The future of professional hypnosis

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Hi All,

 

See these:

 

Kirsch I, Mazzoni G, Montgomery GH. Remembrance of hypnosis past. Am

J Clin Hypn. 2007 Jan;49(3):171-8; discussion 179-80, 183-4. Department

of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.

i.kirsch The history of the most enduring experimental design in

hypnosis research is reviewed. More than 75 years of research converge to

indicate that: (1) all of the phenomena produced in hypnosis by suggestion

also can be produced by suggestion without the induction of hypnosis, (2)

the induction of hypnosis produces a relatively small increase in

responsiveness to suggestion, and (3) hypnotic and waking suggestion are

highly correlated, in many cases rivalling the reliability of the suggestibility

measure. The importance of these data to both clinical and experimental

hypnosis is emphasized. PMID: 17265971 [PubMed - in process]

 

Frischholz EJ. The future of professional hypnosis: comment on Kirsch,

Mazzoni, and Montgomery. Am J Clin Hypn. 2007 Jan;49(3):185-94. Rush

North Shore Medical Center. amjch I believe the paper by

Kirsch, Mazzoni and Montgomery (this issue) should surprise about 95% of

ASCH members (maybe only 93% of SCEH members) because the three

facts espoused in their paper speciously seem to be 100% true. To

paraphrase from their abstract: 1) nothing that can be produced by hypnotic

induction plus suggestion cannot also be produced by suggestion alone; 2)

administration of a hypnotic induction does not produce a meaningful

increase in response to suggestion relative to suggestion alone; and 3)

responsivity to suggestions are highly correlated to responsivity on the

same measure when preceded by a hypnotic induction ceremony. In order

to persuade that these propositions are true, several objections to them

must be addressed. However, just because one's facts are true does not

mean that one's interpretation of the facts and their interrelationships are

also true. The ramifications of the above facts and their interrelationships for

the future of professional hypnosis (experimental, clinical and forensic) are

identified and discussed. PMID: 17265973 [PubMed - in process]

 

Best regards,