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A Guide to Trance Land: A Practical Handbook of Ericksonian and Solution-Oriented Hypnosis

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Popular author Bill O’Hanlon offers an inviting and reassuring guide to the essentials

of hypnosis, alleviating the newcomer’s anxieties about how to make

the most of this clinical tool. This brief book illustrates the benefits of solution-oriented

hypnosis, which draws on the work of the pioneering therapist Milton

Erickson (with whom O’Hanlon studied) and emphasizes doing what is needed

to get results — which, more often than not, means trusting that the client holds

within him- or herself answers or knowledge that need only be tapped or released

by the therapist. O’Hanlon covers the key aspects of hypnosis, including:

using possibility words and phrases; using passive language; and inducing

trance. O’Hanlon offers practical tips and friendly encouragement for the novice

hypnotherapist — in his characteristic warm, reassuring, and humorous style.