It is about Changework tools – direct and fast tools. It is aimed at people who already have changework knowledge and expertise, giving them some extra tools. No scripts (scripts can do hypnosis and changework), just tools.
Hi James,
I just watched your “Non-Fail Protocol” DVD set, and I was thinking about buying the other one, but I see you give it free to those who books the seminar.
Is there a reverse offer available, some kind of discount CUPON to attend the seminar for those who buy (both) your DVD set?
It seems logical, but I didn’t find it.
Thank you,
Bruno.
If you go ahead and order I’ll ensure that you get the option to discount the full amount for the Hypnosis Mastery Programme against the training should you decide to book that too.
James, I have been doing your foot stick routine as a great convincer for more hypnosis. However people that have had it done and were convinced that they were hypnotized later looked it up on you tube and realized it was just a gimmic. Would you please remove it from you tube and the public? It’s like giving away a magicians secret. I think it’s a great tool for a newbie hypnotist as my self to use as a convincer and build apron. Thanks for your consideration and your great contribution to hypnosis. Best regards, Christian.
That is a tough decision Christian! I thought twice about putting it up in the first place, I must confess, for that very reason.
So, to remove or not to remove? I can see both sides of the fence!
Oddly, I have never had anyone look it up on youtube after I have done it (not that I am aware of anyway). I wonder if there is something in the framing that is leading to people looking it up?
I will genuinely need to consider this, so watch this space (metaphorically).
I have up to today been looking to Igor Ledochowski for learning hypnosis (even though I as a student have never had the money to buy any products). What changed today was that I saw your video on how there is no one thing that is hypnosis. So I am now thinking that you’re the person to learn from. And since my goal is to master (at least almost) everything, I’m wondering if your hypnosis mastery programme is enough or if it’s a good start or what it is. I hope you understand what I’m trying to ask.
The Hypnosis Mastery Programme will tell you much about doing hypnosis. You will learn how it works, how to set it up, how to use hypnotic language to shift someones reality. It centres around eliciting certain hypnotic phenomena, but really they are just the vehicles for the learning.
It will teach you everything you need to do hypnosis, but there is still a whole world of different perspectives and approaches and specialist areas of application, so it won’t teach you everything about hypnosis (nothing will.
Also, this programme focusses on overt hypnosis rather than conversational.
I studied hypnosis with the London College of Clinical Hypnosis.
It was a good course but I never quite felt comfortable with the process. This has nothing to do with their teaching, moreover to do with the fact I didn’t quite gel with the idea that if someone isn’t inducted correctly into trance, the hypnosis won’t work.
I stumbled across this site and am now considering looking into your teaching to fill the void left by my training.
So…in your honest opinion, would you suggest I look at working through the home study set or the live training? I am not exactly rolling in money so cannot afford both (just in case that was your response
If you take the live training, you get the home study materials in with the package!
If you keep your eyes peeled, I will be launching some new dates within the next few days and will be offering a discount on the first 4 or 5 (yet to decide) to book.
Do make sure you are on the opt-in subscription list if you want to know about this and get the discount!
Hi James,
my name is Dean Jacob and im a magician/illusionist in ireland iv done hypnosis for a number of years and saw your method im very interested and im wondering if youd be interested in contacting me via my email and chat about the method you have for this uneique hynosis intro thanks
Dean
I hope you’re doing just fine and in a very good health. I’ve been watching the videos of your model (Hypnosis Without Trance) and I’ve really enjoyed them )
Well, I have some questions for you… Are you familiar with Robert Dilts’ “Sleight of Mouth” patterns and Michael Hall’s “Mind-Lines” model???
I mean, if you have ever used any of these two models, can you report any difference in the outcome that you got with them in comparison to the outcome you’re getting from your own HTW model?? What are the differences between what you do and these language patterns?? What are the limitations of these models and your model?? Are they almost the same when you look at them from the perspective of the process, I mean these models and your HWT rely on the notion of changing/transforming beliefs (negative and positive) without hypnotic induction or trance… So, are they the same in regards to these terms??
One more thing, what makes your model different from them… What makes it stand out??
Honestly, I’m impressed by your results, and I would like to discuss your materials more with you and know more about them before making my purchase )).
Looking forward to hear from you,
Best Regards,
Ahmad.
First thing to say about this is that HWT and SoM are totally different things, so comparing them is like comparing chalk and cheese.
SoM (including L.Michael Hall’s ‘Mind Lines’ version), claim to be models for using language to change beliefs. From this perspective, in my experience, there are some serious flaws with the SoM approach.
Firstly, many of the applications seem to sit within the frame of debate. This may seem fair enough until you realise that debate is about intellectually outmanoeuvring an opponent (intellectual fighting, if you like), rather than actually influencing their beliefs. Where debate can have a belief changing effect is on those witnessing the debate (they can be convinced by the arguments, providing they do not feel threatened by them).
So, SoM breaks a basic rule of belief change – you can’t change a persons beliefs by debating with them (there are only occasional exceptions to this rule).
Defenders of SoM would no doubt say that this is a misunderstanding of it – if it is it is a misunderstanding arising in Dilts repeated use of debating manoeuvres as examples of various SoM patterns (including many from the public debates between G Gordon Liddy and Dr Timothy Leary). Certainly, if I recall correctly, neither Dilts or Hall in either of their works on this subject recognise the difference between debating (intellectual fighting) and influencing a persons understanding and framing.
All that said, when you have an awareness for this, you can begin to ‘repair’ the SoM model. Firstly you can recognise where ‘winning intellectual fights’ is useful in influence – as a status positioning move (and you need to be taking a systems view here, not just a one on one influence view). Secondly, you can start to look at the SoM concepts and modify them in such a way as to take the fight out of them (when you want to use them for belief change rather than status positioning through ‘verbal combat’).
The second big problem with SoM is that there is a lot of ambiguity in the individual strategies. Where the Meta Model and Milton Model are very much ‘by the numbers’ models, SoM takes a lot more personal experimentation and play to get it to work. From that perspective I would say that it is a badly coded model (this is the reason why so few people can actually use it effectively). All in, ‘Mind Lines’, IMO, is a better coding than Dilts original SoM… but still not as tight as it could be.
HWT is a different kind of thing altogether – it is a set of understandings about how hypnosis works, and a set of strategies and protocols for doing it. For leading people into an altered perception of reality. The Hypnosis Mastery Programme teaches a comprehensive set of models and approaches to getting specific hypnotic phenomena happening. Erickson is alleged to have said that Bandler and Grinder “took the shell but left the nut” when they modelled his approach to hypnosis (Milton Model) – HWT is about giving you the whole thing – a complete model and approach for Hypnosis… without the necessity for evoking ‘trance’ (and better off for it). Not just ‘language patterns’, understandings, procedures and protocols.
Thank you for your honest and thoughtful reply. It really sheds some light on the subject.
So, what you’re saying is that SoM and Mind-Lines aren’t helpful in changing someone’s beliefs because they operate in a meta-position of actually belief-fighting rather than actual reframing and belief-change… I want you to elaborate more on this please, do you mean that the problem is in their approach and motivation or in the actual patterns and how they operate?? And in either cases can you elaborate more please on why this is a problem??
I honestly have used SoM and Mind-Lines in many occasions in my life and I admit that sometimes it didn’t work out effectively – in terms of belief change… So would HWT help me out in this?? Many people in my lives just feel down sometimes at somethings and I feel like I must help them out… Yet can’t rely confidently on SoM or Mind-Lines because they would get me in this kindda debate with them about the subject and sometimes they end up feeling even worse about the problem…
If your HWT model can help me out in this, can you write me a simple/dummy sketch about the overall process?? For example, if someone would ask me this very question regarding SoM or Mind-Lines I would write the following:
1) Get into rapport.
2) Break the subject’s belief into it’s basic components (Cause, Effect and Meaning.)
3) Pre-Frame the belief: Explore possibilities where this belief doesn’t hold true! (Using the various patterns of Counter-Exampling, Exaggeration, Cartesian Logic, Reversing Presuppositions…etc)
5) From there… Reframe the belief: Content or Context Reframe.
6) Then Outframe the new belief to almost every aspect of their life…
So, can you write me the sketch of your process?? I would like to know more ABOUT it before trying it out…
Hi James. I am not a Hypnotist but over the last year i have become extremely interested in it, and have read quite a lot of mainly the free stuff. Most of what i can gather seems very hit and miss. I stumbled across some of your videos on youtube and was amazed. I work in the building trade but for a long time really wanted to work more directly with people in a way that will inprove their life. Had considered doing counselling but after much thought decided that Hypnosis is just the thing I have been looking for, and more to the point, the way you work is exactly how i would like to learn. I notice you have a workshop in March and wondered if it’ll be too advanced for a novice such as myself. I sort of understand the basics of hypnosis but don’t think I would have the confidence using traditional techniques and to be honest after watching you work I wouldn’t want to use those methods.
Thanks and kind regards Carl
The Hypnosis Without Trance approach is a little different from the classic approach to hypnosis, so I always need to teach from scratch. For this reason the course is as suitable for beginners as it is for people with more experience.
To be clear, this is a course about hypnosis and hypnotic phenomena, rather than changework as such. The skills are very useful for changeworkers, but no changework techniques are directly taught.
Hi again James. Just a qestion regarding Wizardry-live thing in march. I desperately want to attend this course but being in the building trade and the weather being very unkind, not too sure if by the time i get the money together you’ll have any spaces left, I should imagine it’s probably fully subscribed by now. Will you be doing another one in the near future? I have just done my first card stick and it worked twice in a row, and an arm lock straight off it. Not bad for a bricky!!! I’m loving it and so excited about learning more. Thanks for the inspiration.
Kind regards Carl
Unfortunately, the only other weekend I have planned for this year is pencilled in for Melbourne. If you want to get on the London one (there are still some spaces) contact me by email (address at the top of the page) and we can see if we can work something out.
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Hi James!
A question about the changework-dvd-set:
is it based on fast changework? I mean short scripts, direct hypnosis?
Thanks!
Rudy
Netherlands
Hi Rudy
It is about Changework tools – direct and fast tools. It is aimed at people who already have changework knowledge and expertise, giving them some extra tools. No scripts (scripts can do hypnosis and changework), just tools.
Hope that helps!
All the very best
James
Hi James,
I just watched your “Non-Fail Protocol” DVD set, and I was thinking about buying the other one, but I see you give it free to those who books the seminar.
Is there a reverse offer available, some kind of discount CUPON to attend the seminar for those who buy (both) your DVD set?
It seems logical, but I didn’t find it.
Thank you,
Bruno.
I certainly can do that for you Bruno!
If you go ahead and order I’ll ensure that you get the option to discount the full amount for the Hypnosis Mastery Programme against the training should you decide to book that too.
All the very best
James
James, I have been doing your foot stick routine as a great convincer for more hypnosis. However people that have had it done and were convinced that they were hypnotized later looked it up on you tube and realized it was just a gimmic. Would you please remove it from you tube and the public? It’s like giving away a magicians secret. I think it’s a great tool for a newbie hypnotist as my self to use as a convincer and build apron. Thanks for your consideration and your great contribution to hypnosis. Best regards, Christian.
That is a tough decision Christian! I thought twice about putting it up in the first place, I must confess, for that very reason.
So, to remove or not to remove? I can see both sides of the fence!
Oddly, I have never had anyone look it up on youtube after I have done it (not that I am aware of anyway). I wonder if there is something in the framing that is leading to people looking it up?
I will genuinely need to consider this, so watch this space (metaphorically).
All the very best
James
Hi James, thanks for the reply and thanks for your consideration. Best regards, Christian
Hi James!
I have up to today been looking to Igor Ledochowski for learning hypnosis (even though I as a student have never had the money to buy any products). What changed today was that I saw your video on how there is no one thing that is hypnosis. So I am now thinking that you’re the person to learn from. And since my goal is to master (at least almost) everything, I’m wondering if your hypnosis mastery programme is enough or if it’s a good start or what it is. I hope you understand what I’m trying to ask.
All the very best
Dennis from Sweden
Hi Dennis
The Hypnosis Mastery Programme will tell you much about doing hypnosis. You will learn how it works, how to set it up, how to use hypnotic language to shift someones reality. It centres around eliciting certain hypnotic phenomena, but really they are just the vehicles for the learning.
It will teach you everything you need to do hypnosis, but there is still a whole world of different perspectives and approaches and specialist areas of application, so it won’t teach you everything about hypnosis (nothing will.
Also, this programme focusses on overt hypnosis rather than conversational.
Hope that helps!
James
Thanks! It did help!
Hi James
I studied hypnosis with the London College of Clinical Hypnosis.
It was a good course but I never quite felt comfortable with the process. This has nothing to do with their teaching, moreover to do with the fact I didn’t quite gel with the idea that if someone isn’t inducted correctly into trance, the hypnosis won’t work.
I stumbled across this site and am now considering looking into your teaching to fill the void left by my training.
So…in your honest opinion, would you suggest I look at working through the home study set or the live training? I am not exactly rolling in money so cannot afford both (just in case that was your response
Thanks for your time.
Kind regards
David
Hi David – Thank you for your interest!
If you take the live training, you get the home study materials in with the package!
If you keep your eyes peeled, I will be launching some new dates within the next few days and will be offering a discount on the first 4 or 5 (yet to decide) to book.
Do make sure you are on the opt-in subscription list if you want to know about this and get the discount!
Hope that helps!
All the very best
James
James,
Hey, Love the videos. I found a video on Youtube.~ 10 min in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqNEEG7OKFk
Hi James,
my name is Dean Jacob and im a magician/illusionist in ireland iv done hypnosis for a number of years and saw your method im very interested and im wondering if youd be interested in contacting me via my email and chat about the method you have for this uneique hynosis intro thanks
Dean
Hi Dean
If you would like a chat, the best place is via Skype. If you email me, I’l give you my Skype ID!
All the very best
James
Hello James,
I hope you’re doing just fine and in a very good health. I’ve been watching the videos of your model (Hypnosis Without Trance) and I’ve really enjoyed them
)
Well, I have some questions for you… Are you familiar with Robert Dilts’ “Sleight of Mouth” patterns and Michael Hall’s “Mind-Lines” model???
I mean, if you have ever used any of these two models, can you report any difference in the outcome that you got with them in comparison to the outcome you’re getting from your own HTW model?? What are the differences between what you do and these language patterns?? What are the limitations of these models and your model?? Are they almost the same when you look at them from the perspective of the process, I mean these models and your HWT rely on the notion of changing/transforming beliefs (negative and positive) without hypnotic induction or trance… So, are they the same in regards to these terms??
One more thing, what makes your model different from them… What makes it stand out??
)).
Honestly, I’m impressed by your results, and I would like to discuss your materials more with you and know more about them before making my purchase
Looking forward to hear from you,
Best Regards,
Ahmad.
Hi Ahmad
First thing to say about this is that HWT and SoM are totally different things, so comparing them is like comparing chalk and cheese.
SoM (including L.Michael Hall’s ‘Mind Lines’ version), claim to be models for using language to change beliefs. From this perspective, in my experience, there are some serious flaws with the SoM approach.
Firstly, many of the applications seem to sit within the frame of debate. This may seem fair enough until you realise that debate is about intellectually outmanoeuvring an opponent (intellectual fighting, if you like), rather than actually influencing their beliefs. Where debate can have a belief changing effect is on those witnessing the debate (they can be convinced by the arguments, providing they do not feel threatened by them).
So, SoM breaks a basic rule of belief change – you can’t change a persons beliefs by debating with them (there are only occasional exceptions to this rule).
Defenders of SoM would no doubt say that this is a misunderstanding of it – if it is it is a misunderstanding arising in Dilts repeated use of debating manoeuvres as examples of various SoM patterns (including many from the public debates between G Gordon Liddy and Dr Timothy Leary). Certainly, if I recall correctly, neither Dilts or Hall in either of their works on this subject recognise the difference between debating (intellectual fighting) and influencing a persons understanding and framing.
All that said, when you have an awareness for this, you can begin to ‘repair’ the SoM model. Firstly you can recognise where ‘winning intellectual fights’ is useful in influence – as a status positioning move (and you need to be taking a systems view here, not just a one on one influence view). Secondly, you can start to look at the SoM concepts and modify them in such a way as to take the fight out of them (when you want to use them for belief change rather than status positioning through ‘verbal combat’).
The second big problem with SoM is that there is a lot of ambiguity in the individual strategies. Where the Meta Model and Milton Model are very much ‘by the numbers’ models, SoM takes a lot more personal experimentation and play to get it to work. From that perspective I would say that it is a badly coded model (this is the reason why so few people can actually use it effectively). All in, ‘Mind Lines’, IMO, is a better coding than Dilts original SoM… but still not as tight as it could be.
HWT is a different kind of thing altogether – it is a set of understandings about how hypnosis works, and a set of strategies and protocols for doing it. For leading people into an altered perception of reality. The Hypnosis Mastery Programme teaches a comprehensive set of models and approaches to getting specific hypnotic phenomena happening. Erickson is alleged to have said that Bandler and Grinder “took the shell but left the nut” when they modelled his approach to hypnosis (Milton Model) – HWT is about giving you the whole thing – a complete model and approach for Hypnosis… without the necessity for evoking ‘trance’ (and better off for it). Not just ‘language patterns’, understandings, procedures and protocols.
Hope that helps!
All the very best
James
Hi James,
Thank you for your honest and thoughtful reply. It really sheds some light on the subject.
So, what you’re saying is that SoM and Mind-Lines aren’t helpful in changing someone’s beliefs because they operate in a meta-position of actually belief-fighting rather than actual reframing and belief-change… I want you to elaborate more on this please, do you mean that the problem is in their approach and motivation or in the actual patterns and how they operate?? And in either cases can you elaborate more please on why this is a problem??
I honestly have used SoM and Mind-Lines in many occasions in my life and I admit that sometimes it didn’t work out effectively – in terms of belief change… So would HWT help me out in this?? Many people in my lives just feel down sometimes at somethings and I feel like I must help them out… Yet can’t rely confidently on SoM or Mind-Lines because they would get me in this kindda debate with them about the subject and sometimes they end up feeling even worse about the problem…
If your HWT model can help me out in this, can you write me a simple/dummy sketch about the overall process?? For example, if someone would ask me this very question regarding SoM or Mind-Lines I would write the following:
1) Get into rapport.
2) Break the subject’s belief into it’s basic components (Cause, Effect and Meaning.)
3) Pre-Frame the belief: Explore possibilities where this belief doesn’t hold true! (Using the various patterns of Counter-Exampling, Exaggeration, Cartesian Logic, Reversing Presuppositions…etc)
5) From there… Reframe the belief: Content or Context Reframe.
6) Then Outframe the new belief to almost every aspect of their life…
So, can you write me the sketch of your process?? I would like to know more ABOUT it before trying it out…
Thanks.
Hi James. I am not a Hypnotist but over the last year i have become extremely interested in it, and have read quite a lot of mainly the free stuff. Most of what i can gather seems very hit and miss. I stumbled across some of your videos on youtube and was amazed. I work in the building trade but for a long time really wanted to work more directly with people in a way that will inprove their life. Had considered doing counselling but after much thought decided that Hypnosis is just the thing I have been looking for, and more to the point, the way you work is exactly how i would like to learn. I notice you have a workshop in March and wondered if it’ll be too advanced for a novice such as myself. I sort of understand the basics of hypnosis but don’t think I would have the confidence using traditional techniques and to be honest after watching you work I wouldn’t want to use those methods.
Thanks and kind regards Carl
Hi Carl
Sorry for missing your question before!
The Hypnosis Without Trance approach is a little different from the classic approach to hypnosis, so I always need to teach from scratch. For this reason the course is as suitable for beginners as it is for people with more experience.
To be clear, this is a course about hypnosis and hypnotic phenomena, rather than changework as such. The skills are very useful for changeworkers, but no changework techniques are directly taught.
To find out more, please do visit: http://www.hypnosiswithouttrance.com/live-training/hypnosis-wizardry-live/
If you decide that you would like to come along and learn some of this stuff, I will look forward to seeing you in March.
All the very best
James
Hi again James. Just a qestion regarding Wizardry-live thing in march. I desperately want to attend this course but being in the building trade and the weather being very unkind, not too sure if by the time i get the money together you’ll have any spaces left, I should imagine it’s probably fully subscribed by now. Will you be doing another one in the near future? I have just done my first card stick and it worked twice in a row, and an arm lock straight off it. Not bad for a bricky!!! I’m loving it and so excited about learning more. Thanks for the inspiration.
Kind regards Carl
Hi Carl
Unfortunately, the only other weekend I have planned for this year is pencilled in for Melbourne. If you want to get on the London one (there are still some spaces) contact me by email (address at the top of the page) and we can see if we can work something out.
All the very best
James