Clearly and enthusiastically presented, this book provides a step-by-step approach to incorporating hypnotherapeutic scripts and strategies for working with a wide spectrum of challenges faced by young people ages 6 to 16. The author's realistic perspective takes into account the variety of thinking styles represented by the population we call "young people," emphasizing that chronological age does not always match a client's presentation. Completely contemporary, many of the scripts use metaphors that are especially meaningful in the world of young people, including computers, iPods, and Play Stations.

Hypnotherapy is an effective and expedient approach for working with children in part because young people tend to be open to it. As the author points out: "Children are accustomed to using their imagination they live in it on a daily basis." Thus, suggestions to visualize images or colors or to make characters bigger or smaller and so forth are easily accepted. By the same token, a