This is a long awaited and excellent account of the multiplicity of hypnosis that will be a valuable resource for both new and experienced therapists. It doesn’t get hung up on specific one-sided approaches to using hypnosis, but gives the reader ample information to be able to make an informed choice, that will ultimately benefit the readers therapeutic work. As well as telling us about what we need to know, the book also tells us about the lesser known aspects of hypnosis. For over a decade I have been searching for a book like this. Marvellous, exciting for the profession and a credit to the author.

For those working with trauma and stress this book is a very useful addition to their library. Indeed any therapist working with these conditions will find the ideas and strategies in Marlene Hunters book a valuable source of practical help to refer to.

Rather than being dogged down by the mechanics of trauma and stress ‘Healing Scripts’ gives the reader clear background information on the likes of pain, stress, panic and anxiety disorders, including phobias.

Useful sections on depression and bereavement are included. The suggested scripts offer much to the practitioner to adapt and build their therapy, which is always a welcome tonic when devising how to approach treatment patterns.

The book is rounded off by exploring practical treatment strategies within dissociative disorders, an area far more common than we may recognise with clients and patients, which adds to a deeper knowledge of how to approach such areas.

The book finishes with some insight into working with children that will be helpful to any therapist faced with this client group.

Overall the book will appeal to those new to working with the types of trauma and stress conditions described and will excite experienced practitioners with the simplicity of some of the suggestion scripts used in treating them.

This text is a detailed account of what I consider to be the Master of Hypnosis and therapy, Milton Erickson. I would have loved to have met the man in person to experience being in a room with such a maestro, but it was never my good fortune to do so, but this book creates the closest experience of Erickson.

It covers his philosophies on human beings and the interactions within themselves and with others in the world. It demonstrates how he formed and developed his ideas and it brilliantly describes what one is looking for within the client for them to find that ‘the answers within’.

As you read through the fundamental frameworks of Ericksonian therapy and the intricate linguistic and metaphorical frameworks, it is a challenging read. Thank goodness it is all brought alive by case studies where the words can then really resonate within.

This is certainly a necessary read for those serious about working with hypnosis.

It was always said to me that there were three private activities in life, one was teaching, one was being a therapist and the other? …  well, I probably don’t need to enlarge upon! Therapy is understandably very personal and rarely do you get a chance to see therapy evolve not just in one session but in a series of sessions. Seldom can you explore what is considered someone’s best session from which you can learn what therapy is about, nor do you often get the chance to think about what you consider will be one of your finest hours in therapy.  

How do you know if you are making a difference? How do you know what is ‘good therapy’?  How do you know what isn’t? If you have ever pondered on these questions, if you are curious about how therapy actually works or even nosey about this notion from those considered on the ‘cutting edge’ of this amazing profession, if you are looking for ways of challenging or even simply expanding upon your own views on what therapy is about, then this is just what you are looking for.  

There are twenty-nine fascinating chapters that draw you into experienced therapists work and will unquestionably draw you into your own. What better read, than honest well thought out opinions and narratives of therapists at work and not just one approach to therapy either, here you will encounter the richness of many.  

On reading this, you will be inspired, you will have insights into the inner world of the therapist, you may well have a greater vision of your own inner world, but you will certainly have further developed your own way of being a master therapist!

Here is a book that quite simply does exactly what the title suggests it does. However, the reader can unexpectedly revel in its completeness and professional approach to linking NLP and therapy into a weight control package for clients. The book advocates the therapist enhancing passion and belief within those wishing to lose weight and this book will leave you energised, excited and eager to make a difference.