WW Norton & Co Guide to Trance Land: A Practical Handbook of Ericksonian and Solution-Oriented Hypnosis

O'Hanlon is a psychotherapist and professional speaker, and he has developed this guide to Ericksonian and solution-oriented hypnosis for fellow practitioners who want to implement this approach in therapy. The author uses a simple and clear tone to describe the differences between this type of hypnotherapy (also called "permissive hypnosis") and more traditional techniques. He provides step-by-step explanations for the components and protocols for hypnosis such as permission, presupposition, splitting, linking and interspersal before describing applications of language, trance indicators, goals and intervention strategies. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) A friendly and brief guide to the essentials of hypnosis. Hypnosis can teach us many things about how the human mind, perceptions and emotions function. It can also show how to help people shift those perceptions, mental processes, and emotions to resolve problems. Recent discoveries in neuroscience have pointed to the amazing plasticity of the brain and the mutability of habits, lending new interest to these age-old techniques.While hypnosis is an endless subject, it can also be distilled down into some clear and simple principles. This book is the result of Bill O'Hanlon's many years of teaching professionals how to compellingly invite their clients into trance and to help those clients reduce or eliminate the suffering that brought them to seek help. The third in the guidebook series (after A Guide to Possibility Land and A Guide to Inclusive Therapy), this is a brief, accessible, and fun guide to the essential points of a big therapeutic topic. Written with Bill O'Hanlon's signature wit and style, this book is essential reading for all fans of O'Hanlon and anyone interested in hypnosis. Autorid: Bill O'Hanlon