The scripts use positive suggestions or positive hypnosis in the form of metaphors, analogies, empathy and confrontation that contradict the effects of the unconscious mind." This description offers an accurate portrayal of his work, but understates the sensitivity and richness of his work.

The Thin Book is accompanied by an audiotape, read by Brickman, containing three of his trance scripts: "The Resistant Part of Me," "Saying 'No' to Important Others," and, "Compulsive Eating as a Defense Against Feelings." Hearing Brickman's perfectly soothing voice is as satisfying as a double-layered chocolate cake, and is quite helpful as a teaching tool.

I highly recommend Brickman's The Thin Book to any professional that works with weight issues as well as to any one interested in reading and hearing well done hypnotic scripts.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a lucky find!, February 18, 2000

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Henrietta Greenway (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Thin Book : Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts for Weight Management (Book and Audio CD) (Paperback)

If you're like me overweight, feeling frustrated stuck and fed up-THERE IS HOPE. It's called THE THIN BOOK. It is a true jewel. I found it to be so inspiring, while providing me with original suggestions to help me monitor and modulate the way I eat. Best of all, it has worked for me. It also worked for my husband, who was forty five pounds over-weight- even though it took two weeks to convince him to try reading the book. The THIN BOOK isn't about dieting. It's about helping you re-program that voice in your inner-mind that says 'yes" to foods it should be more often saying 'no' too, This book re-programs your unconscious mind so that you start craving salads, fruit, water etc. Unbelieveably but it actually works. I doubted it at first. You probably do too. But I'm glad I let myself move past my doubt into action. Every so often, I reread passages from the book to get a tune-up when I feel that rebellious perhaps teenager in me trying to talk me into my old binging eating habits. If you haven't guessed by now, I love this book. It's also written by a writer whose message is clear, creative and artfully persuasive.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinarily well-written and original ., February 18, 2000

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Harriet Smith (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Thin Book : Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts for Weight Management (Book and Audio CD) (Paperback)

This I would have to say is a must read book for all of you out there who are denying one simple fact: Food isn't the culprit. How much you learn to use self-control and the self-esteem derived from it will govern the direction of your path. I got tired of going backwards all the time. This book has pointed me in the right direction. It points out that we should respect, celebrate food. WE should treat food as we would a good friend who we can count on. Well, I made friends with this book and I respect the author, Hal Brickman for writing a weight-management book that I have not seen the like of before. Instead of being preachy it's down-to-earth and uses words that people can understand. It uses ideas that make sense and are hard to forget, even though there is a little devil in me that sometimes says "go back." Go back and get that instant plesure from eating all I want when I want. But, I'm clearer about the consequences now. The book has taught me to slow down and think, breathe, imagine, plan, hesitate. That's all it takes to my amazement. Buying time. I see that now. By delaying that lunge to the wrong foods, I move closer to who I really am and how I really should look and care for my self. Wow! I'm so grateful.