NLP Magick: Making Change Possible

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Learn NLP & Hypnotherapy written from thirty years of experience, informed and refined through thousands of client hours. In his first book on NLP, award-winning author Marcus Katz shares over fifty personal stories and real-life client cases from his professional practice over three decades. Utilising the unique therapeutic triangle to discover the fundamentals of change-work, you will learn how to listen to - and observe - communication in an utterly new way. You will then learn how to make your own language congruent and authentic, whether for hypnotherapy or simply persuasive communication. Whilst written purposefully for those offering NLP and hypnotherapy, this book is packed with useful techniques for all change-workers and individuals looking to take their communication to a new level. It is designed to offer elegant techniques in preparation for, during or following significant life-changes. NLP Magick includes a history of hypnosis and NLP, a guide to hearing and responding to language patterns, ten types of hypnotic induction, practice exercises and case studies, a unique value elicitation method, time/space work, meta-models, self-hypnosis, and specific discussions for working with anxiety, insomnia, phobias, weight management, smoking cessation, inner child work and creativity. Delivered in a packed yet clear way, this book will literally change the way you hear and see the world. For more information and personal sessions or courses, visit www.nlpmagick.com. FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS Brief Histories NLP History Hypnotism & Psychoanalysis On Diagnosis and Definition The Virginia Satir Touchstone Common Pre-Suppositions of NLP Incorporation & Utilisation Types of Hypnotherapy The Therapeutic Triangle REPRESENTATIONAL SYSTEMS Representational Systems Verbal Predicates Eye Accessing Cues Mirroring and Matching Mirroring Matching Pacing & Leading LANGUAGE PATTERNS Language Patterns The Meta Model and the Milton Model Language Patterns META MODEL MILTON MODEL Ericksonian Language Patterns Single and Double Binds Universals & Specifics Game HYPNOSIS & INDUCTIONS Basic Induction Protocol Pivot Grammar Linking Words The Most Basic Hypnotic Pattern (T+T+S) The VSTF (Very Simple Trance Format) Expectation Setting Causal Connections Clanging Interspersal Ambiguity INDUCTION PATTERNS The Betty Erickson Technique Multiple Frames of Relaxation Breathing Thoughts Triangle Technique Rossi Fail-Safe Method Induction Variations Vogt’s Fractionation Post Hypnotic Suggestions POSITIVE OUTCOME FRAMES The Radio Cumbria Pattern Positive State List The Way-In Word The Way-Out Word The Trans-Derivational Search The Magic Wand Technique Positive Outcome Frame RAPPORT & ELICITATION Rapport: Mirroring, Pacing, Leading Anchors Away My Anchors Stacking Anchors Sliding Anchors Chaining Anchors Collapsing Anchors Eliciting a Model through a Life-Swap VALUES & BELIEFS Value Elicitation Beliefs Time/Value Audit The Will Sheet Sleight of Mouth Patterns The Belief Change Cycle TIME/SPACE WORK Time/Space Work In-Time and Through-Time Time/Space Work Nostalgia Pattern Willed Reminiscence Pattern META PATTERNS [SELF IMAGE] Meta-Patterns [Self Image Work] GENERAL TECHNIQUES Formal n -Step Reframing Swish Pattern Circle of Excellence Zink’s Spinning Icons Existential Embodiments SPECIFIC ISSUES & TECHNIQUES Disney Model Pain Management Smoking Cessation Panic Attacks and General Anxiety Gambling Weight Management Stage or Presentation Anxiety Inner Child Work Phobias Theatre/Cinema Method Reverse Spin Method Phobia Treatment Summary NLP in Sales METAPHORS Creating an Isomorphic Metaphor The Multiple Embedded Metaphor Embodied Metaphors Meta-Fives MODELLING Modelling Representing a Model Quick Modelling CLEAN LANGUAGE The Nine Basic Clean Questions Clean Language and Stress CREATIVE THINKING A Further Tool for Creative Thinking PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Committee of Advertising Practice Code Contraindications to Hypnosis Client Notes Session Self-Review EXERCISES Exercises Language Exercises Similes and Metaphor Exercises Client Case Exercises CONCLUSION Field, Form and Fate NLP Haiku Conclusion READING LISTS Reading Lists List of Abbreviations Glossary Bibliography Notes