Medical hypnosis has nothing in common with hypnosis used as stage entertainment, and medical hypnotists are nothing like the laypeople who have no medical training. It’s a serious medical intervention, used by accomplished physicians, dentists, and psychologists around the world each and every day. What’s more, scientists at top universities and hospitals such as Harvard and Stanford have done and continue to do research on its many clinical applications. These studies have been favorably reviewed by, for example, the Mayo Clinic and are published in mainstream medical journals.
