Hypnosis for Beginners

by William W. Hewitt

This friendly introductory guide to hypnosis will show you how to achieve your dreams using hypnosis and self-hypnosis. Completely relaxing and natural, hypnosis is a highly effective way to reach personal goals, overcome phobias and fears, eliminate bad habits, improve memory--the possibilities are nearly endless! Using the easy step-by-step instructions in this book, you will quickly be able to hypnotize yourself or others. Lose weight - Quit smoking - Gain confidenceOvercome fears and phobias - Heal more quicklyImprove money management skills - Release stressIncrease creativity - Discover your past lives

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help, Spirituality

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

William W. Hewitt was a freelance writer, the author of eight books and several hypnosis audio tapes published by Llewellyn. He spent more than thirty years as a professional writer and editor in the computer, nuclear power and mining industries. He was a certified clinical hypnotheriapist and frequently lectured on hypnosis, mind power, self-improvement, metaphysics, and related subjects.

Reviews

[cam 🐠🦋🦖 · Rating 3 out of 5]

My therapist is going to love my review of this on Tuesday

[Dominik · Rating 3 out of 5]

W swoich zainteresowaniach neurologią nie mogłem nie sięgnąć po publikację poświęconą hipnozie. Czy warto było? Myślę, że tak. Autor w prosty i przystępny sposób opisuje stan, który określamy krótko: "w hipnozie". Wspomina jednocześnie, jak wiele mitów i przesądów krąży na temat tej techniki pracy z człowiekiem - z obiektem (jak to sam określa) lub z samym sobą. Ograniczony zasób wiedzy z zakresu hipnozy obecnie nie pozwala mi przeprowadzić dogłębnej oceny merytorycznej strony tej książki. Odnoszę jednak wrażenie, że tamat przewodni został przedstawiony "na chłodno", przynajmniej tak go odebrałem. Podczas czytania kolejnych rozdziałów opisy przykładowych sesji i/lub sugestii mogą okazać się nużące, ponieważ ich treść jest albo taka sama, albo bardzo podobna. No i ta nieszczęsna kość policzkowa...- myślę, że chodziło o kość jarzmową, ewentualnie szczękę.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rules and script for hypnosis and self-hypnosis. This book should dispell the ill-informed on what hypnosis really is. Study, participate and grow. Offers complete instruction on how to perform and learn the basics and advanced levels of hypnosis.

[Sam Heaton]

Basic routines... pretty interesting info on brain waves during sleep and hypnosis.

[Johann Tabua · Rating 4 out of 5]

While reading "Hypnosis for Beginners" I was unaware of what hypnosis actually was. Like many people (I assume) I thought hypnosis was a thing that involved a slow talking therapist type man snapping his fingers and counting and somehow mysteriously making his subject act like a chicken, flapping wings and all.

And although there is some snapping of fingers and counting involved that stuff is merely part of some hypnosis scripts. I didn't know before reading this book they had scripts for hypnosis but they do apparently and the scripts are very precise in wording for the given hypnosis subject.

In this book I also discovered the practice of past life regression. Now, this interests me immensely. When you first read about it it's quite alarming and you wanna fall back into skeptical mode but then you remember how your visual mind meandered in fantastical scenes when you were little. I certainly remember how I used to daydream as a wandering fairy child and apparently that vivid daydreaming came about via spending the majority of my time in the alpha state of brainwaves.

You see, there's beta, alpha, theta, and delta. From what I ascertain in my reading of this book hypnosis takes place primarily during the alpha state and sometimes during the theta state but the theta state is more of a state for psychic experiences. If I'm understanding it correctly the operator (the hypnotist) vocally coaches the subject (the person being hypnotized) into a relaxed alpha state and in this state dictates to the subject's subconscious mind new directives to help correct mental/emotional afflictions that they suffer from. Still, the operator could just be a stage hypnotist in which case his mission is to make his subject quack like a duck.

Anyway, there are other things about hypnosis in this book that got me thinking. As a person who has had episodes of sleep paralysis I wonder if the nightmarish apparitions I saw during my paralysis episodes were actually uncontrolled hypnotic states. I mean, I used to sleep with the TV on all through the night and there could have been a show on that put unpleasant dream-seeds in my subconscious mind soil. It's something to think about.

All in all "Hypnosis for Beginners" by William W. Hewitt is a great introduction into the practice of hypnosis. I had no idea hypnosis clubs existed although now that I think about it there's usually a club for everything but this book made me aware of their existence and it made me aware of other things. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in hypnosis, self-improvement, or odd things about the human mind.

[Meghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable, easy to read book. Hewitt makes it easy to see what having your own hypnosis practice could look like and how applicable it is for so many people. I would recommend this to anyone curious about hypnosis and using it practically.

I didn't exactly agree with his politics of charging people the minimum amount. I do recognize there is a lot of fraud in hypnosis, and I also realize he just wants to encourage readers not to take financial advantage of clients so as not to give more people a reason to mistrust hypnosis. This is a small factor though and overall it didn't impact my impression of the book.

[Vadim Korchagin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book.

[Tishsathsarani · Rating 3 out of 5]

its good

[Samantha Scholey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect reading for my course and training. Will be coming back to this for future reference 😊

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference, especially in relation to self-hypnosis.

[Cian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Utter trash. Worst book I have read this year. Hewitt comes across as an arrogant, lying narcissistic loony who has a very active imagination.

[David McClendon, Sr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hewitt is a technical writer and professional hypnotist. He discusses hypnosis as a business and gives suggestions to use in a hypnotherapy business.
There is a lot of repeating in this book. There are several instances where the author repeats several of the scripts. On the other hand, Hewitt gives several different sections that he does not repeat. He simply refers to these sections by number and tells the reader to utilize specific sessions to achieve certain results.

It is a good book but not great. I would give it a three.

[Nate Hewitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really a beginners guide. More like an introduction on what hypnosis is. You won't be hypnotising people.

[Txema · Rating 1 out of 5]

Enfoque muy antiguo. Increíble que el autor diga que se puede hacer terapia con este libro.

[Justin Breese · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok. lots of scripted methods, but essentially just a collection of scripts.