Through the Open Door: Secrets of Self-Hypnosis

by Kevin Hogan, Mary Lee LaBay, Dwight Damon (Foreword by)

"This should be a high-priority purchase."
—Library Journal In a radical departure from other self-hypnosis and self-improvement books, internationally known hypnotherapists Kevin Hogan and Mary Lee LaBay contend that you can make lasting changes in your life by following simple, step-by-step blueprints for achievement, personal mastery, and emotional control. The authors share expertise gathered from a lifetime of research and successful therapeutic work to teach you how to improve IQ and memory, raise self-esteem, eliminate fear, control pain, and build lasting self-confidence.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Kevin Hogan is the author of 22 books. He is best known for his international best selling book, The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to Your Way of Thinking.

In the past decade he has become the Body Language Expert and Unconscious Influence Expert to ABC, Fox, The BBC, The New York Times, The New York Post and dozens of popular magazines like Forbes,Investors Business Daily,InTouch, First for Women, Success!, and Cosmopolitan.

He has become the go-to resource for analyzing key White House figures.

Hogan has taught Persuasion and Influence at the University of St. Thomas Management Center and is a frequent media guest. Articles by and about him have appeared in Success!, Redbook, Office Pro,, Selling Power, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Playboy and numerous other publications. He was recently featured in a half dozen magazines (including wProst) in Poland.

Kevin is a dynamic, well-known international public speaker, consultant and corporate trainer. He has trained persuasion, sales and marketing skills to leaders in the government of Poland, employees from Mutual of Omaha, Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, Cargill, Pillsbury, Carlson Companies, Fortis Insurance, Great Clips, the State of Minnesota, 3M, The United States Postal Service and numerous other Fortune 500 companies. He recently spoke to The Inner Circle and at the Million Dollar Roundtable (MDRT) convention in Las Vegas.

His keynotes, seminars and workshops help companies sell, market and communicate more effectively. His cutting edge research into the mind and keen understanding of consumer behavior create a unique distillation of information never before released to the public. Each customized program he leads is fit specifically to the needs of the group or organization. Kevin will give your people new and easy to implement ideas to achieve excellence.

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Through the Open Door is a guide to Self-Hypnosis written by Kevin Hogan and Mary Lee LaBay. It begins by telling you the limitations of Self-Hypnosis, you aren’t going to become some kind of miraculous superhero or something, but you can do some extraordinary things. It explains the background of what Hypnosis is and is not. All in all, a great deal of this is ground in reality.

Self-Hypnosis works to produce a trance state, you might have experienced them if you have ever gone driving and did not recall the time you spent doing that activity. Your conscious mind was away doing something else while your subconscious mind did all the work. I will admit that I have a bit of difficulty with the idea of hypnosis, mainly because of how it is portrayed in media accounts. They tend to sensationalize everything and make it seem ludicrous.

If you could control when these trance states occur, you can achieve pain relief, faster healing, improved memory, better learning, and so on. Some of the advice and techniques are things I have heard of before but putting it all into one book might be beneficial for some people.

I enjoyed this book well enough. Since I found it at the library I figured it was worth a look.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book on self-hypnosis overall (appreciated the segments on programming language e.g. 'now' 'because' 'imagine') but on the downside I found the chapter on prosperity consciousness problematic -- the (dated) advice about putting money into mutual funds felt like it wasn't an appropriate fit (the authors being psychology practitioners, not financial advisors/experts).

[Arvind Kandhare · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is interesting book. too surprising how easily you can change the way you yourself feel. I think the field of hypnosis and self hypnosis is so much understudied. need to spend more time on this :)

[Roger · Rating 3 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to self-hypnosis for a variety of purposes.