{"product_id":"the-hypnotic-human","title":"The Hypnotic Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome words open a door. Others quietly close one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sentence that gives you courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glance that makes you fall silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA familiar voice that changes how you feel before you can explain why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if some of the most powerful influences in your life are the ones you barely notice?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe like to believe that our choices begin with conscious thought. Yet long before we find the words to explain an experience, something within us may already have responded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tightening in the body. A sudden sense of possibility. An expectation that gradually becomes a belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese experiences are part of what makes us human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they are at the heart of \u003cem\u003eThe Hypnotic Human\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHypnosis is not confined to a quiet room or a guiding voice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe principles of suggestion, focused attention and expectation offer a fascinating perspective on the influences we encounter throughout ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe words spoken by people we trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roles we learn to inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe expectations we carry without remembering where they came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe subtle ways relationships can strengthen our confidence — or gradually undermine it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on psychomotor therapy, hypnotherapy and reflections on human behaviour, Steen W. Elkjær-Christensen explores the intricate relationship between language, bodily experience, attention and influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the history of hypnosis to the psychology of suggestion and the ethics of human relationships, the book invites us to recognise patterns that are often easier to feel than to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBecause influence is not always manipulation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt can encourage, reassure and help us discover new possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it can also narrow our choices, reinforce limiting expectations and make another person's words feel more authoritative than our own experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe difference matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially when influence is hidden inside trust, authority, familiar habits or well-intentioned guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when we begin to notice what has been shaping us?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe may start asking different questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich expectations truly belong to me?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich words have helped me grow — and which have made me smaller?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen am I being supported, and when am I being directed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how might greater awareness create more room for my own choices?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hypnotic Human\u003c\/em\u003e is not simply an exploration of hypnosis. It is an invitation to look more closely at the invisible influences woven into everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for curious readers, therapists and professionals interested in human behaviour, it brings together psychological insight, bodily awareness and thoughtful questions about trust, responsibility and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe cannot always choose what influences us. But we can become more curious about what those influences are doing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hypnotic Human: What We Sense Before We Understand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book about the words that shape us, the experiences we carry — and the freedom that begins when we learn to notice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MindFit Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68151437328688,"sku":"9788794263276","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9788794263276.jpg?v=1792657971","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-hypnotic-human","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}