Product Description

This outstanding manual on Ericksonian hypnotherapy has been thoroughly revised and updated. There are two new chapters - one on Metaphor Therapy and Guided Metaphor and the other on Ernest Rossi s work on the psychobiology of gene expression. The latter chapter also contains a section on the brain and hypnosis. Thomas South has extended his chapter on utilization with another section on pain control and the chapter on ethics and the law has also been significantly updated. Finally there is a new foreword by Roxanna Erickson Klein and Betty Alice Erickson. This work is the stately tree, supporting individuality, cooperation and diversity. It is filled with common-sense and uncommon sense, with atmosphere and sunshine, with metaphors for more individual growth, with practice exercises for the present and with thoughts for the future. It gives us all lessons in becoming better therapists, better people, and better members of our world. Roxanna Erickson Klein and Betty Alice Erickson from the new foreword

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32738 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 600 pages

Review
This is a wonderfully thorough training manual for hypnotherapy and specifically Ericksonian methods. Set in its historical context, the book systematically sets aside myths and misconceptions and covers the necessary groundwork of rapport building skills, methods of induction, and use of language. At the same time it usefully covers NLP skills in the context of hypnotherapy both in and out of trance, before entering into the specifics of inductions, hypnotic phenomena and use of metaphor. Filled with case studies covering a wide range of client types and client issues that can be helped through the use of hypnosis, this manual also takes good care to cover necessary ethical and legal considerations. Anyone intending to work with clients using NLP and/or hypnosis for any kind of change work, should give serious thought in advance to the matters raised in this excellent book. It is essential to have a clear understanding of the ethical issues involved and the boundaries that should be in place to contain your work - before taking on clients. This book goes a long way to help the reader and student in this. This book is recommended for: Anyone with a serious and responsible interest in learning the skills of hypnotherapy. Students and teachers of hypnotherapy and NLP. Summary: I highly recommend this excellent manual and have added it as essential reading for our trainee NLP Practitioners and Master Practitioners. Susanna Bellini Bronze Dragon International --Susanna Bellini Bronze Dragon International

I do nothing else but recommend this book to you. The second edition is certainly worthy of purchase ( even if you already have the first). The editions and revisions make what I considered to be an already excellent book, even better. David Slater, Hypnotherapy Association --David Slater, Hypnotherapy Association

We highly recommend Ericksonian Approaches to anyone interested in learning and integrating these powerful methods into his or her practice. Ericksonian Foundation Newsletter --Ericksonian Foundation Newsletter

The Milton H Erickson Foundation Newsletter-Summer 2006
We highly recommend Ericksonian Approaches to anyone interested in learning
and integrating these powerful methods into his or her practice.

Ernest L. Rossi PhD
The developing maturity of a new school of professional psychotherapy is signalled by the appearance of "Comprehensive Manuals"that attempt to integrate the best inspirations of the pioneers with the growing body of fundamentals that are needed to teach another generation. This comprehensive manual by Rubin Battino and Thomas South and their colleagues take on this task with honesty and integrity.

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
The beauty of this book is the quality of the writing. It is wonderfully easy to read providing a good overview of many aspects of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. It is also the funniest “serious” book I have read in years. Many of the case studies are hilarious – I particularly love the case of the “Hugest Fanny” (I promise it’s there in chapter 6 !) which had me in stitches. The book doesn’t go into great detail but concentrates on providing a broad overview of the field. It is an interesting and well written book and I recommend it for all students of hypnotherapy, or anyone interested the field.

Does what it says on the jacket
Just what the title says - a comprehensive manual of Ericksonian hypnotherapy for the serious student. Readable and enlightening, this would be an excellent text book for a hypnosis course. It covers a variety of inductions, rapport-building, solution-focused approaches, language patterns, ethical considerations... everything needed for a complete hypnotherapy training. It's on the reading list for the hypnosis section of my NLP practitioner trainings.

Insightive and generally well explained
Psychology is a subject area that is dogged by jargon terminology, sometimes making it inaccesible for someone outside the field. While in places this book gets a little confused by the language it is giving us such an insight into, generally it is well explained and relatively simple. As a person who is relatively new to this field I found the book extremely useful, giving me a wide breadth of subject matter to think about. There are also useful exercises suggested at the end of the chapters.

While in places the authors present ideas without giving adequate explanation or examples, it is certainly worth buying if you have an interest in Ericksonain hypnosis & hypnotherapy.