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Dave Elman(1900-1967)
Dave Elman was an entertainer and
radio broadcaster before becoming fully involved with Hypnosis. As a
small boy he was deeply impressed when a visiting stage hypnotist helped
his terminally ill father achieve sufficient pain relief to permit Dave
to visit and play with him.
Dave Elman helped the upswing in
the medical community by the middle of the 20th century by teaching
hypnosis to many in the medical profession.
He perfected a more direct approach to
hypnotize his clients. In
later years he chiefly taught hypnosis to medical doctors and dentists
for pain relief and removal of conditions with an emotional component
such as allergies, stuttering and obesity.
Even by today's standards his book
Hypnotherapy (1964) (first published as Findings in Hypnosis)
is a remarkable piece of work. Elman was the among most remarkable
hypnotists, due to his great observations and experiments with hypnosis.
I highly recommend for Hypnotists of
all levels.
Elman has a strong following and several schools have been
opened up that specialize in the Elman techniques. I consider Elman more
of a authoritarian hypnotist which would also explain his success in
teaching the medical field this approach.
My personal opinion of Elman's
techniques are that they limit how successful a hypnotist can be with a
client. That is why I recommend that Hypnotherapists should learn as
many techniques and ways of working with clients as they can. |
