A strange mystic swings a pocket watch back and forth, repeating the phrase "You're getting sleepy, very sleepy," giving them absolute command over their subject. That's not how hypnotism really works ...

This medical treatment is widely misunderstood, but can be unexpectedly effective for many conditions. Here's what happens to ...

Hypnosis as a medically sanctioned form of therapeutic practice has been around for just a little more than half a century. It was in 1958 that the American Medical Association officially recognized ...

Most people agree that hypnosis does something to your brain — specifically something that makes people make fools of themselves at hypnotist shows. But how does it actually affect the human brain?

Kenney ultimately pleaded no contest to practicing therapeutic hypnosis without a license and moved out of the state In spring 2011, three students from the same small town in Florida died — and all ...

Can a temporary trancelike state really change our habits, or have we merely been brainwashed by the latest get-fit, feel-better fad? Of all the many pop culture references that exist for hypnosis, ...

From entrepreneurs to professional athletes and creatives alike, they all have habits which enable them to keep their head in the game and attain the success they are focused on. Steve Jobs wore the ...

If you want to amaze an audience and pack the house, whether it’s a Las Vegas show lounge or a college campus, invite a stage hypnotist to perform. Before TV reality shows hit their current all-time ...

If you could resolve your school-age or teenage child's anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, bedwetting, or other health issues with a treatment that has no side effects, would you use it? Most people ...