BOOK REVIEWS
"You reader are in for a treat – this is the stuff of genius.
Take a young man, unencumbered with theory, with excellent sensory acuity and
great flexibility and give him a set of patterns – some mix of the classic and
New Code NLP patterning - and set him loose. Oh yeah, it helps enormously that
he is fearless - that is, the issue of failure is not part of the baggage he
brings to the game, and that he has a healthy disrespect for conventional
treatments."
John Grinder ,NLP Cofounder
Jørgen has written one of the most brilliant, useable, clear-headed books on NLP both the methodology and the applications - that I have read in my two decades of studying the subject. This guy doesn't just show you the techniques-he explains the way of thinking that leaves the trail of techniques. Highest possible recommendation.
Ross Jeffries, Creator of Speed Seduction®
Your book is certainly bold and blunt. While some people might find some of the blunt language offensive and some of the techniques controversial, your book is certainly thought-provoking.
Roy Hunter, Hypnotherapist & Author
"There's a fair number of opinions in this book I flat-out disagree with. But I'm a fulltime working hypnotist seeing real clients every day - I earn my fee only if they get exactly the outcome they've come for. I need tools that work. The techniques Jørgen describes in Provocative Hypnosis work. There's more solid, useful information packed into this book than I've found in any other hypnosis/NLP book I've read or class I've taken (and I've trained with the biggest names in the field). So even if I think he's over the top sometimes, I recommend this book. For the expert working with live paying clients I recommend it for tools. They work. For the newbie, the aspiring and the curious, I recommend it because it's provocative, funny and an overall great read."
Brian Mahoney, Director, Boston Hypnosis
Jørgen’s book arrived this weekend and I have been unable to put it down. I thought I had no behavioral boundaries under the banner of ‘what’s most effective for the client’ but this guy makes my methods look tame. More importantly; not since Frogs into Princes have I seen a book that captures the spirit of flexibility required to be a real change artist - and it’s mainly implicit in Frogs into Princes. Jørgen makes it explicit and in-your-face. If you are one of my Practitioners or Master Practitioners - read it! It will echo my attitude to change work (there are no relevant considerations other that the ultimate welfare of your client and rapport is not ‘being nice’). For so-called NLP Practitioners that ‘run the script’ (with inadequate calibration and inadequate flexibility to go ‘off road’) this should be a wake up call to you. You will probably find it shocking in places, if you do I would urge you to pay attention to your inflexible boundary that Jørgen has crossed.
Darryll Scott, NLP Trainer and Performance Coach
I have met with Jørgen several years ago in Norway whilst working with John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair. I delivered a day introduction to the delegates who were attending a Coaching with Excellence course. Jorgen has a strong presence and stony faced humor. He is a true maverick and honorable in his work with clients. His book is in my opinion is outside the boundaries set in this field (the field of hypnosis NLP books) which is a brave step. Some of the text I am sure made me blush (and I am a Yorkshire man) and I congratulate Jorgen for having the balls to write such a book. His knowledge is advanced and of the highest level in this field plus he has the best qualifications … results. This is a great read and has the formats of how you should approach impossible clients.
John Thompson, NLP Trainer and Business Consultant
If you are anything like me you will find Provocative Hypnosis absolutely un-put-downable. Dealing with impossible clients, it is a masterful and compulsive read from beginning to end. Paradoxically, at a superficial level, Jørgen's interventions seem of times simultaneously elegant yet crass. True compassion, however, is not about joining your client's narrative of pain, wallowing together in content misery and somehow trying to make it all a bit more comfortable. True compassion is the ability to maintain clear boundaries and process in the midst of confusing and all-consuming incongruence whilst pursuing with absolutely single-minded determination your client's best interests. Jørgen clearly demonstrates this in spades. You must read this book...
Dr Lewis Walker, Family Physician, NLP Author and Trainer
I have met with Jørgen several years ago in Norway whilst working with John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair. I delivered a day introduction to the delegates who were attending a Coaching with Excellence course. Jorgen has a strong presence and stoney faced humour. He is a true maverick and honorable in his work with clients. His book is in my opinion is outside the boundaries set in this field (the field of hypnosis NLP books) which is a brave step. Some of the text I am sure made me blush (and I am a Yorkshire man) and I congratulate Jorgen for having the balls to write such a book. His knowledge is advanced and of the highest level in this field plus he has the best qualifications … results. This is a great read and has the formats of how you should approach impossible clients.
John Thompson, NLP Trainer and Business Consultant
“Look at Google and you’ll see that Hypnosis and NLP courses are now a dime a dozen. From my personal experience and the experiences of my students and clients, what gets taught on one course is usually little different to the next. I’ve recently found one big exception to this statement and it’s called, ‘Provocative Hypnosis’; the most exciting, effective and boundary pushing training that I have ever taken part in. More importantly to me, the teacher, ‘Jorgen Rasmussen’, is a man who has earned the right to call himself a master of his trade, not by reading books and attending other peoples seminars (though he clearly has read and attended more than most), but by working with a vast range of clients, many presenting him with a range of symptoms and challenges that most change agents would run a mile from! Since attending PH, I’ve used Jorgen’s unique patterns and methods with a number of clients. The results have each time shown an immediate and obvious shift in state. More importantly, (a month or so later) my clients continue to benefit form more choices in a number of previously limiting contexts. I know personally that John Grinder rates Jorgen as one of the finest change agents in the world. Based on my four days with him, I have to wonder who on earth the competition could be?”
www.mikeweeks.org
Provocative hypnosis – if you come to this training expecting to worship at the altar of Bandler, Grinder, McKenna, James or Rasmussen you are in the wrong place! Guru’s are neither recognized nor welcomed and the religious fanaticism which pervades much of the world of NLP and hypnosis is debunked very early on. Handy hint number one…leave your guru and altar at home! The simplicity and directness of Jorgen’s approach is astonishing, learning to easily lead even the most skeptical into deep hypnosis with the intention of creating lasting change within minute is breathtaking. Handy hint number two KISS – keep it simple stupid! Jorgen’s approach is straightforward – dirt level honesty, being wholly present in the encounter, a willingness to fully commit to do whatever it takes to get the outcome with integrity, passion respect and heart. He walks the talk and as a result both demands and draws that same commitment from participants so back seat observers can easily become fully engaged. Handy hint number three No bullshitting! The provocation is full on…sometimes surprising, occasionally shocking, powerful, intense and evoking strong emotions which are so often the precursor to deep and lasting change. However, be under no illusions this is no dark foreboding experience – the training is playfully serious and seriously playful with laughter and fun playing a major part in the process. Handy hint number four keep a packet of Kleenex handy and make sure you don’t have a full bladder! The balance of case histories, exercises, planned demonstrations and those which spontaneously arose, together with open question and answer sessions ensure boredom is not an option with the group constantly captivated, provoked entranced challenged and energized. The open supportive learning environment proved ideal for safe experimentation and mistake making which proved a great recipe for shared learning. This training is intensely practical and grounded to be used immediately and not left on the shelf or in the toolbox. Handy hint number five dive right in and give it your best shot! Although Jorgen may have what he describes as his “Favourite format” he is no one trick pony and I have rarely heard someone adopt such a flexible and eclectic approach with no respect for labels boundaries dogma or tradition. NLP, hypnosis, developmental psychology, mindfulness and so much more mixed shaken and stirred to produce a heady cocktail which gets to the parts others may not reach! Handy hint number six be willing to become less certain of your certainties and realize the more you know the more you don’t know! For my part, I met some great people, laughed a lot, cried a bit, was offended, confused, intrigued, deeply moved and excited, discovered some personal limitations, learned so much and have been provoked to find new choices both working with clients and also in my own life journey with some new twists and turns emerging which I will fully explore. So was it worth the investment of time money and energy? Hell yes!
Jill, NLP Trainer
Last week I attended a 4 day intensive training with Jorgen Rasmussen, author of the book ‘Provocative Hypnosis’ organised by Wayne marsh (UmamiUK) in Doncaster. Jorgen’s book openly details his direct and often controversial approach to change-work with clients. After reading it, I admit that I was mildly apprehensive before attending the training. I would not have been surprised if Jorgen had turned out to be nothing more than an impatient bully. I found this could not be more wrong. What I experienced was beyond my expectations. I have spent 20 years working in education with children, teenagers, families and teachers, and I now run my own as an NLP Trainer. In all this time, these were 4 days of the best and most productive days of my career. I found the course to be remarkably insightful. Jorgen had a great depth of knowledge and understanding as to how best to help clients. Rather than an impatient bully, I experienced Jorgen to be a compassionate person, who – in the name of achieving results for a client – is willing to put aside his own ego, and be very effective at cutting through other people’s stories and B.S. Jorgen’s commitment to helping others, for me, was typified when just prior to the start of the course all European airports were closed (volcanic ash from Iceland was playing havoc with atmosphere). Instead of postponing and rescheduling the course, which would have been understandable, Jorgen drove from Norway, through Europe to Doncaster in the UK. This would not be an easy journey. On personal and professional levels, I gained tremendously from the 4 days training. Jorgen’s willingness to share his knowledge and experiences reaffirmed many approaches of my own and critically, gave me many useful new ones for working with clients ….. and a new perspective on how to conduct my own self! I was impressed by Jorgen’s congruence with his own approach and his “dirt level honesty” with the group. This, I considered to be a Model of Excellence and one worth patterning. The discomfort I experienced as I looked at aspects of my own self was a necessary and worthy revelation. It was, and is, being utilized for the better.
Since first reading ‘Provocative Hypnosis’ and attending the training, I have appraised my own approaches and changed many things. My ‘back-pocket’ (as John Grinder calls it!) now has many more tools. Most importantly for me, by modeling Jorgen’s approach, it has enabled me to knit the tools together into a much more fluid, flexible and effective approach. My success levels with clients have improved, the time taken to achieve these has diminished and I now have a greater sense of purpose and clarity in my work than I did previously. I highly recommend Jorgen’s book ‘Provocative Hypnosis’. It is a fascinating read which will take you from laughing to squirming. It widen your eyes in wonder at a real balls-out approach to change-work with clients. It will also make you stop. It will then force your hand to reconsider many things. More than his book if you get the chance to meet the man, or attend a training he is delivering …..DO IT! You will be blown away and inspired. I was, I am and I look forward to continually being.
John Phelan, NLP Trainer, Echelon NLP
My Overall experience is that this course has shifted so many of my own assumptions, personally and those that relate to my coaching (now training!). I have come to realise that I deserve to enjoy my work to the maximum, and for a client to get the most out of what I do, they need to commit to it, rather than me just commiting to them. The element of people pleaser in me has taken a major blow – thankfully. It has given me the the kind of motivation to go out and play with this sutff, so that if someone offered me some arm bands to walk gently into the water, I would throw them down, run towards the deep end and ‘just jump right in’. That is gold. Jorgen successfully gave me two gifts – one of information and content (ooh, did I just use that word?!), and the other is that this is useless on its own, it is up to me to do it/use it and abuse it. Many other courses I have been on give good information, but this gives you an active hanger to hang it on. And I was so pissed off! Because this was such a wild and impactful course, that I knew I would have to rewrite my website and coaching material. But that my work would move to new levels, and more specifically, my enjoyment of this kind of work would also increase. Jorgen’s experience as a forward thinking, experimental trainer, was conveyed in a way that I felt I was getting access to secrets that few people knew. The clients that I used to dread walking through my office door, I now look forward to, as an opportunity to play with this stuff. Jorgen invites you to throw off your arm bands and jump right in! This course gives you the skills to float.
Bean Sopwith – The Body Alchemist
I have just completely an amazing 4 day course with Joergen Rasmussen through Unami UK. Joergen was pretty much faultless in his delivery of a fantastic learning experience. There was a great balance between him actually teaching his techniques and us learning through having the experience of being hypnotized and working on our own issues. I feel like my whole way of doing business and living life has been thoroughly challenged and I am in the process of rediscovering and redesigning my beliefs and assumptions. Anyone lucky enough to work with Joergen is in for a rare treat. As well as being super talented, he is seriously funny and likable. I thoroughly (and unreservedly) recommend him to anyone interested in improving their life or their business. Katie Beckett, Business Consultant and Trainer, MyElement Training. When I purchased Provocative Hypnosis I honestly never, ever expected I would even meet the guy let alone be lucky enough to train with him. This training was the final piece of my first real jigsaw. My lineage of training has been so perfect, just perfect. I am proud that I have demonstrated choice par excellence in my trainings so far. The training answered loads and loads for me. Questions I had but didn’t quite consciously know were there but constantly thinking Aah! This is perfectly what I was consciously (e.g commitment) and mostly unconsciously looking for. A huge learning I soaked up was the intense sense of professionalism from Jorgan. Its real professionalism I can utilize instead of just using daft stories to bash other professions ala Mr Bandler which I think can be taken in the wrong way by many. I have a strong sense of professionalism for teaching but always felt I didn’t have it yet for changework – it wasn’t transferring like I thought it would but thinking about it they are two different professions!! I always had a feeling I was kinda bumbling about in the dark trying to be professional but I have a torch now… Jorgen Rasmussens deep appreciation of NLP means he can turn to whatever it takes to get the change and this can often lead him outside of the field of NLP itself. I barely even heard the term mentioned it just wasn’t necessary. For someone with a Psychology background while I’m not surprised I boxed myself in to “NLP” I am glad I have experienced someone who appears to be unifying fields with finesse bringing much needed pioneering work to a field that was and I emphasize was going stale.
Rasmussen is doing for Grinder what Grinder did for Bateson. Rasmussen is doing for Grinder what Grinder did for Bandler. All genius’ in there own right working together with there own invaluable unique skills to create something magical.
Alistair Donnel
Just had to post that have achieved my own challenge to utilise all the learnings from last week by using the rapid induction and emotion release with a client just now. Blumin fantastic. Also want to say thanks to everyone last week and especially to Jorgen for sharing his knowledge and expertise. It is already making such a difference with clients I am seeing. My head is still spinning though !
Colette Boyden (Nurse)
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