Had I started this blog some twenty months ago, I should almost surely have drawn attention to an article by Melinda Beck in the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Medical Hypnosis: You Are Getting Very Healthy" (9 April 2012). The text remains relevant, as it illustrates how hypnosis can help immensely with childbirth (so-called "hypnobirthing"), dentistry, and treatment of phobias, in addition to the highly exaggerated yet far better publicized applications involving smoking cessation and weight loss.
As Don Gibbons and I noted in Exploring Alternate Universes, "[h]ypnosis is neither a brazen fraud, as some skeptics insist, nor a divine panacea, as certain charlatans assert. In the hands of a skillful practitioner, it can help people in many ways." I respectfully submit that it should find far more use in both the medical and mental health fields.
For those interested, the hyperlink to Beck's article is below: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303815404577333751488988824 .
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