Review: Not good.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
It's hard to believe that this short book will deliver any success for the novice self-hypnotist. Heavy on history and pseudo-psychological theory, light on technique, this book seems to assume that you can relax your way to a better life without any conditioning whatsoever. Towards the end it seems to be about using Affirmations and the Law of Attraction, which have nothing to do with the subject. There also seems to be a lot of confusion between what can be achieved on your own, versus hypnotherapy with a professional. The chances of you quitting smoking, conquering addiction, or "getting over certain mental illnesses such as obsessive compulsive disorder" using self-hypnosis are virtually zero. And Childbirth Anesthesia? That's highly challenging even with a trained professional in the room, let alone on your own! Alcoholism; apparently "self-hypnosis can help you become sober". Really? This is practically nonsense! There are much better books than this if you want to try self-hypnosis, but choose one that offers some kind of training script, because you'll never learn the correct techniques just by reading about it, especially in such a superficial way.