Elman Hypnotherapy

Beyond the Basics

De: Dr. Tim Brunson

Narrado por: Dr. Tim Brunson

The complete audiobook series for Elman Hypnotherapy: Beyond the Basics, includes all seven books of this series stating with the basics of the Elman Technique and finishing with advanced techniques and applications as discussed by Dave Elman in his courses. Included is material on waking hypnosis and hypnosis related to the sleep state. As the subtitle states, this series goes far beyond the basic covered in most courses on his methods. I also discuss the basic concepts behind Elman's methods so that a clinical practitioner can easily customize sessions to best fit a particular subject.

Long forgotten and often overshadowed by interest in Milton Erickson’s contribution to hypnotherapy, the work and ideas of his chief rival Dave Elman should not be overlooked. Elman was a former stage hypnotist, radio personality, and worked with the Office of Strategic Services (the predecessor of the CIA) during World War II. He was approached by members of the medical and dental profession, who had an interest in hypnosis but were dissatisfied with what they had learned from Erickson. While many in the hypnotherapy arena regularly shun any association with stage hypnotists, looking at why hypnosis-as-entertainment works and how it may be applied to clinical and performance-related applications is a worthy study.

Although Elman was a close associate of Sigmund Freud’s son and very much influenced by Freud’s psychoanalytic theories, his core concepts have even more relevance when studied and practiced in light of many more recent neurological discoveries. His three-minute technique is a starting point in understanding the elegance of his thoughts and must be mastered by anyone who claims to practice hypnotherapy. This series takes the listener from the three-minute technique, to a one-minute technique and several techniques that will get the same results instantly with little ritual involved.

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Great resource for the working hypnotherapist

I appreciated the multi-book combination that focused on specifics in different areas of the Elman Process. The author does a nice job of providing history, explanations, philosophy, techniques demonstrations. Its a great resource.

Good Concepts - incomplete, wacky delivery

I wish the author had taken more time in the writing. Many of the concepts are great, but chapter after chapter feels like he left the meat out. Then he refers to the previous chapter as an "exhaustively covered" subject. It's not. It feels like the author struggles with adhd. Several chapters start with one point, and finish with something else entirely. I got several good nuggets or "aha" thoughts. It was worth my time to listen to. It seems like the author was trying to hurry up and finish writing. He didn't really make sure the thoughts were well flushed out, and presented in a precise manner. He refers to himself again and again, as if he has thoroughly explained this present topic, only to suddenly move on - again. One sentence explanations with repeated self reference does not constitute "exhaustive".

This is described as multiple "books" - but it isn't. It's more like several short essays, that didn't have a proper editor to help him tie up his weirdly wrapped packages of information. This could almost pass as one, very short book. But it isn't that either. It's a collection of inter-related short form essays. It's not complete and comprehensive enough to call it a book. If you removed all the self-referencing sentences you would eliminate at least 20% of the content, and not lose a single point being made.

The delivery is also wonky, as many reviewers has mentioned. It isn't AI-read, but it may as well be. The recording style feels as disjointed as the writing flow. At first I thought he was attempting to sound hypnotic, but no. It's more like he didn't like a word or phrase here and there, and instead of rerecording pproperly, he just recorded that word or phrase, stuck it in there, slapped himself on the back, and called it good. Tough to tune out the effect.

This book was certainly worth my time to listen to because of the aha moments. However, it left much to be desired. You must lock in and ignore a lot of self-grandiose statements to pick the meat off the bones.

I'm glad this content exists. I hope he rewrites and re-records with the help of an editor and sound team. This could truly be one, really nice, short book.

Good books.. but

The contents of the books is really good, well written and very understandable. But I find the way it’s read distracting from the material being presented. It kinda sounds like each word was recorded separately then pasted together as needed, no sense of flow in the reading

detailed info

one of the best if not the best book on hypnosis. Read it it is educational and fun