Is there a difference between being in “trance” and being in a “hypnotic state”? I find these two terms quite confusing because of what I have experienced involving these two states of consciousness.

Hypnosis has had a long and controversial history in psychology, psychiatry and neurology. For the past hundred years, researchers have debated whether or not hypnosis really involves an altered ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Hypnosis has taken on a new focus. More and more parents are now putting their kids under a hypnotic trance, but some say the practice may be going too far. Eric Ferrer-Alfaro, ...

Can hypnosis be used to make someone do something against his or her own will? This question has been the source of great controversy. I served as a consultant about hypnosis to Woody Allen’s film, ...

Here’s a letter from Jeff who, according to him, has been a long-time listener of my Sunday radio program over DZMM and a regular reader of my column and books. “You have often mentioned the term ...

I used to believe hypnosis was utter nonsense, something that esoteric people with swinging pendulums do. However, a self-experiment taught me how wrong I was. Medical hypnosis can actually work.

Can hypnosis be used to make someone do something against his or her own will? This question has been the source of great controversy. I served as a consultant about hypnosis to Woody Allen’s film, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When last we saw Danny Boyle, it was 2010 and he was in Denver picking up a career achievement award from the Starz Denver Film Festival. Afterward, the ...