Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Washington are harnessing the power of interactive media and clinical hypnosis to help people manage pain without drugs. The team ...

When I work with clients and students who are new to hypnotherapy, they often arrive with fixed ideas about what hypnosis is. Sometimes these ideas are shaped by seeing hypnotic stage shows, where ...

Hypnosis is a genuine psychological therapy process. A trained hypnotist or hypnotherapist induces a state of intense concentration or focus to help you open up to therapeutic improvement. It’s often ...

The title of this blog does not include the term “hypnotherapist” because that word implies that the main tool used by certain therapists is hypnosis. Hypnosis, by itself, is not a therapy. When a ...

I ran a panel titled “Engineering the Brain” at Technology Review’s EmTech conference yesterday. One of the speakers was Ed Boyden, a new professor at the MIT Media Lab and one of last year’s TR35. He ...