Hypnosis Induction Techniques

By Myron Teitelbaum. With a Foreword by Michael M. Gilbert. Basic methods for inducing hypnosis, determination of the depth of a trance, and awakening the subject are among the topics detailed in this self-teaching text. The author covers the many uses of hypnosis, including the alleviation of pain, self-improvement, and the acceleration of learning. Well-publicized phenomena of hypnotism such as somnambulism, regression, hallucination, spontaneous anesthesia, dissociation, amnesia, catalepsy, posthypnotic action, and automatic writing and speech are illustrated and the technics for obtaining these effects are explained. The legal aspects of hypnosis also receive detailed treatment.