Hypnotherapy Books

This book was written some 20 years ago, but still isn't too out-of-date. The collection of articles written by Registered Nurses describe a wide variety of experiences using hypnosis in the clinical setting (children, cancer patients, pain control, etc.). Even after all this time, the use of hypnosis in nursing seems not to have caught on. Perhaps I should write a new book: "Hypnosis: STILL a New Tool in Nursing Practice."

This, in my humble opinion is a very good hypnosis book. The fact that he simplifies Thomson Jay Hudson's complexities into a couple of laws or "theories", makes it very worth reading. He starts from there and then shows how the imagination makes hypnosis genuinely work. That SHOULD be the purpose of any good hypnosis book, to show how hypnosis works. Not to show silly case histories or be a map that "is" the territory. But rather, a map that defines the territories like any good map should. This is what this book is, a map that defines the territory and not "is" the territory. Now sure, it seems oversimplified to some of my fellow reviewers, okay, but if you're going for cutthroat working result; what works, works. And this works, period. It has what is neccessary. Period. That's all I'm saying. The simplified and neccessitated "It Works by RHJ" of hypnosis law and theory. Sure. Whoever you are, Rhodes, thanks.

Captain Josh.

I was really looking forward to reading this book and didn't even finish it all the way. I don't know very much about the author and I am not sure where he gets his information but it seems very outdated and not some of the information seems wrong. I am glad I didn't pay full price for this book. I am sure there is a better book on hypnois then this one. My advice is to not waste your money on this book.

This book is from the turn of the 20th century. It is antiquated and irrelevant, except for those interested in the history of hypnosis. If you want a historical relic, this book is for you. If you want to learn modern hypnosis, don't bother.

I obtained this book from the local library. The copyright date is 1950! That may explain why it seems so dated. It is! On the other hand, that very fact made the book interesting. While I don't intend to purchase this book, it was worth a quick scan--especially for the inductions-- to see how hypnosis was viewed over fifty years ago compared to today.

This CD is as good as the rest of Glenn Harrold's hypnosis CDs. I've checked out some of the other hypnosis CDs and Harrold's are the best.

After listening to this CD several times, I realized that it helped me relax but did not help with fears & phobias.

Relating to Vol I of Mr. Allen's book, I stated:

"Scripts and Strategies in Hypnotherapy, Volume 1" by Roger P. Allen is a small work that provides a series of rather uninformative hypnosis scripts. This work seems to be more of the same.

Of all the techniques I have used and read over the past 20 years, I have never seen such long and at times boring narratives. I was not impressed with the pointless metaphors which I believe a previous reviewer mentioned. Simplicity is at times much better in hypnosis than a complex and at times long and pointless story. Although the concept of misdirection may be used, the script should never be BORING.

I was very dismayed to learn that I have paid so much for such a useless piece of tripe. Yes the best word to describe the book is terrible.

Volume II is no better than Vol. I. It is just more of the same.

Prof. Carl Edwin Lindgren, DEd
Hypnosis and Biofeedback
Former, Fellow of the Royal Society of Health

This self-promoting 'Confession' is a severe disappointment if you want to learn anything useful. The 'revues' accompanying it are misleading in the extreme and to cap it all the Adobe Reflow system has been incorrectly configured so that its almost impossible to read on a PDA. Save yourself the pain - this is one to avoid.

This is the worst instructional CD that I have ever listened to. It first starts off with what NOT to do....Common sense can tell you that mono-toned voice with heavy usage of "DuH" and "Hum"...is NOT effective and there is no way to forward over that part. Showing me, telling me, how NOT to do something insults intelligence and puts it in the negatitive. If the whole CD focused on What TO DO...It would have been much more useful. I promise you....you are not missing out by not purchasing this....And if you feel impelled to do so....I'll send you my CD.

I have studied the complete 7 Level System of Reiki as well as Hypnotherapy so I had high hopes for this book. I am a believer in Reiki being practiced in its true form without being mixed with any other modalities within a session, however I was still interested in how the author was combining them. Unfortunately there was little to nothing to take away from the book. I really wanted to enjoy it!

I read this book thinking it would be a nice way to familiarize myself with the basics of hypnotherapy before I began training to be a hypnotherapist. This book was definitely difficult to tolerate at several points. Mike Bryant is incredibly arrogant. Very full of himself. He got in several jabs at people he felt weren't at his level apparently. He even goes as far as to say (in his own words) that it wouldn't be wise to go to an obese hypnotherapist if you're trying to lose weight. As an overweight man, I take offense to this. I don't have a problem with my image. My being overweight doesn't mean I can't effectively help someone who doesn't want to be heavy.

And then he feels the need to state his ethnicity in the opening page. I guess if the other author of the book declared himself whatever his race may be (ethnicity not mentioned), he could get in trouble, or at least be looked down upon. Nice double standard. Ethnicity is completely irrelevant where this book is concerned. Aren't qualifications enough?

Speaking of qualifications, he claims that a reputable hypnotherapist has trained at least 2 to 4 years, and that anything less than that should be avoided. You can learn everything necessary to be a well-trained, reputable hypnotherapist in far less time than that. It just depends on who you decide to train with. Mr. Bryant is a horrible author that writes mainly with his ego. He mixes in way too many of his personal opinions with the facts. I'm studying with a very reputable hypnotherapist that has been in the business for many years. Even she believes this book is garbage (just from the several parts I asked her to read).

There is much better out there. My advice? Overlook this one.

If you're just interested in hypnotherapy, I recommend "The Secret Language Of Hypnotherapy" by John Smale. If you are interested in becoming a hypnotherapist, "The Art of Hypnotherapy" by C.Roy Hunter is excellent. If you're a hypnotherapist in training, I recommend "Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy: Basic to Advanced Techniques for the Professional" by Calvin Banyan.