Since all hypnosis is self-hypnosis, if a patient is uninterested it does not work. Two years after I first started using hypnosis in my clinical practice, I reviewed the case histories of all the ...

The change in Zack Rogers was sudden. In the middle of his 12th birthday party, his stomach started hurting. He went to bed early that night, missing much of his own slumber party, and then stayed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many people, hypnosis is best known as a party trick or a bit of entertainment: A hypnotist on stage asks for a volunteer who ...

When you think about hypnosis, what do you visualize? For many, it’s a clock-swinging magician or a comedy act that forces an unwitting volunteer to make embarrassing public admissions on stage.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dan Ross, a hypnotherapist who works with day traders at Silicon Valley Hypnosis Center. It has been edited for length and clarity. I originally ...