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The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist's Journal | 
| Author: Andrew T. Austin
Publisher: Real People Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 213
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0911226443
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.9
EAN: 9780911226447
ASIN: 0911226443
Publication Date: November 7, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
The best NLP book of the last 5 years May 22, 2008
Andy Smith (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
'With hindsight, maybe dressing up as Satan was a step too far, but sometimes I just cannot resist. When a consultant psychiatrist called me to book an appointment to "confront her Catholic guilt", then something inside my head just started shouting "Go on!! She's a psychiatrist! Do it!! Do the session dressed as Satan!!"'
If you like that extract, then you'll love this book. It's a series of bite-sized articles, case studies and "Tales from a neurolinguist's journal" drawn from Austin's practice as a hypnotherapist and former career as a psychiatric nurse.
The book comes with heavyweight endorsement from the likes of Steve Andreas and Bill O'Hanlon, who describes Austin as 'the British Milton Erickson' - although given the degree of irreverence for the psychiatric establishment and the willingness to satirise some elements of the NLP community, "the British Richard Bandler" might be a little bit closer to conveying the flavour of the book.
Published by Real People Press, the Mark Andreas hippy-art cover makes it look like classic NLP works such as 'Frogs Into Princes' and 'Trance-Formations', and it's good enough to stand in that company. There really is an insight on nearly every page. The psych nursing background gives Austin an unusual depth of knowledge of the oft-neglected 'neuro' part of NLP, which provides useful perspectives on disorders like OCD.
Many people will be familiar with the "That's so obvious - why didn't I notice that before?" moments that come thick and fast when you first encounter NLP. I'm pleased to say that after 10 years as an NLP trainer, this book could still give me plenty of those. Of course a decision-making process that uses movies is going to get better results than one restricted to stills! Damn!
Did I mention that the book is often laugh-out-loud funny? He got away with that "Satan" thing too - in fact the client was so pleased with the results that she paid about six times what he asked. One thing I'm taking away from it is to be braver in my changework sessions.
For my money this is the most significant NLP book of the last five years. Luckily it's also one of the most readable. More please!
A stunning example of NLP/Hypnotherapy in action April 9, 2008
ZA Wilkinson (NZ)
Andrew paints a picture in every story - reminds the reader what NLP is all about - and practices in a creative and useful way. A delight and a surprise in every story.
Evidence that NLP results aren't reserved for Bandler February 22, 2008
Vincent Harris (Trenton, MO USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
NLP has taken a lot of heat over the years for not being "scientific". It's not! And, with that being said, Andrew shows us once again, that if you are willing to access the right states, NLP can be a tool to work seeming miracles. More than anything, Andrew demonstrates the willingness to adjust as wildly with his behavior as Bandler, Farrley, Erickson, etc. My hunch is that the "magic" is found in the state of the therapist, and NOT in the technique being utilized. That has been my own experience.
Funny, irreverent, and wise January 9, 2008
Wilma Keppel (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this book in the mail on a busy day and didn't surface until I finished it some five hours later, smiling. Full of outrageous stories showing therapeutic NLP in action, this book is loads of fun. Although intended for people already familiar with NLP and/or therapy, it's accessible to anyone. I've read it twice so far and learned lots both times. Prepare to be shocked, to laugh, to change, and to look at the world differently after you're done.
Wilma Keppel, NLP developer
Entertaining, Provocative and Enlightening December 21, 2007
Tobias S. Schreiber (Moore,South Carolina)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a most surprising lesson in the unexpected. Andrew comes up with unique and innovative responses that get the person to think, interpret and change. A forward moving book that readjusts your thinking as you read it.Flexibility and freedom from frozen maps of reality breathes life into this work.Thank you for your courage and inspiration.
Tobias S. Schreiber, LPC,CTS
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