The Art of Hypnosis : Mastering Basic Techniques

by C. Roy Hunter, Charles Tebbetts, Roy C. Hunter

The Art of Hypnosis is a highly-informative and scientific text about an important subject that is gaining increasing recognition daily, and is of personal value to everyone: Hypnotherapy.

Through his intensive study and work in the field of hypnosis, Roy Hunter has wonderfully contributed to the profession of hypnotherapy in The Art of Hypnosis, which is well-written, easy to read and understand, even for the novice. In-depth and practical information is given on how to achieve maximum results in a hypnotic session by properly phrasing the suggestions and by using various techniques to determine which approach is best for each individual client.

Topics include:

What is hypnosis?
How to induce hypnosis.
How to use the unique state of mind in hypnosis to benefit clients in countless ways.
A complete glossary of hypnosis terms.
Timely updates of important events of the late 1990's at the end of the history chapter.
An addition to the self-hypnosis chapter: "The Peaceful Place Meditation" contains a description of a stress relief exercise, along with instructions and a script for successfully mastering this exercise.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

221 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Helga · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because is about client centered hypnosis and therapy. Though it covers a wide spectrum of topics it is easy to read. Roy Hunter presents various techniques in both parts therapy and regression and reminds therapists to stay objective. Clients can unconsciously validate preconceived opinions about a cause with false memories if the therapist uses leading question instead of choosing appropriate guiding questions. The book contains step-by-step guides and the author shares a wisdom from many years of experience in the field.

[Judith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was very skeptical about hypnosis until a friend demonstrated it to me. Now hypnosis is my tool of choice for self-improvement, and this book is considered the best overview / basic course for those who want to learn it. Note: this is not about how to embarrass people on a stage, but rather how to use hypnosis to improve your life and the lives of others in consensual situations. The book was a very smooth read, really pleasant for a non-fictional book.

As a follow-up, my friend recommended "The Art of Hypnotherapy" by the same author and a collection of tried-and-true hypnosis scripts which you can find basically anywhere.

[Yates Buckley · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is a great overview of hypnosis and its application to solve different problems. It has a practical aspect to it which emerges from cases and transcripts but also a formal aspect that covers many areas including ethical questions relating to practice.

[Katya Belous · Rating 4 out of 5]

i learned so much from this book! working at a practice where hypnosis is a primary treatment intervention, this is something that i talk about frequently, but didn't have a full knowledge of. hope to learn more & receive at least some training in the future!

[DANIEL GHANIME · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good starter for teaching in an academic or training environment...
But don't stop there ...

[Paddy Reddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading. Changed my own outlook on the power of suggestion!

[Samantha Scholey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant. Really help me see how much knowledge I have too

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a GREAT book about hypnosis / hypnotherapy. It’s a how-to book, easily understood, certainly harder to master the techniques than understand them.

[Tina Lockerbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really easy to read and follow while learning hypnosis. A great introduction.

[Tyrone Dyson · Rating 4 out of 5]

good read

I learned a lot from this book plan on reading it again for future reference . It was very informative and grounding

[Ryan Brockey · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author editorializes a lot and it's kind of bothersome. It's explanations of basic hypnotic techniques were very clear and straight-forward, though. I found it to be a helpful book as I'm getting back into hypnosis.

It does seem like there were some concepts, like anchoring and triggers, that should have been included in this book, but the author placed in the second book.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mostly loved doing the scripts as homework with my friends who were willing volunteers! That was so outstanding. He offers beautiful scripts. His other writing, however, was hard for me to get excited about. Overall, a great book for those who are familiar with self-hypnosis and want to learn more details.

[Rémi Ducharme · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent introduction to hypnosis. I could not have gotten something more user friendly that gives a good general idea on hypnosis and hypnotherapy. I recommend this book to anyone interested on those subjects

[Sasha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can't really say anything about the essential content; to me the writing style was terrible and prevented me from being able to get into it at all.

[Phil Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

good information with quite a few different techniques for deepening trance