The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis (Paperback)

by Ph.D., Roberta Temes (Author) "Fifty years ago hypnotists were entertainers who persuaded your Uncle Bill to quack like a duck in a night club..." (more)
Key Phrases: serenity spot, hypnotic script, please visualize, The Least You Need, New York, Do-It-Yourself Inductions (more...)

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"This is a concise, well-rounded hypnotherapy book by a therapist who thoroughly researched the subject. I love having it in my library." --Jillian LaVelle -- Journal of Intenational Association of Counselors and therapists, Jan. 2000

Product Description

You're no idiot, of course. You know that hypnotist entertainers can hypnotize audience members and make them cluck like chickens and bark like dogs. But when it comes to understanding how you can improve your health and well-being from hypnosis, you start to feel v-e-r-r-y s-l-e-e-p-y. Don't nod off yet, get hypnotized! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis, written by noted psychologist and hypnotherapist Dr. Roberta Temes, shows you how to responsibly use hypnosis to improve your quality of life. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, Dr. Temes gives you:

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (October 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028636600
• ISBN-13: 978-0028636603
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #751,163 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Idiots Guide To Hypnosis, December 30, 1999

By	TERRY OLIVERI "tolive1" (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews

This book should have been titled everything you wanted to know about hypnosis and more.

Both professionals and non professionals will find this book helpful.

The material that was presented fully explains each step of the hypnosis process in an orderly and detailed manner. Several chapters build on the information which was provided in previous chapters.

If you have a fear of hypnosis this book will relieve your fears. It offers the reader detailed information on the process, how it works and what to expect.

Dr. Temes provides the reader with a wealth of information on the subject of hypnosis. She shares her years of private practice to educate the readers in the hypnosis process and how through hypnosis she was able to help her clients.

Chapters discuss reasons people choose or should choose to use hypnosis to assist them with health problems, to break habits such as smoking or drinking and to improve their lifestyle. Information is given to enable the readers to hypnotize themselves.

I found this book to be easy to read informative, and in parts funny.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must Read" for anyone considering hypnotherapy!, May 17, 2000

By	Roy Hunter (Washington State) - See all my reviews

Dr. Temes wrote what I believe to be the best book ever written for the consumer who wishes to consider hypnosis or hypnotherapy as a modality for health care or self-improvement!

Her book is both comprehensive and easy to understand, a very rare combination to be found in any book; and it is filled with valuable information for anyone considering investing in hypnosis or hypnotherapy. While the author has very credible scientific credentials and professional experience, her information is served to the reader in an objective manner, with the goal of helping the consumer to make an informed choice. She empowers the consumer with important information to help those who desire hypnosis or hypnotherapy to choose wisely, and does so without bias either for or against "lay hypnotists" who lack academic credentials.

Whether you are a consumer considering hypnotherapy, a student of hypnosis, OR a practicing professional, this is a "must read" book. In presenting this important information, Roberta Temes has provided a GREAT SERVICE to the general public!

Roy Hunter M.S.

33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should be called "Guide to Being Hypnotized", January 11, 2001

By A Customer

I was completely misled about this book. It does not tell you at all how to perform hypnosis. It tells you how to BE HYPNOTIZED by someone else--that is, what to expect, what is possible, how to find a hypnotherapist and so on. It is not a self-help book at all; after reading this book you will not be any more able to help yourself than you were before. This is a "how to be helped by someone else" book.