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Peta Stapleton, Professor in Psychology, Bond University

Hypnosis won’t put you under a spell. But it can open your mind to change – and help treat pain

Thanks to films and cartoons, you probably have a lot of vague ideas about what hypnosis involves.

What do you picture? Maybe a fob watch swinging back-and-forth, a therapist saying “you are getting verrrry sleepy”.

But clinical hypnotherapy isn’t a creepy magic trick – it’s an evidence-based therapeutic technique psychologists can use to induce deep focus and relaxation. In this state, people may be more open to changing how they think, feel and behave.

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