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Transforming Therapy a New Approach to Hypnotherapy

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(505) 255-0558 magician1111@skybiz.com 6/13/99

Transforming Therapy by Gil Boyne will not only transform your therapy but will transform the way you perceive traditional therapy and hypnosis. The book's dust jacket describes Boyne's approach as radically different. Radical is right, but with his radicalism Boyne is also gently loving and poignantly potent. He eliminates the extraneous and boils it all down to harnessing the client's spiritual self-healing nature. In part one Boyne debunks the myths of hypnosis and emphasizes short-term self-transformation versus traditional psychotherapeutic methods that are often condescending and more often exploitive. He simplifies theory and keeps it to a minimum while focusing on practical application. In this spirit, part two contains actual word-for-word transcripts of videotaped therapy sessions. Each of these eight sessions is also available on videocassette from Westwood Publishing. The sessions serve as models for dealing with various types of clients and exhibit the wide diversity to be encountered in hypnotherapy practice. Rather than establish a set of rules for dealing with clients, by example Boyne shows the importance of harnessing the inner creative mind of the client for manifesting change. Part three consists of induction, uncovering, regression, gestalt, reeducation and reprogramming techniques. A practicing hypnotherapist can always improve with a review of part one and three from time to time, providing part two has been thoroughly studied. Boyne helps a hypnotherapist remember to employ the grace of God in this work. He reminds us that the answers are within the client, not within the therapist. He helps us take the limits off and get connected with universal spiritual energy. He shows us that hypnosis is an art, not a science. For example in one of the eight case studies, Bud "Born to Lose," Boyne follows the client into a completely unexpected scenario. Bud, a depressed 61 year old suffers from low self esteem isolation and alcoholism. In two one-hour sessions Bud experiences a personal transformation. Bud starts out by saying he can't do anything right. Boyne gently adds a little cheer and establishes rapport with humor. Bud then continues by saying he never had any confidence. Boyne reeducates him by explaining that when he first came into the world he had confidence. This gives a basis for hope and potential transformation by establishing that Bud's confidence was lost somewhere along the way and can be regained. Boyne continues the process of uncovering and discovers that Bud cuts himself off from his feelings. Boyne educates Bud about trying versus doing and having specific goals. He also creates expectation by discussing how Bud's life would change if he were confident. Boyne uncovers Bud's habits of alcohol consumption and information about his failed marriage and children that he never sees. In hypnosis Boyne uncovers the emotion of fear and takes Bud back in time with the fear emotion as a bridge. Bud goes back to age 5 when his father tells him he better not be afraid to fight other boys or his father would give him something to be afraid of. This cycle of fear goes on through fights at age 16 and 21. Boyne reeducates Bud through his adult mind looking back. The second day Bud tells Boyne he slept soundly without drinking. In regression he goes back to his father beating him and Boyne processes this with Gestalt and reeducation. Boyne also uses a process of self-confidence rebuilding and helps Bud forgive and understand his father and himself. Throughout Boyne is insightful, firm, clear and straightforward. Studying Boyne's approach informs the therapist at any level of knowledge. The other therapy sessions each present a different scenario to learn from. This is the Bible of rapid therapy. The only shortcoming of the book is that it does not contain enough of the majesty, strength, love and shear faith in the divine that Boyne exhibits in person or in his seminars.

One of the textbooks in my Clinical Hypnotherapy course. I recommend it to therapists who want to see how a highly skilled old-time guy like Gil does some pretty slick work. I could not have understood what he was doing, though, without having seen him on video. It helps, too, to be already familiar with instant inductions. Not for beginners.

This book is easy to understand, and has a great collection of case histories. If you are a therapist this book is a must. Gil Boyne is a master and it shows through in this book.

A very good text on regression hypnotherapy, it mainly consists of transcriptions of live therapy demonstrations with Boyne's explanatory comments throughout. The last section contains very concise and to the point advice on specific interventions and general maxims for the therapist. Gestalt dialogue and sentence stemming is the natural development of hypnotic regression therapy and Boyne demonstrates perfectly how to combine these two approaches into a form of advanced hypnotic insight therapy, which he cleverly calls "transforming therapy" (i.e., "trance-forming therapy"!) The tape is an excellent programming script for self-hypnosis and for improving your performance as a hypnotherapist. This book is an essential addition to any hypnotherapists library, and if you are still doing regression therapy in the classic style of Freud and Breuer, DON'T, learn how to vastly and easily improve your technique by introducing Gestalt dialogue, shuttling and sentence completion.

Donald Robertson, author of,
The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy
The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid the Father of Hypnotherapy
The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy