Self Hypnosis

by Valerie Austin

Valerie Austin describes her method of controlling and harnessing, to beneficial effect, the everyday stress that we all experience. Her aim is to teach the ordinary person how to relax the mind, sweep away the cobwebs of pent-up tensions and anxieties and emerge with a new and powerful sense of confidence and clarity of thought and action.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 1994

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Estuvo bien.
Sirve bastante para tener una idea general acerca de la hipnosis; aunque a mí específicamente se me tornó aburrido en ciertas partes. Por ejemplo con los discursos. Claro está que es un libro de auto-hipnosis, por lo tanto es un problema mío y no del libro.
Me gustaron los ejemplos del final. Pero como soy más del lado de la meditación, me cuesta compartir un par de ideas del libro en general.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is a pretty good summary of how to approach self hypnosis. It describes the basics of hypnosis from putting yourself into a trance and then what to say to yourself when in trance. The scripts in here are the most useful tool. I think the book is worth it just for the scripts.

[Soraya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book very much.

[the never-ending library]

We’re all acquainted with the image of the stage hypnotist: that stereotypically eccentric, mind-controlling figure, who swings a pendulum in one hand, ‘bamboozles’ his subject with his eyes, and forces them to unwillingly act in an outrageous and often embarrassing fashion. He’ll always have the poor victim pandering to his every whim and performing the most outrageous of tasks – such as clucking like a chicken for the amusement of the crowd – ensuring the audience are amazed and the subject’s dignity is left in tatters!

After she was nearly killed in a car crash one fateful night, Valerie Austin survived but her memory was gone. Unable to remember anything for more than a 24 hour period, she consumed herself with trying to find a miracle cure and her struggle was soon picked up by the media. A prominent hypnotherapist read her article and decided to take her on as a ‘guinea pig’ case – helping to cure her condition.You may not, however, be familiar with the notion of ‘self-hypnosis’, I know I wasn’t until I EQA’d Valerie Austin’s guide. Self-Hypnosis takes the art of hypnotherapy as it was intended to be used – as a therapy – and teaches how to use it constructively to better ones life...Read More...

[Freya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cool book. I read it for my Holistic Hypnosis class.