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Real Life Stories From Real People Just Like You Seeing Fast, Lasting Results with Self-Hypnosis
What Doctors, Authors & Athletes Say About Dr. Brian Alman
"I�m here to attest that Dr. Brian Alman is clearly one of the great authorities of Ericksonian hypnosis and one of the most skilled and brilliant practitioners of the art that I have ever met. You will definitely benefit from work with this gifted and dedicated professional.
Paul Scheele
Hypnosis isn't voodoo or magic. "I have known Brian Alman for only a few years, now. He has the most complete command of performance enhancing ideas I have ever experienced. The simplicity of his ideas and (I can't say this strongly enough) the way they connect everything into a viable performance bubble, has allowed me, at age 61, to play scratch golf, again. The power of focusing on one thing and blocking everything else out is something Brian helped me get back to. I've hit millions golf balls since I was 8 years old. I have no reason to doubt my ability to do it, no matter if I'm hitting shots for one student or a national TV audience of millions of people. I just do what I've been doing all these years. Focus, apply ball to club. It's that simple."
A.J. Bonar, Founder of the Society of Golf Educators, Director of Instruction With 34 years of professional teaching experience, A.J. has created a forum (The Society of Golf Educators) for simplifying the golf learning process. For 12 years, he created and administered the golf curriculum for the San Diego Golf Academy. Today, he is the Director of Instruction at the AJ Golf School in Carlsbad, CA and is the consultant for education for TaylorMade Golf. He works with touring professionals on the major tours as well as with beginners and physically challenged golfers to make golf "easier to learn".
"Keep it Off is an amazing and positively effective book. It will change the way you think about the weight you have carried around or want to lose. It is a book for everyone who would like to make their life (and body) lighter and lighter."
George J. Pratt, Ph.D.
"Understanding that obesity is as much a hidden solution as an obvious problem, Dr. Brian Alman provides a clearly written guide enabling overweight people to draw upon internal resources for accomplishing and maintaining weight loss. Keep it Off is a major addition to the self-help literature that deals with obesity."
Vincent J. Felitti, M.D.,
"The legendary healing skills of Dr. Milton Erickson are restored to us by his protégé. In Keep It Off, Dr. Alman uniquely applies Ericksonian wizardry to the previously insoluble problem of weight loss and weight management. It's a fascinating book, easy to read, and filled with life-changing strategies."
David Keirsey, Ph.D.,
Dr. Alman does not offer "band aid" solutions to sustained weight loss. Physicians, counselors, and others who have worked with Dr. Alman recognize his unique depth of insight, clarity of vision, and effectiveness of practical techniques for acknowledging and working through patients' health dilemmas. Patients report an increase in joy and happiness as true healing occurs empowering them to transform their lives by relying on productive strategies for maintaining desired weight.
Wayne Beach, Ph.D.
Expert in personal power techniques, author, lecturer, mentor and healer Dr Brian Alman has a contagious enthusiasm for love, life and its dynamic possibilities. With his new book "Keep it Off," he is offering an insightful and invaluable gift of how to effectively use those possibilities for transformation, self management and ultimately self healing
Cornelia Eulert,
Once again Dr. Brian Alman has written a book on that is more than skin deep. He addresses how to reach our inner selves and resolve long buried issues that block us from change. Dr. Alman's compassionate style shows us how to approach and reach our goals with true awareness from the inside out. The outcomes allow us a sense of accomplishment and a greater freedom for the rest of our lives.
Linda J. Hill, LCSW, BCD
Everyone looking to lose weight and improve their state of well being without toxic drugs, surgical distortion of digestion or untoward manipulation of nutrition would benefit from "Keep it Off." This sensible and yet profound method will benefit thousands in their quest to control the maladaptive eating disorders that result in obesity.
Bob Hogan M.D.,
"Dr. Alman's book is an in-depth exploration of the emotional roots of overeating and related attitudes and beliefs about food, body, and eating. Along with rapid self-assessments, the book if brimming with practical directions for exiting the Yo Yo dieting trap and discovering a permanent solution for both emotional and physical weight. The Quick Program Guide he provides at the end of the book is an excellent way for readers to review and use the basic methods he clearly details in earlier chapters. This book is an essential tool for people who are serious, not just for weight loss, but about changing any negative or compulsive pattern. I highly recommend it."
Dr. Peter Lambrou, Ph.D.,
"A very large majority of individuals relapse and gain the weight again after following weight loss regimens. Dr. Alman has developed a very successful program with excellent methods "to help a person to keep the weight off" with specific improvements of your mind body connections. You will start respecting yourself and develop a positive and energetic attitude with new lifestyle directions."
Robert M. Nakamura M.D.
I have been a meditation teacher for 30 years now. I attended a personal power techniques course of Dr. Alman while he was teaching in India. Since that time I have noticed both a physical as well as emotional weight loss. His approach to the self is nothing less then enlightening.
Swami Krishna Prem
Brian Alman's book is as precise and entertaining as his teaching of the many workshops I have organized for him in Germany and Europe. His wealth of 25 years of experience in practicing himself and teaching personal power techniques the reader will experience himself throughout this remarkable book. It is a book for people with weight problems as well as for therapists looking for a highly effective approach or for additional techniques to enrich their own repertoires.
Bernhard Trenkle, Dipl.Psych.
"Dr. Alman has taught me so much that has completely changed the way I interview and treat patients."
Albert Ray,
"I found this to be the best written book applied to weight management ever written. We are so eager to find the magic pill to control weight that we forget the power of the mind. Harnessing the power of the mind is of paramount importance and Dr. Alman's book is an important tool that allows the overweight person to do so."
Arnold Singer
What is so special about what Dr. Brian Alman has to offer in "Keeping It Off" is that his techniques for dealing with weight are equally effective for dealing with any problem areas in your life. I have witnessed and personally experienced the miraculous effects of Dr. Alman's approach to weight management, health and balanced living. Dr. Alman understands the unconscious mind and how to work with it to affect permanent desired change that feels natural and effortless...that to me is the best gift a person can ever hope to receive.
Kathy Jakstis
The book was terrific. It was easy to follow and very encouraging for the reader. It's hard to imagine someone following the book's plan and NOT succeeding. The benefits go far beyond weight-loss as anyone who goes along with this program will be delighted to find out for him/herself. It's so refreshing to find a book on weight loss that gives the reader a step-by-step way to deal with the deeper issues that created the weight problem, and without which long-term success in keeping weight off will remain an unattainable goal. Congratulations!
Susan Horowitz,
I have worked in the field of professional athlete rehabilitation and development for 22 years now. In that time, I have worked with many professional sports teams and famous athletes and continue to do so today. My professional success has come, in large part, because I have stood on the shoulders of intellectual giants like Brian Alman. Brian is not only one of the most effective experts in psychology of our era, he is a very loving and honest man, which brings out the best in each and every one of his clients, regardless of their pursuit!
Paul Chek,
Thanks again! Jim Katsoulis, Other Success Stories
Hear from Ginelle in her own words! How blessed I am to have been referred to Dr. Brian Alman. Dr. Brian Alman holds an amazing space for your inner revelations and discoveries. I have carried a lot of excess emotional weight for years and because of the safety and compassion I felt with Dr. Alman, I was able to travel back into the '60's through his medical hypnotherapy and lovingly clean off two well buried issues that cluttered my subconscious in just one day at the beach. I am experiencing a deeper level of peace and feel connected and whole. Thank you for a truly unique and wonderful experience. I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Kathy Nelson CPPC,
"...Through using Dr. Alman's techniques, I found that I didn't need food to love myself, it was a miracle." Tracy Smith Dana Point, CA
I am doing well. Very busy. Getting things done though and stopping client work after 5 or 6 pm. I may then work on my admin stuff or my personal bills or things. My legs are just now peeling from the day at the beach. My left shoulder peeled a little after a couple of days or a week. I say this because I feel that this peeling is like a sign of the layers of things going away. The shoulder peel was me getting the "chip off my shoulder" as mom would have said. Then my legs are more of a flaking and flaking and flaking. Everyday there is a little bit more coming off and going away. Leaving a fresh new me to face the world! I haven't had one of those days when I felt like I cannot get anything done or that the world is as overwhelming as it used to be. I don't know that I want to give you all of the power for this (I know you said I did all of the work) but there is some slight differences that are getting more prevalent since we spent the day on the beach. I definitely feel that having the sound of the ocean, the cool breeze, the feel of sand in my toes made for a great venue for our work. We were able to discuss things and delve into things that just weren't possible in a one to two hour session. We were able to complete thoughts and feelings about things we worked on because there was not a time constraint. We were able to go in and continue working at things, around things and through things. I look forward to more continued growth in the area of self-esteem and balance of work, family and self. I can't believe it has been a month already since we met. Wow! Thank you Brian. I appreciate all that you do in helping to guide me through to the new me! Pat U.
"My goal was to lost 8 pounds, effortlessly and easily. I never imagined it could be not only fast and easy but also fun! I spent a warm, sunny, day on the beach with Brian Alman who took me through a series of gentle processes and visualizations that helped me to release a variety of emotional issues. His approach is gentle and it felt more like talking to an old friend than any kind of counseling session. He supplied the beach chairs, umbrellas, a picnic lunch and the techniques. All I had to do was sit back and let him kind me into some relaxing spaces in mind. I was surprised that he never, not once, had a conversation with me about diet, exercise or losing weight and less than six weeks later I had magically lost the 8 pounds. Incredible! I would highly recommend spending a day with Brian Alman whether you want to lose weight, or lose any kind of negative behavior."
R.S.
Dear Brian, I want to thank you so much for my major breakthrough. It's like a miracle. You gave us instructions to write a problem we wanted do something about in the box. I was in class because of my obesity problem, so naturally I put in the box "Why do I overeat?" We were about to close our eyes, but something kept nagging me. I was going about my normal morning chores when I got a notice in writing that put me into a tailspin. I became angry, filled with fear of a major loss, helpless because I could not change it, filled with severe emotional hate and fear. This continued all day. Just before closing my eyes I quickly erased the item in the box and rewrote "why do I fear the city home inspectors?" I quickly changed a couple of circles, and then followed your beautiful instructions. IT WAS MAGIC when I finished the work. I felt no remorse, no anger, no fear, no hatred, and I am at peace with this potential problem. This type of fear and anger would have normally lingered for at least weeks, or months, but now I AM AT PEACE WITH IT. Wow! It's still hard to understand how this happened. May God bless you for that powerful work and powerful tools, and the great work you do for so many. Thanks again. Vince Bartolone
"It feels very good and really makes a difference. I felt encouraged and will continue to work on self acceptance and love." Ali C.
"I recently gave a seminar and for the first time that I can remember, I felt very comfortable looking everyone in the eyes, sharing myself." Dave
"I am doing well. I am communicating well and many issues have been resolved. I look forward to learning more techniques." Steve F.
"I have been doing breath work and the watcher techniques. It helped me so much when my Dad died." Dixie L.
"I am watching the watcher watch the action quite a bit and at unexpected moments. I find this perspective much more amusing and tranquil than when I am in the middle of all the action." Kathy J.
"I cannot express how powerful my sessions are. I am doing very well with my self love & acceptance. I appreciate so much the loving reminders and the nurturing that we are practicing." Irene C.
"I appreciate Dr. Alman's direct and uncomplicated style of interventions. Those made the difference for me compared to the styles of my previous teachers. I'm doing great with self love! I've often used the watcher position in my life. I also use this technique a lot with my clients, especially one on one." Lee S.
"Dr. Alman's techniques have had a stunning impact on my inner work for myself and the work with my clients. I offered my clients breathing techniques, the closed eye history, the entrance exit technique and the second watcher position in their movie. They were thankful to gain access to their own inner knowledge, and they improved very much in transforming their guilt and pain for a more satisfying, happy balanced life for the future" Christopher K.
"The sunset was brilliant. The water warm and soothing, the sand invigorating, the words hopeful, now it's up to me." June
"It transformed me and my whole life. Seeing Dr. Alman was a gift, it changed my life." Shelley S.
Dear Dr. Alman, I just wanted to thank you on my birthday. What I have learned from you during this last year makes me feel like this is my first birthday of a happy life that can continue for the rest of my life! Thank you so much! Patricia
"Once again, all I can say is WOW! I felt I wasn't fully prepared for what to expect. I'm coming away with so much more than learning how to deal with weight management. An unexpected benefit, after listening to your CDs just before going to sleep, I discovered I am sleeping better and for longer intervals. Looking forward to tonight's class." Ruth
Thanks once more for working with me and my volleyball teams. I learned a great deal from you about how to control stress during competition, and even use it as a tool for greater success. My mind set has always been that of an overachieving type of athlete with a very low tolerance for making mistakes. One of the problems associated with this attitude is that I was always trying to achieve that perfect game where I made no mistakes at all. This can be a good thing in terms of producing a very good work ethic, but I improved tremendously once I learned now to put mistakes behind me so I could give full attention to the next task at hand. I also learned how to look positively towards stressful situations as providing even more excitement and motivation to meet the added challenge. Your visualization techniques help me see how I can be my own worst enemy by being overly critical and negative. Having a positive mind set and visualizing what I want to have happen works. So many of these skills seem to come pretty naturally to good athletes who have figured out how to be successful. However, just like fundamental physical skills, mental skills improve and become more automatic with practice. Duncan McFarland, UCSD � World-class volleyball player and coach |
I'm privileged to know him personally and commend him to you at the highest level." 
You're the best, Brian. 
Dr. Alman, on a side note, I thought you were phenomenal,
you made me feel proud to be a hypnotist with your explanations
and understandings. You're the most credible and legitimate voice
I've heard in the community. I wish we had had more time because I would have
loved to get your opinions on NLP and what Dr. Erickson thought about it.
