Hypnosis

Can Hypnosis Really Help You Quit Smoking?

Posted 02.11.2012

By Nina Emkin Margaret, a 90-year old (not a typo!) musician from Manhattan, has been tobacco-free for a whopping 26 years, after a pack-a-day sm...

Principal Faces Charges For Hypnotizing Students

AP | Posted 01.12.2012

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Criminal misdemeanor charges have been filed against a former southwest Florida high school principal accused of using hypnosis on...

Hypnosis For Dental Pain?

Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S. | Posted 01.30.2012

Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.

I had heard about hypnosis for a lot of things, but dental pain? Yes, I found out that hypnosis and dentistry (amongst other medical practices) does have a connection.

Magician Arrested For Hypnotizing 75 Children

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.03.2011

Dozens of children from Mocoa (number unconfirmed, Univision reports 75, and Hispanically Speaking News reported 41,) Columbia were rushed to the hosp...

Catherine Pearson

Is Pain-Free Birth Achievable?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.02.2011

On a rainy June night, six couples strained to get a better view of a home video of a woman, legs spread, giving birth. The room was hushed -- the...

Hypnosis: Why It Is and Isn't Like Mindfulness

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 09.12.2011

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

The following is one in a conversation between Trudy Goodman, Ph.D., Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. and Steven D. Hickman, Psy.D. for an upcoming retreat entitled "Mindfulness in Psychotherapy."

Hypnotizing Principal Allegedly Lied About Putting Students In Trance

Posted 11.15.2011

A Florida high school principal defied school orders to stop hypnotizing students and lied about casting spells on two students who later committed su...

Principal Investigated For Hypnotizing Suicide Victim

Posted 07.20.2011

When Wesley McKinley went to his principal George Kenney for help in becoming more focused and outgoing in school, Kenney performed the solution he ty...

When Talking to Yourself Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D.

There is clearly something to be said for a more mindful state while one is eating. Choking is almost always caused by a wandering mind during an internal dialogue.

Trance-formation: The Therapeutic Value Of Hypnosis

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D.

Very few psychological terms have quite the emotional impact that "hypnosis" does. All sorts of beliefs surround the concept, most of which have little to do with what hypnosis actually is.

Falling For Feldenkrais: A Patient's Progress

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Michael Sigman

What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains -- Moshe Feldenkrais For an obsessive swimmer who craves the endorphins, the past two years...

What is True Confidence?

Susan Piver | Posted 11.17.2011

Susan Piver

We are accustomed to identifying with every large or small thought that comes along. But you can train yourself to identify as the sky instead.

Relaxation Techniques: Unplug with Imagery: Press 'Play' and Go to Your Happy Place

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 11.17.2011

Belleruth Naparstek

Guided imagery is the lazy man's meditation (or woman's). It's a kind of deliberate, directed daydreaming, using soothing music and narrated suggestions designed to calm, empower, heal and nourish.

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: 3 Minute Cure

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Janice Taylor

Language is important. Our actions follow our thoughts. Your first step to healthy living may well be to simply listen to your words, the phrases that you spin and then, if need be, stop and rewrite them.

Love And Hypnosis

The Amazing Kreskin | Posted 11.17.2011

The Amazing Kreskin

I've amplified something that the Sigmund Freud espoused over a century ago. Namely people in love, in deep love, have a pretty similar relationship to people who are under hypnotic influence.

The Importance Of Personal Narrative

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Lee Schneider

There is remarkable power in telling your story. Director Heather Ross demonstrates this in her excellent film Girls on the Wall, which screened recently and will be seen on PBS stations in the coming months.

Sleep Better: A Promising New Treatment For Insomnia

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Ali Binazir

Clinical evidence demonstrates the Stimulator to be effective in the treatment of a variety of conditions: anxiety, depression and PTSD. It also seems to be particularly useful for treating insomnia.

Your Focus Shapes Your Life

Michael Yapko | Posted 11.17.2011

Michael Yapko

Hypnosis involves selective attention, a narrowing of focus and an increased absorption in suggested experiences.

More Troops, More Rotations, More PTSD: Will Positive Psychology Save Our Soldiers?

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 11.17.2011

Belleruth Naparstek

Positive psychology may be worthwhile for corporate team building and personal growth, but does it have the mojo to counter the profound despair and disorientation that comes from the horrors of combat?

Republicans Demand Equal Access to Schoolchildren

Don Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Don Parker

Amid the uproar over President Obama's grand scheme to use subliminal brainwashing to indoctrinate America's schoolchildren into his cult of personality, Republicans today demanded equal access to young minds so they could counterbalance the president's dangerous message.

WATCH: President Obama's Video Address To Our Schoolchildren

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Matthew Filipowicz

We have obtained "leaked footage" of President Obama's speech to our nation's children. Take a look. But be warned, it may shock and horrify you.

Hypnosis: Beyond Mumbo-Jumbo

Bob Pargament | Posted 11.17.2011

Bob Pargament

Most people don't realize that hypnosis is a naturally occurring state, and that all of us by necessity enter into a level of what I call organic trance at different times of the day. It is necessary for us to conserve energy.

Be an Ex-President Without Being President First!

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Dave Astor

There's the Star Trek solution of changing the time-space continuum, but I'm hesitant to recommend that because of the damage it might do to the Obamas' new White House vegetable garden.

You Are Getting Sleepy

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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