Interviews 9

18th January 2008

Interview with Glenn Harrold,
UK’s best selling Clinical hypnotherapist
Glenn Harrold (MBSCH Dip C.H) is the UK's best selling
self-help audio author.
He is a highly experienced clinical hypnotherapist who has
helped thousands of clients with a wide range of
stress related problems.

A graduate of the British School of Clinical Hypnosis, Glenn Harrold
built up busy private practices in Kent and began producing his first
hypnosis tapes in 1997, primarily to help support the work he was
doing with clients. Highly experienced in his field, Glenn has treated
thousands of patients for a wide range of problems such as anxiety,
fears, self- esteem, weight control and many other stress related
illnesses.

Glenn on BBC Breakfast TV

1. Question:
Glenn, Thank you and welcome to this interview. Please tell us a bit
more about yourself and your work.

Ans:

My name is Glenn Harrold and I am the author of the UK’s best selling hypnosis CDs which have now sold nearly 600,000 through my own publishing company Diviniti Publishing Ltd and BBC Audiobooks. I also write self-help books for Orion in the UK and commonwealth, and McGraw Hill in the USA.

2. Question:
What makes you got into this Profession as a Clinical Hypnotherapist,
and why did you pick to do this?

Ans:

For many years I worked as a musician before becoming a hypnotherapist. In my teens in the far off 1970’s I was a punk rocker
who played bass in a band that achieved a fleeting degree of success that came and went like Haley’s Comet. Later when my son was born I mellowed and spent a number of years earning a living playing guitar in a covers duo.

During my covers duo days at the bottom rung of the show-business ladder we sometimes played clubs where we shared the bill with stage hypnotists. Some of these shows were a little dodgy to say the least but they did spark my interest in the subject, although I had no interest in using hypnosis for entertainment. My real interest in hypnosis began because of its potential to heal and transform.

In the early nineties I completed a two-year diploma course with the British School of Clinical Hypnosis, which gave me an excellent foundation in the art of clinical hypnosis. Since then I have treated thousands of clients in one-to-one hypnotherapy sessions and I have dealt with every kind of sleep problem.

I have also helped people to achieve lifelong goals, lose weight, stop smoking, overcome fears and phobias, build their self-confidence and more. I have always gained great personal satisfaction from helping people get over all kinds of stress-related problems.

I have many years experience in one to one hypnotherapy and there is no short cut for experience. After gaining an invaluable grass roots experience, I drew upon my musical background and began making hypnosis CDs, primarily to support my work with clients.

The combination of my hypnotherapy experience and recording knowledge enabled me to make effective recordings. I went on to sell them in many stores, and I started my own publishing company to market and distribute them. I had no experience of marketing or publishing but simply used my self-hypnosis skills to help me succeed in business. At the time of writing, my hypnosis tapes and CDs have sold nearly 600,000 worldwide and they are the UK’s best-selling self-help CDs of all time. They are also one of the world’s most downloaded self-help series via Itunes and other download outlets.

I believe they have sold so well because my aim was to create CDs that were genuinely effective and I put a lot of love and care into producing them. The feedback I get from people who buy them is amazing and I feel genuinely privileged to be doing what I’m doing.

3. Question:

Please tell us why do you believe that Hypnosis can help a person's
subconscious mind to be reprogrammed ? Do you have any scientific
facts to back it up?

Ans:

Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness. There are arguments for and against it being a ‘special’ state but having hypnotized thousands of people in one to one situations I know this ‘special’ state exists. It is true that suggestions can be given and acted upon in normal waking consciousness but suggestions are far more effective when delivered to a person in an altered state brought on by a hypnotic induction.

People sometimes shy away from hypnosis but often this is because they misunderstand what it actually is. Much of the misunderstanding of hypnosis comes from stage shows and the way that it is portrayed in the media. Stories about hypnosis only tend to make the news if there is a problem or if it is misused.

In reality hypnosis works very simply. In a professional one to one situation hypnosis is achieved by using various techniques to guide the client in to deeper levels of relaxation. It is often a gentle progression from waking consciousness into a deep level of relaxation, rather than a flashy click of the fingers that you might see on TV or in stage shows.

When you are in a hypnotic state you will still be aware of your surroundings even as you drift into deeper states. It can sometimes feel as though very little is happening and that you can open your eyes at any time and be wide-awake. This is because being in hypnosis doesn’t feel unusual. It doesn’t create a special feeling and so people often don’t realize when they are under hypnosis.

When you are in a deep level of mental and physical relaxation you become receptive to suggestions and accepting suggestions is the key to using hypnosis as a therapeutic tool.
A post hypnotic suggestion is a suggestion given that will be acted upon at a later time. For example if a post-hypnotic suggestion is given that “as soon as your head touches the pillow each night, you will find it easy to go into a deep relaxing sleep.” When a suggestion like this is accepted by your unconscious mind the next time you go to bed and your head touches the pillow you will indeed find it easy to go to sleep.

4. Question:

Could you share with us an experience or experiences with any of your
clients or customers who have either met you in person for
therapy sessions or bought any of your Hypnosis CDs who has an
impactful testimony that you can share with us.

Ans:

One of the most unusual client sessions I have experienced was with a lady who came to see me because she had a fear of the dark. She explained that as soon as it became dark each night she would feel more anxious and sometimes have panic attacks if she was home alone. As you can imagine a fear of the dark is very debilitating as it is something that is unavoidable.

I followed a well-proven technique to regress the lady back to cause of the problem. When she was in a deeply relaxed state I gave her the key suggestion, “when I count to three you will go back to the first time you experienced the fear of the dark”. With that she regressed back into a past life and told me she was in ancient Egypt. I then asked her what she could see and this colorful story emerged where she was in a temple and it was very dark. She told me that there were all kinds of rituals going on and some were unpleasant where there were sacrifices being made to appease the gods.

The story she relayed was very vivid and detailed and she was in a deep trance state at this point. Then an amazing thing happened which I have never seen before or since. She began speaking in a foreign language. It was very clear to me that this was a language and not just mumblings. I guessed it was an ancient Egyptian dialect as it certainly sounded like that.

I was quite amazed, as I knew this lady did not speak any other languages in her normal waking state. I felt her spontaneous ability to speak this foreign language was a good thing and as the session continued I was able to guide her to let go of any negative emotions connected to this experience. I also re-enforced the suggestions that she would now be free of the fear of the dark. At the right time I guided her back to full waking consciousness. When she was fully conscious she confirmed that she did not speak any other language and said that she had little recollection of being in a trance.

When the lady returned for a second session a week later she told me that for the first time in years she was now able to sleep through the night without any fear. That first session had been entirely successful and the fear had disappeared. She was delighted and relieved and I was quite amazed to think that her Egyptian experience had done the trick. Whether or not it was a past life is not for me as a therapist to judge, what was important was that the fear had gone. Its not about the method, its all about the result.

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As far as the CDs go I feel very fortunate to be selling in such big numbers worldwide and the feedback I receive is fantastic. I’ve literally got thousands of emails stored in my outlook folders like these below, and I never get tired of reading them. I feel privileged!!

Testimony 1

"Glenn Harrold is amazing! I have worked in the health and spirituality business for years and have listened to quite a few guided meditation and hypnosis audios. Till now, I have never engaged in such energizing and healing experiences as I have with Glenn's work. I recommend his audios to all my clients and students."
Darrin Owens, Author of READER OF HEARTS: SoulVision Institute, Little Rock, AR (USA)

Testimony 2

"I had downloaded from itunes - Deep Sleep, Lose Weight and stop smoking....I no longer smoke, I have lost 18 Lbs...and I have Some of the best and deepest Sleep ever....I swear by these cd's....Whats great, is I have them on my ipod and take them everywhere...My thanks to you Mr. Harrold...and anyone who does'nt believe me can drop me an email anytime, and i will confirm this for them."
Detective Anthony La Femina
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPT.-15 YEARS
JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE, SURVEILLANCE DIVISION
INKLINATIONS1@OPTONLINE.NET"

Testimony 3

"Dear Glenn, I love your CDs and listen to them twice a day - they have really changed my life for the better - thank you so much :)"
Anne Darling (Kirkcudbright, Scotland)

5. Question:

Could you please tell us, what is the difference between subliminal
effect and Hypnosis?


Ans:

I use subliminal suggestions sparingly at the very end of my CDs as an added flavor. These suggestions are recorded just below human hearing and so bypass the conscious mind and become accepted by the unconscious unconditionally. The real power in the CDs is in the delivery of the direct suggestions and affirmations in the main body of the recordings. In my humble opinion hypnotic suggestions are far more effective than subliminal suggestions as hypnotic suggestions are often accompanied by a positive emotional feeling.


6. Question:

Finally, do you have further good advice for me and our readers to
take home, with regard to using your Hypnosis CDs?


Ans:

This follows on nicely from the last question.

When you start to use the hypnosis CDs and downloads, don’t get concerned about achieving a certain depth of trance. Absorbing suggestion is the crucial element in therapy-based hypnosis, and this can be achieved easily even in very light alpha trance states.

The most important part of hypnosis is focusing your attention on a specific goal while you are relaxed and receptive to changes.
And the key to creating new positive patterns of behavior through absorbing suggestions is believe the suggestions are reality and when you repeat your affirmations put your feelings into them as you repeat them.

The more you feel it the stronger the suggestions will anchor themselves in your unconscious. I always liken absorbing hypnotic suggestion with programming a computer. What you put into it will come back out.

The visualizations and affirmations on the CDs work so effectively because of a key ingredient in mind programming – the human mind doesn’t distinguish between what is real and what is imagined.

So, when you create visualization, your mind will accept it as a reality. Needless to say, avoiding negative scenarios and regularly creating positive visualizations can help you in a multitude of ways. We are all blessed with an ability to imagine, and when we learn how to harness the power of our imagination we can achieve practically anything.

Thank you Glenn, it's been my pleasure and privilege to have this
interview with you. It’s my honored to know you too.

Many thanks for this opportunity and best wishes to you and your readers.

~ Glenn Harrold

To learn more about Glenn Harrold visit:
website: http://www.glennharrold.com

To Purchase Glenn Harrold's Hypnosis Audios
http://www.mindthinksuccess.com/hypnosis-resources-2

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