Hypnotic Language: Its Structure and Use

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Summary: Comprehensive Manual - Highly Recommended
Review: "You can, by just saying some words, send people into wild and wonderful places and give them altered experiences, and possibly change their lives, empower them with new abilities and much more."

This is a well-researched book on hypnotic language patterns. The first part of the book provides an in-depth analysis of perception, communication, hypnotic language and trance states.

The rest of the book provides examples demonstrating applications and effect of hypnotic language patterns.

The purpose of hypnotherapy is to help the individual dissolve inner limitations which are creating the problem. Since these limitations arise from one's perception, hypnotic language is for the most part directed at altering one's perception, helping the individual to rise above the limitation and become aware of the solution.

Many examples in this book include metaphors where specific hypnotic language patterns have been incorporated. The author provides an insightful analysis of the problems presented together with hypnotic language patterns used and the solutions that manifested as a result of them.

At the end of the book is an overview of the Milton Model - meta-model violations: deletions, distortions, generalizations, complex equivalences, cause-effect, etc. followed by specific language patterns for artful vagueness: double binds, phonological ambiguities, embedded commands, conversational postulates, etc.









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Summary: NLP guide to Hypnosis, very Practical
Review: The keynote of this book is to show and explain the elements of hypnotic language and how to blend and develop them for healthy psychotherapeutic interventions. For anyone reading this title will become alert to how many forms of persuasion are used to (mis)direct our judgments and even the constructs of a healthy self. The strength of this title is that it provides practical instruction and concrete exercises so that the mystification of need not be that hypnosis works or how it works but that it works so well we resist learning about it.

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Summary: Must have text into the study of hypnotic language
Review: The structural and academic (rather clinical) approach adopted by the author successfully chunk down rather coarse and large concepts into tasty , easy to swallow chewy bits.
A must have text for further practice of both the meta and milton model interventions. Tons of examples that you can use even on yourselves...now...won't you?