Hypnosis Fact & Fiction: Revisisted
“Very few topics in the whole history of mankind can have given rise to so many absurdities, misunderstandings, and misconceptions.”…
Self-Hypnosis
Articles about self-hypnosis and autosuggestion.
Cutting through the 5 Myths of Hypnosis – Part 2
Hypnosis as a loss of control Welcome to the second in our 5 Myths of Hypnosis series! Here I’m aiming…
Taking Placebos on Purpose
Brief discussion of a curious 1965 study in which placebo pills were administered to 15 “neurotic” psychiatric patients, who were explicitly told that they were being given “sugar pills” with no therapeutic ingredients and nevertheless appeared to benefit from them.
The Hypno-CBT® Toolbox: 35 different therapy techniques
We believe that it’s important for hypnotherapists and psychotherapists to have a wide range of interventions (treatment elements) to draw…
Did Hypnotism Originate as a Form of Meditation?
This short article explains how hypnotism actually originated, in part, under the influence of Oriental meditation techniques, described in the writings of James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy.
Émile Coué’s Method of “Conscious Autosuggestion”
This detailed article reviews the central concepts and techniques used by Émile Coué in his famous method of “Conscious Autosuggestion” an important self-help system, cousin of hypnotherapy and precusor to modern self-hypnosis and cognitive-behavioural skills training methods in psychotherapy.
James Braid on Hypnotic Meditation
James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, was unaware of oriental meditation techniques until a few years after introducing his technique of eye-fixation hypnotism. He subsequently embraced the notion that hypnotism and yogic meditation were distant cousins, and even that they were more closely-related than hypnotism and its immediate precursor, Mesmer’s animal magnetism.