Product Description

Covert Hypnosis is the most subtle Influence. It doesn't resemble the sleeping client "deep in trance."

It is the utilization of nonconscious techniques and strategies to change the perception and behavior of others in a completely unconscious way.

The optimal applications for covert hypnosis are in the fields of selling, advertising, marketing, relationships and of course, therapy.

This 100,000 word manual includes truly up to the minute scientific breakthroughs in the area of unconscious influence.

For the simplicity of the reader the book is written with examples pertaining to either therapy or selling situations but of course the approaches discussed herein would apply equally as well to counseling, teaching, training, and other relationship and group situations.

Kevin Hogan has shared this material with companies that have paid $25,000 or more per day. He shared this information with the government of Poland to help construct strategies to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. Most of this information has never been put in print before. Now, instead of paying $25,000 per day to have this information, you receive it in this dense manual for less than $100. A lifetime accumulation of research and practice are now available for your success building and relationship enhancement!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80555 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 238 pages

From the Publisher
"Finally! The manual you’ve been waiting for. After being inundated with requests for this manual, we have put it together with you in mind. Use these tips, techniques and tools to sell more, better your relationships, and change the lives of your clients!" —Kevin Hogan

You don't have to be a therapist or a salesperson to benefit from this guide. Everyone can utilize covert hypnosis in every day situations to provide win/win outcomes for everyone.

From the Back Cover
Covert Hypnosis allows you to paint pictures on the landscape of another person’s mind.

You will learn:

· Over 150 specific non-verbal communication techniques. · How to stand and sit with people so they like you and believe your message. · Strategies for pre-hypnotic therapy. · How genes influence people’s decisions and how to know in advance what they are. · The basic thinking process of covert conditioning. · The 253 words that change people’s minds verbally and in print. · How to use 20 of the most powerful hypnotic language patterns ever spoken. · Discover the 16 core desires of every person you meet. · Over 800 questions that help you direct the thinking of others. · The truth about distraction and confusion. · How suggestion can change visual recall. · Two complete models for presenting material to others in a persuasive manner! · Covert techniques for sports performance. · How to make minor alterations in your physical appearance to influence others. · How to tell a story so that the story delivers the message you want sent!

Change your life—and the lives of your clients!

About the Author
Kevin Hogan is a dynamic, well-known international motivational and inspirational public speaker, consultant and corporate trainer. He has trained persuasion, sales and marketing skills to leaders in the government of Poland, employees from Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, and numerous other Fortune 500 companies.

Kevin is the author of twenty books, including, The Science of Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion and Irresistible Attraction. He is the nation's leading influence and body language expert. He has shared his expertise about body language, persuasion and influence with the New York Times, CNN, the BBC, Fox Television, and dozens of poplular magazines like Cosmopolitan, First for Women, Woman's World, Playboy, Women's Own, Redbook, King, Maxim, Selling Power and others.

He has become the go-to resource for analyzing key White House figures. Hogan was consulted on the body language of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates during the 2004 elections. He was recently featured in a half dozen magazines (including wProst)in Poland after teaching persuasion and influence skills to that country's 350 leading sales managers.

Customer Reviews

A good book for therapists with difficult clients
Some people work readily with cognitive behavioral therapy. Some people are happy to try hypnosis. And some people have the troubles they have because they work very hard to hang onto the psychological mindsets that bring them about. Covert hypnosis has many good ideas for using language to heighten suggestibility and covertly implant suggestions that would not be accepted if presented overtly. On the whole, this looks like a method of turning a conversation into a long-form induction, except that there isn't an explicitly denoted conversion to hypnosis.

I am a certified hypnotist, but I'm a customer service agent by trade. I purchased this manual after reading the author's Psychology of Persuasion. I had hoped this would offer a more in-depth look at the communication strategies discussed in that book, and have not found this manual as helpful in that regard. If you are a therapist or work with people in other settings where wide-ranging, extended conversation is a given, this manual offers lots of good suggestions for guiding the conversation, all the way to planting suggestions for those resistant to change in a therapeutic setting. But if you're in sales, customer service or another profession where shorter interactions are the rule, I'd recommend the Psychology of Persuasion instead.

Here's an OVERT suggestion - SAVE YOUR MONEY!
Maybe this book does help becuase I was totally taken in by the marketing hype describing the book.

First, this book has quite a lot of the shortcomings of many self-published books -- rampant typos, grammatical errors and unverifiable testamonials followed by unsubstantiated anecdotes sprinkled with factual errors.

Second, it's regurgitated, dumbed down NLP for the masses.

Third, the information is dated although presented as "new" and "cutting edge".

There are many other books on NLP and body language that are a lot more helpful. Don't buy this book, especially at its inflated price. That's part of the ploy. If it costs so much it must have the "good stuff" in it, right? Wrong!

I'm just very disappointed to be told that I need to lose weight, grow taller and dress for success to get my subliminal message across to make the sale.

THE book on covert hypnosis
This book is more than a book on covert hypnosis. Master the skills in this book to be an elegant communicator, have a greater, more thorough understanding of persuasion techniques and gain the upper hand in negotiations.
This book is easy to read, easy to understand and follow. As someone who has worked in the hypnosis field for a number of years now, this is THE book on covert hypnosis.
Whatever field you work in, you will benefit from this book. I have followed Kevin Hogans work for a number of years and this book delivers his usual brilliant high standard and is packed with information. Very enjoyable.