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“Most books about therapy could just as well be prescribed as sleeping pills. And they often sit unread by the side of therapists’ beds, after they have plowed through the first jargon-laden chapter or two. Not this book!
Andy Austin’s Rainbow Machine will have you laughing, gasping in horror and awe, and wishing like hell that you lived close enough to him to get an appointment. He is the British Milton Erickson.”
- Bill O’Hanlon, author of Change 101 and many other books about brief therapy.
"The Rainbow Machine is a portal into the mind and methods of an outstanding
practitioner of NLP. These journal entries transcend case studies and become
teaching tales that convey Andrew Austin's fearless and imaginative attitude
toward healing and change. Each tale is at once illustrative example,
mind-expanding metaphor, and damn fine storytelling. Highly recommended for NLP
Practitioners and anyone else involved in healing arts."
- Philip H. Farber,
author and NLP Trainer
"In his book, subtitled ‘Tales from a Neurolinguist’s Journal’, Andy takes us on a number of wonderful, scenic, sometimes hallucinogenic and occasionally dystopic walks through his world...
and he brings together two important things in all these little passages in his life. The story is in and of themselves are worth telling and Andy's skill as a storyteller is powerful. He's a good writer telling stories that are worth the telling.
Here Andrew manages several things that would unhorse a lesser writer. He manages to be touching without being sappy or melodramatic. He manages to be funny and sarcastic without being artificial or slapstick. He manages to convey both skill and fallibility without coming across as either elitist or condescending. This is really well-written stuff, I think.
To that important mixture, which would really be enough to make the book worthwhile, Andrew adds an important third thing. He uses each of these stories to bring out insights into NLP that come from a place of both deep learning and study as well as a place of real experience... And if you work as a therapist, counsellor, coach or change worker, this book is a must-have! You're going to see situations that you've been in, I hallucinate, and if you've not been in them yet, this book will be good practice for you, because this is the stuff that does happen sooner or later! By his own admission, Andrew didn't always handle things optimally (who does?), and the fact that he's willing to talk about those experiences as well and what he's learned from them make the book just that much more valuable..."
- Michael Perez, Moderator of NLPConnections and NLP Trainer
"The Rainbow Machine: tales from a neurolinguist’s journal, by Andrew T. Austin, offers fascinating glimpses into the personal change work of a top NLP practitioner and registered nurse, in settings from mental hospitals, emergency rooms, and neurosurgery departments, to individual hypnosis and psychotherapy. Rollicking, creative, lively, funny, outrageous, touching, profound. A “must read” romp for anyone interested in therapy or personal change."
- Julian Russell, Author and Trainer, PPD Consulting
Andy Austin’s Rainbow Machine will have you laughing, gasping in horror and awe, and wishing like hell that you lived close enough to him to get an appointment. He is the British Milton Erickson.”
- Bill O’Hanlon, author of Change 101 and many other books about brief therapy.
"The Rainbow Machine is a portal into the mind and methods of an outstanding
practitioner of NLP. These journal entries transcend case studies and become
teaching tales that convey Andrew Austin's fearless and imaginative attitude
toward healing and change. Each tale is at once illustrative example,
mind-expanding metaphor, and damn fine storytelling. Highly recommended for NLP
Practitioners and anyone else involved in healing arts."
- Philip H. Farber,
author and NLP Trainer
"In his book, subtitled ‘Tales from a Neurolinguist’s Journal’, Andy takes us on a number of wonderful, scenic, sometimes hallucinogenic and occasionally dystopic walks through his world...
and he brings together two important things in all these little passages in his life. The story is in and of themselves are worth telling and Andy's skill as a storyteller is powerful. He's a good writer telling stories that are worth the telling.
Here Andrew manages several things that would unhorse a lesser writer. He manages to be touching without being sappy or melodramatic. He manages to be funny and sarcastic without being artificial or slapstick. He manages to convey both skill and fallibility without coming across as either elitist or condescending. This is really well-written stuff, I think.
To that important mixture, which would really be enough to make the book worthwhile, Andrew adds an important third thing. He uses each of these stories to bring out insights into NLP that come from a place of both deep learning and study as well as a place of real experience... And if you work as a therapist, counsellor, coach or change worker, this book is a must-have! You're going to see situations that you've been in, I hallucinate, and if you've not been in them yet, this book will be good practice for you, because this is the stuff that does happen sooner or later! By his own admission, Andrew didn't always handle things optimally (who does?), and the fact that he's willing to talk about those experiences as well and what he's learned from them make the book just that much more valuable..."
- Michael Perez, Moderator of NLPConnections and NLP Trainer
- Julian Russell, Author and Trainer, PPD Consulting
"The Rainbow Machine - Tales From a Neurolinguist's Journal" will be available from Real People Press for $16.50(USA and worldwide) and The Fresh Brain Company (UK), Anglo-American Books and Amazon for £13.49. Available now!
