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Hypnotherapy For Dummies (For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help))

Published in Paperback by For Dummies (2006-09-29)

Authors: Mike Bryant and Peter Mabbutt

List price: $21.99

New price: $13.73
Used price: $11.96

Average review score:

Ignorance and arrogance = Bad book.

Helpful Votes: 14 out of 22 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-04

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.