How to Cure Anxiety in Just Five Therapy Sessions: An Innovative Guide for Clinical Hypnotists and Psychotherapists

Patrick McCarthy

Feb 2022 · Universal-Publishers

About this ebook

The purpose of this book is to carefully explain to therapists, who may have little or no experience with hypnosis, a simple therapeutic solution to anxiety and panic that often cures patients. My method works by addressing the answer to HOW we become anxious (the mechanisms that always exist) and not WHY we become anxious or WHAT makes us anxious. It is different than other methods because it essentially forgoes much if any history taking, which many patients enjoy as it so unexpected and different from any other therapists before. It focuses on the patient feeling understood rather than heard. Using this unorthodox method can transform your practice by quickly curing and relieving anxiety and panic in many patients.

The book begins on the opening page with a joke but the joke is a powerful metaphor for my philosophical approach to therapy. The book conveys the cadence and rhythm for delivery and the precise words and meticulous reasons for my words. This book lets you understand the importance of precise language in order to generate hope and expectancy from the very first moments to ensure that the patient returns.

WORDS OF PRAISE

Dr McCarthy a Scottish New Zealander, a seasoned medical hypnotist has written a very original and easy reading book about treating anxiety based on his extensive experience helping such patients. It’s filled with humour, humility and creativity with original new ways to design metaphors and hypnotic stories within the brief therapy tradition. I enjoyed reading it and found new and interesting applications for my everyday practice. A book for therapists worth reading and above all using.

--Dr Gérard Fitoussi, Président-elect, European Society of Hypnosis, Président, Confédération Francophone d’Hypnose et de Thérapies Brèves

Dr. Pat is an internationally renowned medical hypnotist. In this book he presents a formula for curing anxiety in five sessions. His approach is step by step and emphasizes the paramount importance of the first session It is full of stunning metaphors and powerful scripts. This book will change and enhance your practice for ever. Don’t just provide temporary anxiety relief--cure it.

--Dr. Gayre Christie, President, Australian Society of Hypnosis

A collection of metaphors and stories presented with humor and compassion, The McCarthy Methods are a basic, easy to use series of steps to ease overwhelming symptoms of anxiety. It is an accessible text for those interested in a conversational style of clinical hypnosis dotted with gems of wisdom.

--Julie Linden, Past President of the International Society of Hypnosis (ISH), the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) and of the Greater Philadelphia Society of Hypnosis (GPSCH).

I warmly recommend this book to all hypnotherapists. Dr. Pat McCarthy, an experienced hypnotherapist, proposes a new, creative and empathic approach intertwined with human warmth and humor.

--Dr. Shaul Navon, Senior Medical Psychologist and Hypnotherapist, Private Clinic, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ratings and reviews

Using plenty of real-life experiences and anecdotal stories Dr. Patrick plainly explains his curative treatment of anxiety. Reading is easy flowing, almost like listening to him speaking to you in his soft Scottish accent. Examples are given clearly and are simple to understand even for a novice therapist. Dr. Patrick stresses the crucial importance of planning the intake session. At this session the therapist must gain the trust of each client and the client should feel confident that she or he will learn the new 'how to change' techniques taught by the therapist. Dr. Patrick defines his mission as "My basic approach to hypnosis is not the typical and classical medical one of ‘informed consent’. It is what I call my ‘fiduciary duty’. Fiduciary duty is a term used mainly in the legal profession. When you get in a cab and tell the driver you want to go to the airport then the cab driver has a fiduciary duty to get you there in the best way. The cab driver does not need to tell you in advance which streets they will take." This is a new and exciting therapy concept and Dr. Patrick's book shows how good procedural intervention can really help patients, teaching them how to comfort themselves and learning how to be freed from all the emotional baggage they have carried possibly for years and incredibly without any discussion at all. This book for professional therapists is as an easy and well-designed resource. İt could also perhaps guide patients who need an organized treatment process and schedule they can stick to. An audio version of this book would be an incredible resource for people with anxiety looking for the much sought cure that it contains.

Dr. McCarthy is a refreshingly out-of-the-box thinker who has synthesized many different hypnotic approaches into a unique and pragmatic therapeutic system for dealing with anxiety. The modular system is well laid out, based on solid reasoning that any clinical hypnotist can utilize in a variety of practice milieux. The text is approachable and easy to read, while the content is expertly explained to underscore the rationale for the techniques that Dr. McCarthy offers. This work is both a course in hypnosis and a cookbook of recipes to the initiated clinician. As a practicing hypnodontist, I enthusiastically recommend this book.

Dr. Pat is a delightfully ingenious Hypnotherapist, in the tradition of the great Milton Erickson. He brings humour into the room, and while his clients may initially wonder at it, they soon join the dance of hypnosis. His scripts are clear, and the analysis of them illustrates Dr. Pat's knowledge of the precepts of hypnotherapy.. This book is as much fun to read as it is to meet Dr. Pat in person.. Learning becomes easy and automatic, and change happens without even realising how. This book is a gift to therapists and laypersons alike. I highly recommend adding it to your library.

About the author

I am a medical doctor living in New Zealand and have specialised in medical hypnosis for over 25 years. I vowed to one day discover a cure for all types of anxiety despite reading that it was an impossible and futile desire. This textbook is the fulfillment of that solemn vow and my gift to the world.