The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual [With CDROM] [Paperback]

Judith E. Pearson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2007

This book gives practitioners a complete, fully-scripted, ready-to-use weight reduction program that addresses the near epidemic problem of obesity in adults. It includes complete step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for managing, conducting (as well as marketing) a unique program to add a new, valuable and profitable service to an existing private practice. The program is based on actual clinical experience and published research on the efficacy of hypnotherapy as a viable tool in weight management.

The book covers the practitioner’s preparation: the program background, relevant research, prerequisite skills, training and knowledge. In addition it explains how to screen clients, create office forms, and deal with ethical, safety, and marketing considerations. The eight scripted sessions cover the clinical interview and outcomes, reframing overeating, self-hypnosis, stress management, sensible food choices, the relationship with food, exercise, and lasting results. The book tells readers how to motivate recalcitrant clients and how to market the program in one’s own community to build a referral network. Included in the book are sample marketing materials, office forms, as well as a reproducible Client Workbook with take-home readings and assignments. This program will help your clients stay motivated and on-track with their nutrition and exercise plans, while working at an individual pace. Also included is a CD which contains a reproducible client workbook for multiple uses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 229 pages
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing (January 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845900316
• ISBN-13: 978-1845900311
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #754,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Judith E. (Judy) Pearson, Ph.D. is a Licensed Professional Counselor, life coach, psychotherapist, speaker, and free-lance writer with certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, Ego State Therapy, and Solution-Oriented Counseling. Since 1997, she has served as Executive Director of the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists. She has 20 years of experience teaching hypnotherapy and NLP in mental health and life coach training programs.

She holds a doctoral degree in Mental Health Counseling from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She is licensed to practice as a professional mental health counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, holding that distinction since 1980. She began private practice in 1987, working nights and evenings to establish her credentials and clientele, while holding down a full-time job as a corporate project manager. She incorporated her practice in 1999, and left corporate work shortly thereafter.

Her practice, Motivational Strategies, is located in Springfield, Virginia where she conducts individual counseling and coaching with adults, focusing on health, stress management, anxiety and trauma, performance, motivation, interpersonal communication, and sports psychology. She holds a contract with a national employee assistance program and is a provider with Military One Source, offering counseling to U.S. military service members and their families. She also leads supervision groups for mental health professionals.

In additional to over 150 articles and reviews, she has published The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program manual, and three commercial hypnosis CDs, including Discover Your Learning Genius. She is a sought-after speaker and a member of Toastmasters International and the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Speakers Association. Her topics include the practical applications of NLP and hypnosis for personal growth and interpersonal communication.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program, July 24, 2007

By 

Pamela Shippey (Chandler, Arizona) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual [With CDROM] (Paperback)

I am so amazed at how much thought went into this program for weight loss. The author has a way to deal with why a person over eats, exercising, when a client isn't progressing, eating disorders and how to teach the client self hypnosis. The program is meant to enhance the work of other professionals who work together as a team, to help the client who wants to loss weight make lasting changes. The author as the layouts for brochures, different ways to marketing the program, handouts, recording CD's, a workbook for the client's on a CD and case studies about how hypnosis helps with weight loss.
There is also information on what you need to know and understand about weight loss to help the client. I have been looking for a program for the last six years and this is the best program yet. The author has made my job easy by including all of the information I need to get started. I am so appreciative to the author for putting this together so practitioners and their client's can benefit from it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, someone who's done the research, January 20, 2008

By 

Darlene Downs "the hi-tech hypnotherapist" (Northfield, OH) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual [With CDROM] (Paperback)

Finally, a turnkey hypnosis program for practitioners that's just what I would want--based on solid research and the author's own admitted trial-and-error. It's like a gift to hypnotherapists, which in turn, is a gift to our clients of the most effective program anyone can come up with, given our current state of knowledge. I've seen and purchased programs before, but they seemed incomplete to me. Judith Pearson has saved me an inordinate amount of time making my own mistakes and having to research on my own to develop an effective program. Her mastery of NLP adds to the effectiveness for those of us who aren't certified masters of it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for professional hypnotherapists., May 11, 2007

By 

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual [With CDROM] (Paperback)

Certified clinical hypnotherapist Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D. presents The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program: An NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner's Manual, a guide written to help hypnotherapy practitioners seeking give their clients a fully-scripted, ready-to-use weight reduction program. Chapters cover the eight sessions of the Weight, Hypnotherapy, and You program from stopping emotional eating with stress reduction to making sensible food choices, boosting motivation to exercise and more, how to enhance success by coaching stuck clients and recommendations for follow-up sessions, and a wealth of tips, tricks and techniques. Though intended for hypnotherapists, the sound principles behind adopting a healthier lifestyle are quite universal. An accompanying CD includes copies of useful handouts such as a Client Workbook with take-home readings and assignments. Highly recommended for professional hypnotherapists.