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15 CDs and 3 DVDs of the latest psychology techniques professionally produced and recorded, with workbooks and handouts which you can go through as many times as you want...

Discover the latest ideas from hypnotherapy, NLP and life coaching from the comfort of your own home, including...

Learn how to eliminate phobias, break limiting habits, stop food cravings, increase confidence, how to create powerful hypnotic states, and much more...

 

Dear reader,

If you're reading this letter, the chances are you are at least a little bit curious about psychology, and what it would be like to have the understanding and skills to help yourself and others make changes in their lives.

And, I know how you feel...

I remember when I first started to learn some of the amazing tools covered in these home study courses; it was literally like a whole new world opened up.

To be honest, at that point I was more interested in just how I could make my own life work better, and the fact I was learning tools that I could use to help others was just an amazing bonus.

One of the first times I ever used these tools with another person was with a friend of mine at university. We were both psychology students, and despite studying at one of the top psychology departments in Europe, I'd become rather disillusioned with what we were being taught - it just seemed so ineffective compared to what I was convinced was really possible.

So, in my spare time I was studying everything I could lay my hands on in the fields of hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and life coaching. What I was laying my hands on was like dynamite compared to what we were being taught at university.

I remember it well...

It was a cold rainy day in October, and we were in one of the student computer rooms between lectures, and I happened to mention that I had discovered this technique you could use to eliminate cravings for foods. As I explained how this technique worked, a small crowd of people started to develop around us, most of whom were seriously sceptical that it would actually do anything at all. The person I was working with had strong cravings for chocolate, which on a daily basis could be a problem. It wasn't a life destroying habit, but it was still a nuisance to them, and they certainly didn't like being a victim to their habit.

And, using just one simple technique (a technique you will learn in less than an hour in NLP Level 2), which took less than 10 minutes to do, this friend of mine had literally no craving left for chocolate.

In fact, they actually begged me to show them what we had done they were so shocked at how powerful it was (and this summer are actually doing our Level 1 training, despite now working as a licensed psychologist)!

This experience was in the early stages of what for me soon became a total obsession for learning and understanding how you can make dramatic and lasting change.

A few years after starting The Optimum Health Clinic, I was asked by a group of patients if I would train them in the approaches we were developing in the clinic. At the core of these training courses, right from this point at the start, were two key ideas:

  • Being as integrative as possible, so rather than just training people in one approach such as NLP or hypnotherapy, to combine them with all the cutting edge approaches out there
  • Offering truly clinically based training, so the ideas being taught were not just general theories, but the real tools as we were using them in the clinic on a day-to-day basis
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And, in a few short years, I'm proud to say that our training courses have actually become extremely successful.

We have had students travel in monthly from Luxembourg , Belgium , Scotland and Libya to study with us. We've also had certified trainers of NLP decide to relearn NLP from the beginning with us, due to our approach being so much more thorough than other training courses in the area.

And, in case you don't know a lot about the cutting edge areas we cover in our trainings, here is some background information on the approaches we use:

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is the use of the hypnosis for therapeutic purposes. This is either through accessing a trance state where we are more in touch with our unconscious mind (which is responsible for controlling most of our behaviours in life) or through being able to change our behaviours in a more conscious state. What is particularly valuable about working with hypnosis is having the ability to use language in a way which can change a person's ongoing experience, either with or without their awareness. Over recent years hypnosis, through mediums such as stage hypnosis, has developed a reputation for being manipulative and misused. The style of hypnosis taught at The Optimum Health Clinic is permissive and empathic, and so although still very powerful, is driven by ethics and compassion.

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)

NLP is the science of understanding how people create their experience of the world, and how this can be changed. It was originally created by Dr Richard Bandler and Dr John Grinder in the 1970's, and has been developed by a number of different clinicians and practitioners since that time. NLP effectively provides the tools and processes to work with patients' conscious and unconscious minds. NLP is most famous for its ability to wipe out life long phobias in as little as a few minutes, but it has groundbreaking applications in a whole range of therapeutic areas such as stress and anxiety, depression, sleep problems, addictions and food cravings.

Life coaching

Life coaching is about finding out where people are, where they want to be, and then helping them create a plan to get there. This provides a much more focused approach to therapy than the more traditional psychotherapeutic models of just looking at someone's past. Life coaching helps create goals for the future, and a framework and plan of how to easily and effectively get there.

Why home study courses?

Well, I've been approached many times by patients and other interested parties who would like to train in our unique approach, but for various reasons (such as still being on their own healing journey) are unable to currently attend a more intensive live training.

Often they ask, "What books are there on these subjects?" And, so I'll recommend a few titles, but then they nearly always come back more confused and with more questions than answers. This is effectively because to really understand these tools, we need to actually hear them being explained (and so understand the way things are being said, rather than just reading what to say), and for actual processes to actually be able to see them in action.

So, for the past six months or so I have been working extremely hard editing recordings from several different live trainings, whilst also doing additional recordings in my mini-studio at home. As well as this, I actually hired a professional film studio for several days, so as to film high quality DVD films of demonstrations of the material.

In fact, I now realise that what just started out as a good idea, has resulted in a truly unique and highly effective way of learning this material (there are no courses like this, especially with studio quality films in existence at the moment).

And, from now on I'm actually going to be insisting on all future students undertaking these home study courses before attending our full professional training courses - so even if you are planning to come and train with us in the future, you can get started on the home study components now. Plus, one of the huge benefits of learning in this way is that you can review the material again and again as many times as you want to.

Here is just some of what these courses cover:

Hypnosis:

  • What hypnosis really is and why many people's perceptions of hypnosis are myths
  • The history of hypnosis, including the truth about why Freud stopped doing hypnosis
  • Hypnotic states and stages of hypnosis
  • Stage hypnosis
  • Suggestibility tests
  • The power of the mind/body connection
  • Basic hypnotic language patterns
  • The 3 keys to hypnosis
  • Therapeutic metaphors and telling peoples stories in hypnosis
  • The "My Friend John hypnotic induction"
  • Relaxation training
  • Producing deep trance phenomena
  • Arm levitation (having someone's arm lift up under hypnosis without their conscious control)
  • Clinical applications: Using hypnosis for pregnancy and how to create anaesthesia using hypnosis

NLP Level 1:

  • What is NLP?
  • The history of NLP
  • The different ways people represent the world to themselves and why this can be so important in communicating with people
  • People's eye patterns and how this is related to what people are thinking
  • How to create instant rapport with people using NLP rapport skills
  • What anchors are
  • How to create an anchor
  • The 5 keys to effective anchoring
  • Current state-desired state process for changing how people feel about future events
  • Clinical application: working with confidence and self-esteem issues

NLP Level 2:

  • The meta-model and how to shift peoples beliefs and models of the world quickly and effectively
  • Submodalities - what they are and why they are so important in changing our internal state
  • How to change how you think about something in an instant
  • Working with stress, anxiety, fears and phobias
  • Clinical application: Eliminating food cravings
  • Clinical application: Treating phobia

Life coaching:

  • What it takes to be a great coach
  • What coaching really is
  • How to collect a client history
  • How we create meaning in our lives
  • The frames of reference we create and how to change them
  • How to set goals in the optimum way to ensure the greatest chances of achieving them
  • The wheel of life
  • The importance of how to achieve work/life balance

At this point, the chances are you are thinking something like, "OK, this all sounds great, but can it really be this easy to learn?" Well, rather than me tell you, feel free to check out these comments from some of our students on our courses and how they have used these tools with patients:

Emma Video
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Frances Video
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Renu Video
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And, because these are mainly made up of high quality recordings from live sessions (I even went through the embarrassment of wearing a headset mic to ensure we got the highest quality recording possible!), you will also benefit from hearing the questions asked by the group, which is also really important, as it's at these points on courses that often the most interesting bits get covered.

NLP Level 1 consists of 3 CDs and a DVD, whilst the Hypnosis and NLP Level 2 courses consist of 4 CDs and a DVD each. Life Coaching also contains 4CDs. Each programme includes detailed explanations and demonstration of all the techniques, and all the handouts and workbooks used on the courses, with some additional ones for home study.

The retail price of each of these home study programmes is £105, so the total purchase price for purchasing all together will be £420. However, for the next two weeks I am going to do something I've never done before :

I'm going to offer a pre-release price at more than 50% off the total value.

Which is only £197 (+ P and P) for all 15 CDs and 3 DVDs and handouts, workbooks etc. Why am I doing this you are probably asking...?

Well, the reason is twofold...

Firstly, I know how incredibly powerful this information is, and I want as many people as possible to experience it.

Secondly, when you have products manufactured, the larger the order you place, the better individual price you get per unit. And, by passing that saving onto you, I know you will appreciate the opportunity to benefit from the saving.

Remember, in total there are 15 CDs and 3 DVDs, and if you go through one a week, you are talking about 4 months of ongoing learning and materials!

Bear in mind also, that our Level 1 live training course is over £1,000. The information on these CDs is a lot of what you get at that level. In fact, because these programmes are going to be a prerequisite in the future, I've decided to add in an additional benefit for you.

SPECIAL OFFER

If you invest in all 4 programmes together for £197 (+ P&P), that money can be used as credit towards any of our live training courses. And, this credit is valid for 3 years from the time you buy them, giving you plenty of time to plan!

For more information on our live training courses, download our brochure by clicking below:

Psychology Training Course Prospectus Psychology Training Course Prospectus January 2008

Now, I know that at first £197 might initially still seem like quite a lot of money. That's kind of how I felt when I first trained in this area. In fact, the first professional training course I did in this field was several thousand pounds; money I just didn't have. I only had two assets in the world - my pride and joy electric guitar, and my car. I ended up selling both of these to get the money to pay for my training.

At the time my family thought I was mad. They now realise it was the best investment I could ever had made. They had no idea that what they originally saw as me following a whim would spawn such a passionate and joyful life, whilst also having the privilege of making a real difference to others.

So, I'm hoping to generate a pre-sell of 100 sets of the courses. When we have reached that, this special offer will no longer be available, and the price will go back up to £105 each. After that, the programmes will still of course be available, but the price will never be this low again.

I sincerely hope you give yourself the opportunity to benefit from this extraordinary information, and discover the tools that can not only transform your own life, but also give you skills you can use to work with those you care about.

If you’d prefer to pay in instalments, you can pay in three instalments. There is an admin charge of £2.50 if you choose to do this. To pay in instalments, please call the clinic on 0845 226 1762, and select option 9 for Lois.

Alex HowardLove and warmth,

Alex Howard

Alex Howard

P.S. And, if you're still not sure how much benefit is in these programmes... bear something in mind, these are not just tools for therapy, these are tools for life. Going through life without truly understanding the deeper levels of communication, and how to see what is really going on with ourselves and others, is like walking through life blind. With these tools at your disposal, the world will literally never look the same again.

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