Peter Field - The Chi of Change: How Hypnotherapy Can Help You Heal and Turn Your Life Around--Regardless of Your Past

If anyone is skeptical about the therapeutic power of hypnosis, this book will remove all doubts! It is an impressive work and I highly recommend it.

Dr Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. Psychiatrist. Author of the #1 Best-Seller Forgive to Win

This fascinating book fuses the beauty of traditional thought with a modern, profound understanding of the mind and of the human spirit. Written in a style that is both timeless and fresh, The Chi of Change transcends cultures and speaks to the universal human experience.

Dr Richard Connolly, University of Birmingham

Peter Field writes with rare insight into the human condition, yet does so in a way that will resonate with both reader and clinician. The Chi of Change is a major contribution to the field of hypnotherapy and indeed, psychotherapy as a whole. This work deserves a place in every therapists library.

Antoine Matarasso, National President, AustralianHypnotherapists Association

Full of insight and inspiration. Its rare for a book to impress me these days, but this one did it! A most extraordinary book.

Terrence Watts, Chairman, Association for Professional Hypnosis & Psychotherapy. Author of Warriors, Settlers and Nomads

Synthesizes Eastern and Western insights to help people liberate themselves from profound challenges. The Chi of Change combines psychological understandings with compassion and supercharged hypnotherapy. I highly recommend this book!

Jack Elias, Director, American Institute for Therapeutic Learning. Author of Finding the Magic: Transpersonal Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy/NLP

A valuable source of information for the experienced hypnotherapist, and highly recommended for any practitioner of hypnosis and/or NLP who wants a better success rate for clients.

Roy Hunter, Best-Selling Author of The Art of Hypnotherapy

A fresh and provocative look at the difficulties in dealing with change.

Dr Richard Harte, Director of Education, National Guild of Hypnotists, U.S.A.

A wealth of knowledge that strides seamlessly through the extraordinary. This book is a treasure for anyone interested in the mind.

Dr Marie Cheour, Neuropsychologist

Using fascinating factual accounts of people he has treated, the author reveals the wonderful transformational potential of therapeutic hypnosis. The Chi of Change is a significant contribution to both our understanding of hypnotherapy and to the elevation of its status as a serious psychological intervention. An extraordinary book, by a gifted therapist.

William Broom, Chief Executive, U.K. General Hypnotherapy Standards Council

The Chi of Change is a book authored by someone who has lived. It is a work full of compassion and one that reflects a love for humanity. In my opinion, it is a book that should be required reading for every therapist and for anyone contemplating therapy.

Dr F. S. Starr, M.D. FAACAP, BCIA, Psychiatrist

First published by Psyche Books, 2014
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There are so many people who have gone into the making of this book. To begin, I want to thank all of my clients, the people I have had the privilege of working with and who have taught me so much over the course of the years. Without them there would be no book, and my life would have taken a very different, and I am quite sure, a less fulfilling course.

Particular thanks are due to my editor, Jessi Hoffman, who worked so hard in ironing out incongruences and correcting my many errorsin thinking as well as in syntax. Without her valuable help this book would not have been nearly as cohesive or as readable as it is.

Though I thanked him while alive, I would again like to acknowledge and express my appreciation to the late Tom Brightmore for his helpful suggestions and comments on the early draft of this book. His logical mind and critical ability have made The Chi of Change more accessible and have undoubtedly improved its flow and coherence. Your flame shone brightly, Tom, and I thank you for the gift of your friendship.

Thanks are also due to my lifelong friend and companion Danielle Lalande, who has supported, encouraged, and believed in me for so many years, and who read the book through as it progressed in manuscript form, making many helpful suggestions. Her steadfast support and thoughtful feedback has added so much to my life, immeasurably enriching both it and this book.

I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Dr F. S. Starr for reading my book and generously writing such a perceptive and helpful foreword.

Last but far from least, I want to thank Xinqi Ren, my veritable right hand, for patiently supporting me throughout the writing of this book, as well as in life, and for providing me with all the encouragement a therapist, or a person, could possibly need.