Free Hypnosis Training - Where can I get it?

At first glance, there seems to be very little free hypnosis training around. Everyone has their course or product to sell.

Really you have to decide, why you want to learn hypnosis?

If you want to use self-hypnosis then hopefully this site provides enough free hypnosis resources to get you going, but if you want to learn to hypnotize others then it is not quite so simple.

This lack of free hypnosis training is partially due to the certification system. Unlike NLP, hypnotherapy is heavily regulated. Among other things, this means that the courses are expensive, and intensive - people don't like giving things away.

One of the easiest ways to learn some hypnosis skills cheaply, is to come at it from a bit of a tangent. Find an NLP practice group and enquire as to how much hypnosis they use. If the person running the group suggests that 'its all hypnosis really' then you've probably in the right place.

Books, while not free, are relatively cheap. The books I've reviewed elsewhere on this site are a good way to develop an understanding of what you need to learn, but there is no substitute for experience and practice - having said this, after reading transformations my girlfriend 'automatically' hypnotized her brother with an interruption pattern. Yes the book is that good.