Kenney ultimately pleaded no contest to practicing therapeutic hypnosis without a license and moved out of the state In spring 2011, three students from the same small town in Florida died — and all ...

A strange mystic swings a pocket watch back and forth, repeating the phrase "You're getting sleepy, very sleepy," giving them absolute command over their subject. That's not how hypnotism really works ...

This medical treatment is widely misunderstood, but can be unexpectedly effective for many conditions. Here's what happens to ...

What hypnosis is—and isn’t. Hypnosis is an interactional process between two people that often creates fascinating shifts in perception and behavior. Such changes are often highly compelling: Hypnotic ...

We've all seen it, typically on television or on stage: A hypnotist selects a few members from the audience, and with what seems to be little more than a steely stare or a few choice words, they're ...