Stephen Gilligan is a loving, playful, and sometimes fierce therapist, who is highly skilled in what he does with clients, and in his teaching as well.He is therefore a tremendously talented hypnotherapist, and a pretty nice guy to boot! I think That his book offers a great deal of wonderful ideas for people to contemplate and try out. I sometimes suggest it to my clients to read so thatthey have a clearer idea of how I am hoping to help them.You do not need to be a professional to get a lot out of this book.