When I first trained in NLP, I was especially interested in Milton Erickson and his approach to hypnosis. I read whatever I could get hold of and started exploring to see what existed in terms of hypnosis tapes. I use the word "tapes" as there was not a great deal on CD. To my amazement what existed in both mediums I didn't find that impressive.
There were a very few exceptions to this, including products by my good friend Doug O Brien from NY (in recent times we have produced an instrumental hypnosis track together), the extraordinary Dave Dobson and selected audio products from Richard Bandler. A number of years ago my wife, who is a GP, brought home a relaxation cassette that had been created by another local GP, who is undoubtedly forward thinking, and no doubt driven to producing his own product by the lack of material available generally at this time. I placed it in the tape recorder and sat back in anticipation. I couldn't believe how terrible the tonality of the presenter was, akin to a 1950s BBC broadcaster. Worse still the content was dire and I had to switch it off after 5 minutes. Whilst this style undoubtedly may work for some people, as a reasonably musical individual, with a passion for good quality audio recordings, it was virtually unlistenable! I am forever grateful for this GPs effort, as this then motivated me to produce the entire Human Alchemy series of CDs which now are sold on all Amazon sites across the globe. You will also find free audio samples and information on how I created these CDs at www.human-alchemy.com.
Titles include "The Adventures of Well Being Now" "Letters to Your Unconscious" and "About Time" I also released two instrumental hypnosis CDs, "Deep Trance Music" and "Music for Hypnosis" which are also excellent for relaxation. These can all be found on the Hypnosis Products online store section of this site and are recorded to a very high standard, with extensive use of NLP and Hypnosis content, to produce powerful states of relaxation and well being for listeners.
In 2005 I created the www.nlpmp3.com website which contains lots of free downloads of interviews from some of the best NLPers and Hypnotherapists, many of whoom have their own audio products available in the marketplace.Interviewees on this site include Doug O Brien, Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler and of course myself!
Hypnosis and NLP based CDs can be very useful in generating great states of relaxation IF the product has been well constructed and well recorded.
In private practice, clients receive a recording of their sessions with me and almost all of these sessions will include a relaxation induction specifically designed for themselves to help resolve their problem. Clients benefit from the fact that the recordings of these private sessions contain many levels of suggestions to change the old "stuck state behaviour" and subsequently feedback comments like "I don't know why, but I feel totally different about this now…"
Nick Kemp - www.HypnosisProducts.co.uk