How to Lose Weight with Hypnosis

by Dr. Steve G. Jones, Ed.D., Clinical Hypnotherapist

The shortest book on the shelf: one complete weight-loss session — induction, deepening, script and trance termination — with just enough explanation of each part to use it with a client or on yourself.

38 pages5 chaptersOne complete session to read aloudPDF

What's in the book

Five short chapters — the session in order.

1IntroductionWhat hypnotherapy is, the session overview, recording your sessions.p. 8

2InductionsRelaxation inductions and a full sample induction.p. 13

3DeepeningsA full sample deepening.p. 22

4ScriptsThe power of scripts — including the nine-week study on hypnosis and weight loss — and a sample weight-loss script.p. 28

5Trance TerminationBringing the client back up.p. 33

+Referencesp. 36

How it works

How it works:

Read it in an eveningThirty-eight pages, no exercises — the explanation of each part of the session sits next to the sample.

One session, ready to useThe induction, deepening and script together make a complete weight-loss session to read aloud or record.

Then go widerThe Scripts series has a dozen more weight-loss scripts once this one is familiar.

Read a page from Chapter 4

How to Lose Weight with HypnosisPage 31

The Power of Scripts

One study (Bolocofsky, Dwayne, and Coulthard-Morris, 1985), published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, divided 109 people into two groups for a nine-week study. The first group was treated with changes in diet and exercise habits (the only way to lose weight) without the addition of hypnosis. The second group was given the same diet and exercise treatment and was also given hypnosis for reinforcement. After nine weeks, not surprisingly, both groups lost weight due to the changes in diet and exercise while under supervision.

However, what happened after the eight-month and two-year follow-ups might surprise you. The group members that did not have hypnosis did not lose any more weight and, in fact, most gained most of their weight back. The hypnosis group, however, continued to lose weight during both intervals, and the studies showed that far more people in the hypnosis group met their long-term weight loss goals.

The sample weight-loss script follows on the next page.