What hypnosis is—and isn’t. Hypnosis is an interactional process between two people that often creates fascinating shifts in perception and behavior. Such changes are often highly compelling: Hypnotic ...

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The word "hypnotist" may bring to mind a Hollywood image of a person who swings a pocket watch in front of a patient's eyes to make them obey commands. But hypnosis — putting a person into a ...

Clinical hypnosis has shown to be effective in the treatment of pain, anxiety, stress, cancer treatment side effects, phobias and habit control problems, such as smoking and weight control, according ...