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The complete audiobook series for Elman Hypnotherapy: Beyond the Basics, includes all seven books of this series stating with the basics of the Elman Technique and finishing with advanced techniques and applications as discussed by Dave Elman in his courses. Included is material on waking hypnosis and hypnosis related to the sleep state. As the subtitle states, this series goes far beyond the basic covered in most courses on his methods. I also discuss the basic concepts behind Elman's methods so that a clinical practitioner can easily customize sessions.

Most of Erickson's approach to psychotherapy revolved around an understanding of the patient's (or client's) existing behavioral patterns. He elegantly used or interrupted these patterns in a way that produced the desired change. This concise book is a practical overview that will give you techniques that can be used immediately to enhance your practice.

Often regarded as the “Father of American Hypnotherapy”, Milton H. Erickson, MD, contributed to the field by merging his concepts of naturalistic psychotherapy with complex linguistic techniques, which were used to affect change in his patients. He style was marked by indirect or permissive hypnosis technique and the use of metaphors and stories.

There are several general principles used in permissive or indirect hypnotherapy. This audiobook is a brief introduction to the principles behind Erickson's unique form of psychotherapy. Milton H. Erickson, M.D. was an American psychiatrist who pioneered several indirect or permissive hypnosis techniques. He also developed several naturalistic techniques using metaphors and stories. He is one of the two most important figures in the development of hypnosis and hypnotherapy in the 20th century. His techniques have been used in behavioral and medical applications.

Our digestive system plays an unusual role in mind/body health in that unlike most of the body other than the brain and spinal cord, it contains the largest concentration of brain-like cells and neurotransmitters. The “trust your gut” concept is just as important as trusting your brain. This convenient, short-listen audiobook explores how the brain in your head and the brain in your gut can work together to improve your health.

Once you get past archaic and non-scientific definitions of hypnosis and find a more elegant explanation, you will discover a variety of applications and can actually improve your ability to communicate and influence others. This audiobook explains waking hypnosis and why It is not the same thing as suggestion. You will get an explanation of how it works, information on medical and dental applications, and a demonstration.

Whether a clinician employing hypnosis or hypnotherapy uses a formal written script or not, all practitioners have adopted a structure that is based upon traditions and theories that are most likely a half century to several centuries old. Most of these methods have long been overdue for an update. That is, if you wish to remain effective and relevant in this ever-changing field.

The Elman Induction is a powerful introduction to rapid hypnotherapy that will help all hypnotists and hypnotherapists quickly attain a better understanding of the art and science of hypnosis. A demonstration will be provided in this and subsequent books in this series. These can be used in hypnosis and hypnotherapy scripts, which can be applied to a variety of situations.

This concise book discusses how Erickson used the two significant "mental mechanism", which he called splitting and linking. If these patterns were related to mental or even physical dysfunctions, he believed that these mechanisms needed to be altered as a condition of achieving the desired application. You will quickly learn this concept and will be able to immediately master and apply this in your practice.

In entertainment, business, and even religion, visual storytelling is our primary communication modality. As such, the imagery that is created and enters into our minds greatly affects our body for better or worse. This convenient, short audiobook explains why this works and explores simple methods that can be used to enhance your health through the use of a variety of imagery techniques. This is the sixth book in this series.

If you are to understand the future, you must have a clear grasp of where we have been and where we are today. Our current set of skills and ideas regarding the field of hypnotherapy are a mixture of those which are obsolete and ones that involve strong enduring fundamentals. Provided that we have sufficient courage to depart from wrongly ingrained habits, by looking at the field objectively and merging our thinking with relevant scientific discoveries, we have the opportunity to look into our future.

Although Erickson's approach to hypnosis and psychotherapy has a wealth of individual techniques that can be used within a framework of the principles set forth in the first book of this series, he did have an overall strategic approach toward working with his patients. That approach is presented in this concise book with the intention of you quickly mastering the concepts so that you can apply them immediately.

Typically, we focus on clarity and directness in training, therapy, and other common communication-based applications. However, when another person - including a client or patient - is in a stuck state, almost always, the therapist or any other communicator can quickly help their subject(s) get out of that unproductive state so that transformation can occur.

Hypnotherapists and hypnotists, who are involved with medical, psychological, and performance-related applications, will be much more capable once they fully understand the concepts used in rapid hypnotherapy. Hypnosis Concepts provides a down-to-earth, simple concept of hypnosis and then explains several powerful concepts. Although this audiobook provides several scripts and demonstrations, it is intended to help practitioners quickly get their practice beyond elaborate and hard-to-master linguistic patterns and complex and lengthy scripts and focus on the basic fundamentals.

Healing the Body is a hypnotist and hypnotherapist's guide to how and why through suggestion and imagination the mind is a power tool for assisted and self-healing for physical health issues. For medical practitioners, it provides an explanation why all somatic and psychosomatic healing must consider the impact of the mind. Although this book is not intended for the general public, such listeners can also benefit by understanding the nature of healing even though it should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care.

Do you want to be a hypnotherapist who helps people with behavioral, medical, or performance issues? Whether you recently become a clinical hypnotherapist or are a seasoned veteran, this book gives you practical how-to guidance to start or advance your practice.

A lot of Erickson's methods involved the production of a trance state in his patients. This concise book presents a convenience summary that you can use so that you can immediately begin to apply his approach with your clients or patients. Milton H. Erickson, MD was an American psychiatrist who pioneered several indirect or permissive hypnosis techniques. He also developed several naturalistic techniques using metaphors and stories. He is one of the two most important figures in the development of hypnosis and hypnotherapy in the 20th century.

The concepts in Neurology of Suggestion series are key to human transformation. These concepts start with traditional direct hypnosis methods and indirect suggestion hypnotherapy then incorporates recent findings in mind/body health, modern neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and a touch of Tibetan Buddhism. Our goal was to find a comprehensive transformation technology that is logical, science-based, but easy to master quickly.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is an art and science that describes how human beings interpret their environment and how we communicate with others. NLP, which is known for modeling human behavior and installing it in others, is used for performance improvement and has been used for psychotherapy. This series of five books gives you a concise summary of the key concepts with a more up-to-date perspective.

Once you’ve learned the elegance of Dave Elman’s hypnosis techniques, as a hypnotherapist you need a variety of techniques and tools to use them. In the previous books, I introduced you to The Elman Technique, which is an elegant three-minute ritual designed to develop a somnambulistic trance. Then, based upon relevant concepts, I introduced you to Waking Hypnosis and the Hypnotic Coma. This book provides you with several specific techniques and demonstrations on how to use them.