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

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par Peta Stapleton, Professor in Psychology, Bond University

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.

While it won’t work for everyone, research…

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