TIME Magazine's Question About Hypnosis

I wanted to share a recently published article by TIME Magazine entitled Is Hypnosis Real, Here is What Science Says that explores what hypnosis is (and isn't) and some common applications for health and wellness.

Here are a few interesting quotes from the article:

Setting aside pop culture clichés, hypnosis is a well-studied and legitimate form of adjunct treatment for conditions ranging from obesity and pain after surgery to anxiety and stress.


Hypnosis could help reduce kids’ post-surgical pain or pain related to other medical procedures.  When it comes to labor and delivery-related pain, hypnosis can in some cases significantly add to the benefits of standard medical care—including epidurals and drugs.


A 2007 randomized trial of 286 smokers found that 20% of people who received hypnosis managed to quit, compared to 14% of those receiving standard behavioral counseling.


In some ways, hypnosis can be compared to guided meditation or mindfulness; the idea is to set aside normal judgments and sensory reactions, and to enter a deeper state of concentration and receptiveness.

Volunteers at one of my Hypnotic Experience shows.  Is hypnosis real?