What do the strange pain-relieving and healing that can take place under hypnosis tell us about consciousness? Perhaps ...

Imagine yourself lying on an operating table in a humid hospital tent near abattle front during the Vietnam War. Writhing in agony, you plead with the medics to give you something to relieve the pain ...

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Research reveals why certain personalities are more open to hypnotic suggestion. Clinical hypnosis, also known as hypnotherapy, is a therapeutic technique that uses guided relaxation, focused ...

Hypnosis for pain management, anxiety and behavioral disorders Medical hypnotherapy today is most commonly used for pain management, treatment of anxiety or psychosomatic illness, and treatment of ...

Helen Crawford knows from previous research that some people can use hypnosis to eliminate or ameliorate pain. Her quest now is to determine why those people can--and others can't. Crawford, professor ...