B-5 Manual for Self- Hypnosis, D. Corydon Hammond, PhD, Editor (1992) Price: $15.00. BI-2 Learning Clinical Hypnosis, D. Corydon Hammond, PhD, Editor (1988) Price: $37.50. ASCH Press Series. P-2 Standards of Training in Clinical Hypnosis, D. Corydon Hammond and Gary Elkins (1994) Price: $5.00. Patients in a study received training in self hypnosis on the day of a colonoscopy.4 Routine pediatric treatment. And needed less sedation (7). The patients who used self hypnosis used fewer drugs for pain. Benefiting 75% of the patients. Hypnotizable students used alert. The self hypnosis group reported less pain and anxiety. Manual for Self-Hypnosis by D.Corydon Hammond Hypnotic Induction and Suggestion by D.Corydon Hammond Casebook of Clinical Hypnosis by Steven.J. Self-Hypnosis: The Complete Manual for Health and Self-Change, Second Edition Paperback – Nov 1 1991. D Corydon Hammond. 4.9 out of 5 stars 23. Solution Oriented Hypnosis: An Ericksonian Approach Ohanlon William Hudson. 5.0 out of 5 stars 3. Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors by D. Corydon Hammond, 954. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D., ABPH, is past president and a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), which honored him with a Presidential Award of Merit in 1989. He has written six books, including the Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions.
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I purchased this book several years ago, when I first entered private practice as a hypnotherapist. Nine years later, I still refer to it frequently. As a previous reviewer commented, many of the scripts can be used verbatim; however, I use them mostly as guides and personalize them to the client. It's a must-have book for every hypnotherapist's library.
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A super rescource for the practitioner regardless of profession. Many, many helpful suggestions and hints to enable the appropriate therapy to reach target. The text gives scripts, 'stories', and suggestions for you to utilize in your practice. This is a great source for ideas in framing suggestion. I have used this text extensively, for pain relief, distraction, and for post-op recuperation for my patients.
The book contains brief introduction to Ericksonian hypnotic language patterns / how to formulate hypnotic and posthypnotic suggestions with 14 major sections of short hypnotherapy scripts for dealing with just about any issue a hypnotherapist may encounter in practice. Some of the sections are: pain management, self-esteem, anxiety, hypnosis for cancer patients, hypnosis for sleep disorders, hypnosis for addictions, weight loss, academic performance, and hypnosis for children. While I do not recommend that you necessarily use the scripts verbatim as they are written, this book may serve as an invaluable resource for ideas and possible suggestions to help you in your work as hypnotherapist.
Corey Hammond has artfully combined the works of skilled hypnotherapists into a comprehensive text which details the many uses and techniques of hypnotherapy. Fondly called by myself and my colleagues, 'The Big Red Book', it remains one of the few texts I refer to on a daily basis. It stimulates my own creativity as a clinician and provides thought-provoking and incredibly useful solutions to difficult clinical problems. I recommend this work highly.
The Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors seems to be on the shelves of many aspiring and accomplished hypnotherapists. I have read almost all of it, utilized some of the methods, and have spoken with many hypnotherapists who have read and used it. The general consensus is that the book provides some good ideas, some very good ideas, some mediocre ideas and a few worthless ones. I have certainly expanded my methods from using it. For people who already know hypnosis, this book is useful as an adjunct. I provides many approaches and scripts, but I have found that all need to be adapted based on the client, the hypnotherapist and the context. This means you need to know how to adapt them, and this 'how' is beyond the scope of the Handbook. However, the Handbook does not promise to teach people how to modify scripts and methods, so that is not a shortcoming of the book. If someone wants to know more about the art of hypnosis and how to adapt various materials, you need to read a book or take a class which is specifically about that. The biggest strength of the Handbook is that it provides a large amount of material and covers many types of application. The biggest weakness is that several of the scripts include language that violates some of the rules of suggestion. For example, there are several suggestions that are given in the negative, such as 'do not think of orange...' This kind of mistake is only a problem for people who have limited training in hypnosis. People with proper training read these mistakes, note them and correct the script. People with limited hypnosis training do not recognize many of the mistakes and will use scripts with mistakes. I suspect that such mistakes occur because many of the chapters were written a long time ago and/or because the authors trained differently. While the Handbook has some shortcomings, they probably do not cause many problems because many people will still benefit from scripts which are imperfect. Hypnosis is a powerful approach and most of the time it takes more than a few 'nots' to mess a session up. The Handbook is a good secondary resource for approaches to and scripts for hypnosis. Most people I know refer to the Handbook when they working with a new type of problem (e.g. bed wetting) in order to get some general ideas about how to work with the problem. So, as a secondary reference, it gets FOUR STARS. I give only THREE STARS over all because I think too many people rely on it as a primary source of information, rather than as an ancillary reference.
I discovered this book during my Clinical Hypnotherapy training and found it a wonderful tool. I've been in practice since 1992 and still refer to this manual for script ideas. Many of the suggestions can be used straight from the book, although I tend to modify and/or adapt them to suit my client's needs. It is an important part of my hypnotherapy library.
This book is full of many different suggestions, comments & information. It covers many, many different topics/issues people are going to hypnotherapists for help with. It is well worth the money to invest in your future as a hypnotherapist. The book is hard cover, with over 600 pages. I began using it within a few days with 2 clients of mine. The suggestions I used out of the book were very helpful & worked very well. Denise
It isn't necessary to be a clinician to benefit from this book. Some of the suggestions are written for self-hypnosis and the rest seem to adapt trivially for use for self-hypnosis. Taping selected suggestions will help but if you study the long suggestions and got the gist of them, you can probably memorize enough to be useful. Reading thru these suggestions seems to provide a great sense of what effective hypnosis is really about. Self-hypnosis isn't taught in this book, but there are many inexpensive books that do teach it. I learned from Chapter 4 from Leslie LeCron's 'Self-Hypnotism: The Technique and Its Use In Daily Living'. Some people say hypnosis is a hoax and I don't have any experience to say whether advanced practices can work like using hypnotism to prepare for surgery. But if you consider inducing self-hypnosis to just be going into a quiet, 'inwardly-focused' state and doing suggestions as just a form of self-talk, then it's certainly doable. The question remains whether it helps. I've found that my self-improvement efforts usually take a long time (months or years) to establish better habits, during which I review lists of goals often and also use suggestions during self-hypnosis (e.g. quiet self-talk). I very slowly see some improvement and I enjoy the self-hypnosis, so I've kept at it without being sure it's the self-hypnosis that is leading to the changes. But thinking of it just as talking to myself over and over until I gradually change, it does seem as if that self-talk has some impact. A subset of this book half or less its size (and half or less of its price) would have been adequate for me as a layperson. Sections like 'Preparation for Surgery' or 'Hypnosis for Obstetrics' I could do without. But so far I do feel this book is a good value for me. Just for the ego-strengthening material, it will probably take me more than a year to get reasonably acquainted with the appropriate suggestions.
Some good information, but unfortunately it's overrated...
By Forbes Robbins Blairon Aug 23, 2005
I am a professional hypnotherapist. And this book was recommended to me as a useful reference. I can't see what all the fuss is about. I honestly think this book is overrated as well as overpriced. It is clear a lot of work went into the book which deserves some credit. Also the theme is a great one. The first part of the book is actually a great reference about hypnosis. But the actual 'scripts' are of limited value: the therapist can glean some ideas there, but they are not scripts you can directly use for your own clients/patients. You'd be better off buying a book of actual usable hypnotic scripts.
This is a Great Resource for any clinical hypnotherapists Library. It is well worth the money. I was skeptical at first, but its unbelievable the amount of information and scripts that make up this wonderful resource.
I have not found this book very useful as a hypnotist or for self-help. This book contains ideas and brief notes on various conditions and self-help aspects but it does NOT contain usable scripts. So if you are looking for good long scripts for your practice, this is not the right book. It only gives you guidelines as to how to write your script.
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All through my year long training as a Hypnotherapist I was told over and over that this is a must have for my bookshelf. I only wish I had broke down and purchased it sooner! I know I will access this book with regularity without a doubt.
I had pondered if it was worth to spend top-dollar on this cryptic looking book which was complied by Mr. Hammond. This book is worth to have on your shelf and gives anyone wanting to write script a better idea of where to start. Please don't be put off by the fancy-pants title of the writer. This is a great cornerstone for anyone who is interested in hypnotism.
Great resource for Hypnotherapists and those interested in Hypnosis
By Shaneon May 08, 2013
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This is a great resource for Hypnotherapists and others interested in Hypnosis. It is a big book that gives a lot of references to the original work/creators that the scripts are based upon. I highly recommend this book as value for money and deep in insights and best practice for hypnotherapy.
This book provides helpful metaphors and scripts, but I feel there are not enough to choose from. I think more selections are needed for clinicians. After a few sessions, on let's say anxiety, there are relatively few or none to select, particulary those that may fit one's patient.
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If you needed just one book on how to do hypnosis this is the 'Bible' in the field
By Twiggy49on Dec 09, 2012
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This book offers a thorough description of hypnosis techniques and hypnosis metaphors from A-Z. The book addresses a broad range of issues that hypnosis is used for, including tips on hypnotic suggestions. I would recommend this book to anyone considering being certified as a hypnotist or hypnotherapist. As a licensed mental health counselor I found it easy to integrate the book material into my own therapeutic approach with clients.
I have found this book to be an excellent resource of information. It deals with a great variety of subjects, and does so in detail, I particularly liked to clear presentation of insights into difficulties and the suggested wording. I expect it to be very helpful to me and beneficial to others. Gerry Condon
