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Ericksonian Hypnosis Language Pattern Cards Review

Hypnosis and NLP Trainer Jamie Smart runs a well known and successful Hypnosis & NLP Store called “Salad”, which is pretty well known within the hypnosis and NLP communities.

Jamie and his wonderful staff sent me a few things to check out and to be honest they we’re all pretty good, but one product really stood out to me. Salad’s own Ericksonian Hypnosis Cards.

I have been to the Salad store before and saw these cards for sale, but never really gave too much thought to them. I knew a lot of well known people recommended the cards such as John La Valle, Jonathan Altfeld, Doug O’Brien, Karen Hearon but as it goes I ended up looking over this product for far too long. When the package arrived I opened it up and at first glance all I saw was a deck of green cards. To be honest my first impression was “this is it?”

As I continued to open the package I noticed that I also received a CD in a really nice DVD case in addition to the cards and a really nice clear carrying case. I don’t know about all of you, but when I receive stuff I didn’t plan on such as extras I’m always happy.

Side Note: I just got done talking with my connection over at Salad and she wanted me to mention that the CD I received doesn’t actually come with The Ericksonian Hypnosis Cards and it’s sold as a stand alone product. If your interested in the Ericksonian Hypnosis Cards Unpacked CD you can find it Here.

This was mistake and I don’t want everyone thinking they are getting the Cd when they order the cards when in reality it’s a stand alone product. Sorry for any confusion. Either way I still end up giving a brief review of the cd in this review as it was included with the package I was sent. I have decided to do a seperate review of this product in just a few weeks though that will be a full in depth review.

It turns out it was just a extra sent to me to review as well. So once again sorry for any confusion. Now, lets get back to the review!

I have to admit that I was impressed with the clear and strong carrying case that comes with the cards. It fits pretty well into your pocket and does a great job of keeping your cards from getting all messed up and bent. Personally I wish playing cards would use a case similar to the one that came with the Hypnosis cards, but I guess we can’t get everything we want. It was just a nice touch if you ask me.

The cards are set up like a normal deck of cards with all the suites, jokers and etc. So yes, if you wanted to you could actually play a game of cards with this deck. Jamie Smart and his team actually created a game or two you can play using these cards which is mentioned on one of the cards and again on the CD.

The cards don’t actually teach you Ericksonian Hypnosis, but they do teach you Ericksonian Language Patterns which are a vital part to learning conversational hypnosis, which is another name for Ericksonian Hypnosis. These are the same language patterns used by Dr. Milton Erickson himself.

Now that I saw what the cards contained it all made sense to me. The cards act as flash cards in a way, which makes learning Ericksonian Language Patterns easy. I have included an image of one of the cards so you can see what you are getting on the back of each one as I thought this may be helpful for all of you.

Here is what you get on the back of each Ericksonian Hypnosis Card:

**A unique language pattern for each card

**A breakdown of how to use it in a conversational or hypnosis session

**Why it works and how it works and extra information

What they have done for me?

I have to admit that these little cards really blew me away as I was expecting something different. Having these cards allows me to learn these patterns wherever I’m at and at any time. I don’t have to shift through countless books on Milton Erickson or language patterns.

I have all the best patterns right in my pocket. This makes learning the patterns easy because you tend to remember them just as you would a deck of cards. I have to admit since I got these cards and I have been using them I have been getting really good at these patterns.

I find myself using them in situations now without even thinking about it really. It’s as if the more I’m exposed to them the more they become a part of my daily language. I’m even using them in my own custom sentences and patterns rather than the ones that come with the deck.

I have also began using some of these patterns within my hypnosis sessions and have noticed a slight increase. Clients are reporting a much more personal outcome than before, but this could just be me seeing what I want to see, but hell if they worked for Milton Erickson than why not me too?

What is on the CD?

Eventually I listened to the CD and it really is a nice compliment to the cards. It basically explains how the cards works, gives you insight into them and what they can do for you as well as gives you a game or two you can actually play with the cards which can increase your learning of the patterns. I didn’t have to listen to the cd to figure out the cards as I have some experience with Ericksonian hypnosis, but for someone new the cd is a great feature.

What Features could be better?

It’s actually very hard to find something wrong with these cards as they are a very simple product. Being a simple product makes it where their isn’t a lot to comment on. These cards are designed to teach you language patterns and they do just that. If I were to say the cards had any flaw its how the information is presented on the back of the card.

If you look at the image above the information just runs on with no breaks and that can be a little confusing. Once again we have to keep in mind that they don’t have a lot of room to put the information, but it did take me a couple of readings as the way it’s written on the back tends to hurt my eyes and I get confused easily without breaks in my writing, but that is a very small flaw in the grand scheme of things and the whole eye thing, well maybe I just need glasses?(joking, sort of)

Conclusion

So for my first review of the year I have to give Salad’s Ericksonian Hypnosis Cards a 9 out 10. Jamie Smart and his wonderful team have really taken something as complex as Ericksonian Language Patterns and made it where anyone could learn. If you want to learn language patterns than this is really a great tool and something every hypnotists, in my opinion should have in their collection.

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