Wanna be Hypnotist

[Loup-Garou]

I just read Tad James' Comprehensive Guide to Hypnosis, and it has opened a whole new world to me. Everything I've read before his book was merely hypothetical posturings, that offered nothing that seemed tangible. Since his book, I've been working with hypnosis on a handful of people (using Elman's methods), and everyone involved has had extreamly positive expiriences. Now, the questions, if you all would be so good to have them:

1. Do any of you know where I could find formal training in the New England (specifically lower New Hampshire area)? Everything I have found over the internet has simply been learn to DVD's and tapes, which I doubt would be as substantial as an actual hypnotist working with me.

2. How effective are the mp3's floating around the internet? Anything in particular you recommend?

3. While I attempt to find a reputable teacher, what steps do you suggest I take in my learning? I am a voracious reader, and would be interested in any books worth my effort.

4. While I have had postive expiriences inducing trance (really only following the simpler trances offered in Tad James' book), should I forgo using hypnotism until I have been formally trained? I do not want to hurt anyone, however unlikely, and I do not want to develop any bad habits due to inexpirience.

Thank you in advance,
Loup-Garou

[Merlin]

Hi,

I'd start with the omnihypnosis tape training set if it were me
http://www.omnihypnosis.com/v600.htm

[barker7676]

I was wondering if you've decided on a formal training method yet and how it's worked out for you. I'm also interested in getting more organized training, but the offerings are really overwhelming.

I'd like to eventually build a practice, but don't know where to start.

[skip]

Warewolf? It takes all kinds doesnt it?

[Terry (existing)]

I was wondering if you've decided on a formal training method yet and how it's worked out for you. I'm also interested in getting more organized training, but the offerings are really overwhelming.

I'd like to eventually build a practice, but don't know where to start. Tough isn't it? I can tell you that at least two members of this board travel and give trainings. One it Tad James, one of the owners of this board, and the other is Skip. Since you can get to know something about these individuals by reading their posts, I suggest them as a first choice. On the other hand, there are many good and skilled practitioners who could offer a training course of quality, but you will need to investigate them to satisfy yourself that you are getting what you pay for. Meantime, if you chose medicine as a carrier, you would expect to travel to a University were such training was available, and then live during training, at a certain cost. Such is also sometimes true in hypnosis, particullarly if you are someplace small, were training can;t be got locally. After training, you need experience, and that is difficult to get also. Then you need business acumen to start you business and make it profitable as quickly as possible. If you lack any quality mentioned, you are likely to fail as is any business, so beware of what it is you are aiming at, and if you still feel the same, go for it.

[Merlin]

>Warewolf?


Is that a software-wolf?

[Don]

If it's a bootleg, it would be a warez-wolf.

[barker7676]

Thanks for the input. I'm not sure I could afford personal training, but it's certainly something that interests me. It seems I've always learned best by doing, and with hypnosis this will surely hold true.

This is the main reason I've been wary of the distance learning classes (such as the V600 recommended by Merlin). How do they handle the "hands on" aspect of practicing/learning? Or are those programs somehow truly worthwhile and successful in spite of the absence of personal interaction?

[skip]

Loup Garou, is French for warewolf.

[Merlin]

>If it's a bootleg

Might be a pant leg.

[Loup-Garou]

What sort of certification should I be looking for in schooling? Guild certification? Merlin, thank you for your suggestion, but tapes and dvds were really the opposite of what I am looking for. That being said, is there any particular reason you recommend these tapes?

[Merlin]

Certifications are good eye-candy for the wall. Impressive to some.
Unfortunately, hypnosis isn't a well organised field.
Certs don't actually mean much in this field.
I wish it were otherwise.

Tad's book is near the top of my recommended book reading list, especially for beginners.

The omni tape training is something I've personally seen.
I don't recommend if I don't know.
They are good for beginners too. Jerry has a pretty good training and taped one of his classes.

> Guild certification?

It's more impressive than having nothing.

There's not much danger in hypnosis itself, so if you have people to practice with, go for it.
Abreactions will be possible, but they don't injure. They're just miserably uncomfortable.

It's bad suggestions that injure, so be careful of what you suggest and record your sessions on tape so that you, or someone else if necessary, can 'undo' the suggestion.

[lightner]

Go to Florida and get trained at OMNI hypnosis. You won't regret it.
I went in April and now have a hypnosis business. There is nothing nothing nothing like hands-on training and hands-on practice.
When you go to Omni Hypnosis Training, you get everything you need to open up shop when you get back home.
Put it on your charge card. You'll make your money back quickly.
I went to the Ft. Lauderdale training in April and I am now making my living as a hypnotist. It never would have happened if I'd continued to just read books and watch the videos.
Gerald Kein sends you out to hypnotize strangers. I hypnotized people on the beach, in restaurants at lunch, classmates... there is NOTHING that can replace the experience of actually doing it under expert guidance.
If I had gone for the training two years earlier (when I had first considered it) then I'd be two years more experienced and two years richer.
GO!

~Michelle Albright, C.H.
http://www.lightnerridge.com
Omni Hypnosis Graduate 04/2005

[Jack]

I don't know the Omnihypnosis course, so cannot comment, but what I would say is that hands on experience is essential for effective training.

Please do not rely upon tapes and CDs exclusively to become an hypnotherapist, it will end in tears. I occasionally train novices as a visiting 'expert' with several schools in the UK and I am constantly amazed by how many of the students have taken postal courses, bought CDs/DVDs before they came on the course and have absolutely no idea about hypnotherapy or if they have it is wrong. Use this media as an adjunct to a training course and not as a substitute for one. Oh, and Good Luck!

Jack