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Keys to the Mind Learn How to Hypnotize AnyoneFor orders other than by individual consumers, a discount isavailable on the purchase of 5 or more copies of individual titles forspecial markets or premium use.For further details, please contact the publisher:PeachTree Professional Education, Inc.7107 S. Yale, Suite 370Tulsa, OK 74136(800) 390-9536www.SubliminalScience.comKeys to the Mind, Learn How to Hypnotize Anyoneand Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyBy Richard K. Nongard, LMFT/CCHand Nathan Thomas, C.Ht.Edited by Paula DuncanCover Art by Ricky NongardCopyright Richard K. NongardFirst Printing, September 2009Printed in the United States of America.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem or transmitted in any form or by any means - electronic,mechanical, photocopy, recording or any other- without the priorwritten permission of the publisher. The only exception is briefquotations in printed reviews.ISBN: XXXXXXXXXXX2

Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyPRAISEWelcome to the wonderful world of hypnosis . . . with RichardNongard as your guide, you can't miss. Richard knows his way aroundhypnosis better than most hypnotists who've been doing it twice as manyyears as himself, and he's been doing hypnosis for a lot of years . . . so, heobviously knows a lot and he's kind enough to invite you along and sharehis knowledge with you. Nathan Thomas may not be quite as long in thetooth as Richard, but he's a gifted young man who is going places in theworld of hypnosis. Knowing you've got two skilled hypnotic guides on yourjourney, you can rest assured that with the material covered in this book,you'll not only unlock the keys to the mind, but open doors into afascinating and wonderful future as a hypnotist . . . and . . . more! Brian David Phillips, PhDPresident, Society of Experiential Trancewww.BrianDavidPhillips.comAfter reviewing this book, I'm glad to say Richard Nongard and NathanThomas have put together a brilliant educational work on the hypnosisprofession. This book is an invalueable asset and resource, containing awealth of carefully carfted information for both the novice "newbie" as wellas enlightened insights to inspire and guide seasoned professionals.This work insightfully covers a wide variety of hypnosis techniques, topicsand methods, while skillfully ensuring the of avoidance of pitfalls. This tomeis a must-have for the library of any serious hypnotist or hypno-enthusiast. John Cerboneaka “The Trance-Master”www.Trance-Master.comNongard & Thomas3

Keys to the Mind Learn How to Hypnotize AnyoneA word about copyright infringement and e-books.If you are the original purchaser of this book, we want tothank-you for you purchase. By buying this product and others youhave recognized the unique value that creators of quality productsdeserve. On the other hand, if this file was downloaded by a torrent,distributed from a website not associated with the authors orpublishers, or has been emailed to you by someone else, you havedenied the creators of this unique and valuable product thecompensation they deserve.If this is the case, please visit www.SubliminalScience.com toobtain a legal copy of this text.Do not participate in illegal file sharing or distribution of this text.4

Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyALSO AVAILABLEwww.SubliminalScience.comTextbooks Inductions and Deepeners, Styles and Approaches for EffectiveHypnosis Understanding Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis, an easy to follow bookabout hypnotismDVD Instruction How to Write Effective Hypnosis Scripts and SuggestionsSpeed Trance: Instant Hypnotic InductionsMastering Hypnotic Power: Using Hypnotic PhenomenaLearn Hypnosis: How to Hypnotize Anyone Learn how to use Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) for moreeffective therapy and as a tool for hypnotic induction How to do Autogenic Training: Techniques for taking control of themind-body connection NLP Essentials: Strategies for Personal Power and Influence Inductions and Deepeners (Vol 2)Hypnotic Inductions: Methods that Work (Vol 1)Learn How to Do Self HypnosisMeditation Techniques for the BeginnerAudio CDs Therapeutic Relaxation - Distress Tolerance TrainingInsomnia, Quit Smoking, Weight Loss, Pain Management,Overcoming Lost Love, Test-Taking Anxiety, Better Golf, BuildingConfidence, and many other topicsProfessional Resources Richard Nongard’s Crash Course on Building a Profitable Practice- A Guidebook and DVD Video for Professional Success The NSRI: Nongard Strengths and Resources InventoryNongard & Thomas5

Keys to the Mind Learn How to Hypnotize AnyoneABOUT THE AUTHORSRichard K. Nongardis a Licensed Marriage and FamilyTherapist, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a CertifiedPersonal Fitness Trainer, and holds degrees in both Ministry andCounseling.A popular keynote presenter and conference speaker,Richard provides accredited continuation education and advancedskills training to hypnotists, psychotherapists, education professionals and criminal justice organizations around the globe onsubjects related to clinical hypnosis practice, suicide, anxiety,depression, personality disorders, drug, alcohol and tobaccoaddiction, domestic violence, fitness and family health.He is the developer of the QuitSuccess Tobacco CessationTreatment Program used by agencies and hospitals across the US, aswell as several professional assessment tools and therapeutic clientworkbooks, and he is the acclaimed author of five clinical practicetextbooks.Solving problems by focusing on existing client strengths isthe hallmark of Richard’s approach.Nathan Thomas,C.Ht., is the co-founder of theInternational Association of Teenage Hypnotists. Ambitious anddedicated, Nathan is a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic techniques and language patterns, and is a world-renown contributor tothe field of hypnosis.Nathan's blog, found at www.KeysToTheMind.com, is anamazing resource for any level of hypnosis professional. Fromtraining material reviews to new methods and approaches, you willfind new learnings to practice and enjoy.6

Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyINTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------- 91 What is Hypnosis? -------------------------------------------- 1115 – Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy 17 – Why Use Hypnosis?19 – Is Hypnosis Safe?19 – Does Hypnosis Work?20 – What are the Benefits of Hypnosis?2 The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Hypnosis ----- 2325 – Defining Hypnosis33 – Ericksonian Hypnosis47 – The Hypnotic Experience49 – Hypnotic Myth Busting65 – Three Laws of Suggestion29354361––––Three Laws of HypnosisDirective HypnosisThe Elements of HypnosisThe History of Hypnosis3 The Mechanics of the Hypnotic Process How to Hypnotize Anyone ------------------------------- 6769 – The Pre-Talk79 – Deepeners85 – The Awakening75 – The Induction83 – Suggestive Therapy87 – Case Study4 Key Essential Elements for Effective Hypnotherapy ------- 9597 – Client Relationships107 – Assessment and Intake5 Exploring the Hypnotic Process in Detail ---------------- 117119 – The Pre-Talk147 – Deepeners127 – The Induction6 The Art of Suggestion, The Heart of Hypnotherapy ----- 15536 – Principles of Suggestion41 – Therapeutic Scripting7 Abreaction, Practice and Referrals ------------------------ 1638 Hypnotic Phenomena --------------------------------------- 175INTERLUDE – Learning Hypnosis ---------------------------- 1859 Applications and Cautions – Memory and Regression --- 18910 Hypnotic Language ---------------------------------------- 19311 Clinical Applications – Therapeutic Intervention ------- 205207 – Hypnotizing Children211 – Intervention Efficacy215 – Behavioral Issues223 – Emotional Psych Disorders231 – Pain Management234 – Sexual Issues235 – Stress Management12 Ethics, Morality and Legal Principles -------------------- 239241 – Morality Issues249 – Professional Ethics258 – QuackeryCONCLUSION -------------------------------------------- 261Nongard & Thomas7

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Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyINTRODUCTIONTHE JOURNEY BEGINSHello and welcome to Keys to the Mind, Learn How to HypnotizeAnyone and Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Correctly. You are nowbeginning the journey towards becoming a hypnotist and acquiringan effective array of clinical hypnosis skills, but before we dive rightinto the ‘how to,’ let us begin with a little introduction. This book isauthored by myself, Richard Nongard, alongside Nathan Thomas. Iam a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified ClinicalHypnotherapist, and a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, with over 20years experience working professionally in the field of hypnosis andoffering hypnosis training courses worldwide.Nathan Thomas is a Certified Hypnotist and NLP practitionerregarded throughout the world as an expert in the field of hypnosis.He launched and runs the International Association for TeenageHypnotists and has trained hundreds of people in the art and scienceof hypnosis, both online and face-to- face. Nathan is the co-author ofthis text and has been a huge help in researching and composing thematerial you will soon be enjoying.We would like to thank you for purchasing this book and areexcited to be able to share our knowledge with you. By the time youhave reviewed all of the material in this text, you will be well on yourNongard & Thomas9

Keys to the Mind Learn How to Hypnotize Anyoneway to becoming a hypnotist - you will have the basic skills necessaryto hypnotize a person, be able to lead them through a healing process,and understand how to awaken them properly when the session iscomplete.Clinical Hypnosis is a valid intervention endorsed by bothnational and international medical and psychological associations forwell over 50 years. If you have a clinical background in the helpingprofessions – social work, counseling, nursing, medical doctor - youshould find yourself ahead of the learning curve and happy to knowthat the skills of hypnosis can be easily integrated into your existingtherapeutic approaches for helping clients to maximize their potential,especially in the area of brief therapy.For those of you with no experience from a clinical perspectivein the counseling or medical professions, my guess is that you areprobably a person who enjoys helping other people. This is great,because hypnosis helps promote healing. Training in clinical hypnosisprovides one of those rare opportunities where we can learn a skillthat can actually help change a person’s life for the better. I am not aperson who believes that only those who have a degree in clinicalpsychology should be able to provide hypnosis and services. I believethat all people with an interest in helping others should be given theskills to do so effectively.When writing a single educational text about hypnosis, inorder to make sure all the bases are covered and that the instruction isreasonably complete, the authors must assume that their averagereaders have little or no prior experience with hypnosis. Nathan and Ihave worked hard to fulfill this obligation by including as muchfundamental content as possible within these pages. However, we arewell aware that many of our readers are already experiencedhypnotists seeking to enhance their existing skills, and we feelconfident that those of you with more training will also find this bookto be quite valuable and useful to your overall knowledge base.Happy reading and learning!Richard K. Nongard, LMFT/CCHNathan Thomas, C.Ht.10

Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyCHAPTER 1What is Hypnosis?Hypnosis can be utilized in many ways for many purposes.This book centers around using hypnosis as a form of therapy, knownas hypnotherapy or clinical hypnosis, for the purpose of helpingpeople to heal and find solutions to the problems that theyexperience.So that you can develop a solid understanding of whathypnosis really is and how it works, and to firmly lead you awayfrom misconceptions often created by the media, let us begin byaddressing a few concepts before we get into the core material. Barewith us, we promise that you will be learning how to actually hypnotizesomeone sooner than you think.Hypnosis is a manifestation of natural phenomena that all ofus experience in day-to-day life. There is nothing mystical abouthypnosis. There is no Svengali-like magical power that the hypnotistmust possess in order to help an individual. In fact, it probably wouldnot be possible to have that type of power and truly be beneficial andhelpful, because such dynamics would create an unequal relationship.We all experience hypnotic phenomena in the course of anormal day: when we seem to 'zone out' while performing a habitualNongard & Thomas11

Keys to the Mind Learn How to Hypnotize Anyonetask like brushing our teeth, or seem to be on ‘autopilot’ when drivingto work every day. Hypnosis is a safe and natural process, and can bean extremely powerful, fast-acting intervention. It can help peoplebreak free of their old problems so quickly that it leaves other healingarts in the dust.Throughout this book you will often read the word ‘trance.’We will address this in more detail later, but for now just think oftrance as a state of hyper-suggestibility, where the critical orconscious part of the mind is less active, allowing the subconsciouspart of the mind to absorb and accept suggestions and ideas. Whenyou realize that the unconscious mind makes up about approximately90% of our overall brain power, it's easier to see how trance cancertainly be such a powerful state.My experience with hypnosis goes back quite a few years. Asan undergraduate student, I took a job working in a chiropractor'soffice, and as part of my duties I was instructed to performprogressive muscle relaxation (PMR) inductions on clients. Now, backthen I didn’t recognize PMR as an 'induction' or ascribe a 'hypnosis'label to the process, but every day at the office I was unwittinglyhypnotizing people and giving them the skills to relax and physicallyheal. Once I realized exactly what I was doing and how and why itworked so well, I studied hypnosis extensively. I then learned tointegrate it into numerous areas of my professional work, and I utilizeit daily in my personal life.In addition to being a licensed marriage and family therapistand having a strong background as a substance abuse counselor, I amalso certified as a personal fitness trainer. Hypnosis can easily beincorporated into sports psychology and is used effectively forhelping a person to achieve peak levels of performance in any field.Over the years I have worked with criminal justice clients,addicted clients, families, adolescents, children and adults, andfrequently I find myself drawing upon my experiences in hypnosis toprovide interventions for helping clients to manage the physicalmani-festations of their emotions, to enhance health and wellness, tochange self-destructive subconscious patterns and to learn newpatterns for promoting healthy lifestyle and behavioral choices.12

Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyClinical Hypnosis offers a particularly useful set of skills thatcan be applied to help solve or alter a variety of situations andproblems that we experience every day.In addition to my professional experience, hypnosis has had ahuge positive influence on my personal life. I succeeded at smokingcessation a number of years ago (the number one reason clients seekout a clinical hypnotist), and also conquered my fear of flying.Like most people who are afraid to fly, I would rationalize myfear: Why would I get into a metal tube, hurtling through theatmosphere at 600 miles an hour, when I could simply hop into a carand drive, and have the opportunity to see America along the way?I overcame my fear of flying in large part by implementing themethods of therapeutic hypnosis, and today I fly all over the world.These days, when I find myself on an extremely long and boringflight, I utilize trance and hypnotic techniques in order to help me getthrough it. This process produces three benefits: one, it makes thetime pass much faster; two, it makes the experience more productive;and three, I am far more comfortable and this, in turn, makes thepassengers around me more comfortable. Many of you have probablysuffered through flights next to someone who was noticeably highstrung, nervous or lacked relaxation techniques, and you know it'snot a pleasant experience.It is important to realize that if you want to practice clinical hypnosisto help others achieve their goals, you should experience hypnosis foryourself. It's far easier to assist others - effectively - when you areintimately familiar with the process by practicing the same skills inyour own day-to-day life.Nongard & Thomas13

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Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CorrectlyHypnosis and HypnotherapyBefore we go any further, let’s take a few minutes and look atthese two words: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. People often ask me,“Hey, Richard, is there a difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy?” and you may be wondering the same thing.In this particular training text, when I use the words hypnosisor hypnotherapy, the two can be used interchangeably. However, doI believe there is actually a difference between the two terms? Yes, Icertainly I do.Hypnosis itself is not a therapeutic process. Hypnotherapy, Ibelieve, is a therapeutic process built upon a foundation of helping, ofempathy, and of sincerely desiring to help people make changes, feelpositive, and accomplish their goals in life. Hypnosis is a state ofnatural phenomena, and a vehicle or tool for providing hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is the process of bringing about that hypnotictrance state, and the hypnotist is simply the person who is helpinganother person to experience an induced highlight of the naturaltrance-phenomena we all experience every day.Anyone can perform hypnosis.I have many friends who are stage hypnotists, and I haveactually done some stage performances myself. Stage hypnosisperformance does not require a background in clinical psychology;people from all different career backgrounds can become a stagehypnotist.Stage hypnosis does require learning how to manage a crowd,the basic strategies of induction and putting together a couple ofsimple, silly scripts, but that's about it. Whether or not they are a goodstage performer and use their skills responsibly, ethically andeffectively is an entirely different matter, but truly, performinghypnosis is not something that requires empathy, respect or even careof another individual. Now, I hope that they do have all of thosethings, because if not, I believe they would be using hypnosisNongard & Thomas15

Keys to the Mind Learn How to Hypnotize Anyoneirresponsibly, and it is these human qualities and personal elementsthat make for a good hypnotist and stage hypnosis show.I once met a stage hypnotist at a comedy club; I went up tohim after the show, introduced myself and talked to him a little bit.He was probably about 50 or 55 years old, and I asked him how helearned to do hypnosis. He said, “When I was 8 years old, I sent for abooklet I saw advertised in the back of a comic book on how tohypnotize somebody. I got it, tried it, and hypnotized my sister.” Hehad paid 50 cents for the secret of hypnosis, and has been doing itevery day since he was in grade school.My point is certainly not to knock stage hypnotists, but simplyto emphasize that anyone can hypnotize another person.I am often asked if a person, who is in trance state, can interact- can they talk? And the answer is yes, they most certainly can. If youhave ever seen hypnotized subjects interacting and completingassigned tasks at a stage show, there should be no question that theycan engage in conversat

Practice Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Correctly CHAPTER 1 What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis can be utilized in many ways for many purposes. This book centers around using hypnosis as a form of therapy, known as hypnotherapy or clinical hypnosis, for the purpose of helping people to heal and find solutions to the problems that they experience.

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