Popular author Bill O Hanlon offers an inviting and reassuring guide to the essentials of hypnosis, alleviating the newcomer s anxieties about how to make the most of this clinical tool. This brief book illustrates the benefits of solution-oriented hypnosis, which draws on the work of the pioneering therapist Milton Erickson (with whom O Hanlon studied) and emphasizes doing what is needed to get results which, more often than not, means trusting that the client holds within him- or herself answers or knowledge that need only be tapped or released by the therapist. O Hanlon covers the key aspects of hypnosis, including: using possibility words and phrases; using passive language; and inducing trance. O Hanlon offers practical tips and friendly encouragement for the novice hypnotherapist in his characteristic warm, reassuring, and humorous style."