Yet another research study shows that hypnosis is helpful in the treatment of pain. The paper, published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (April 2006, v74 n2 p253-262) specifically looked at hypnotic suggestibility and its relationship to treating pain patients. In the study, 188 participants were randomly divided into six groups. The six…
Daily Archives: April 1, 2008
** Special Student Series, Hypnosis in the News, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Inner Image Technique
by Brian David Phillips •
On Radio America, G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Amy Hibberd about the Inner Image Technique, a hypnotic technique for weight loss in which the hypnotist guides the trance partner into a state of experiential change where the person’s inner subconscious image is transformed into their ideal self so that once the inner image is changed, the…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Influence
War of the Worlds . . .
. . . media, influence, suggestibility, guillability . . .
. . . and scaring the bejeepers our of ourselves
by Brian David Phillips •
Radiolab produced a wonderful episode dealing with Orson Welles’ infamous Halloween, Oct. 30, 1938 broadcast of a radio adaption of War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. This is a fascinating discussion of just HOW Welles and friends were able to create a broadcast event that literally scared the bejeepers out of thousands (over one…
