Cole’s introduction to hypnosis happened at, of all places, the Ontario Police College in Aylmer. His father, George Cole, taught multiculturalism there and snuck the 12-year-old into a performance by ...

Why does stage hypnosis continue to be such a crowd pleaser? Sheer amusement can’t completely explain the fascination that audiences have with these — for lack of a better term — “stupid human tricks.

The following is adapted from materials compiled by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, an academic and professional group widely regarded as a source of legitimate scientific and clinical ...

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 ...

What’s your earliest memory of making a twat out of yourself? In mine, I’m nine years old, and delivering a hand-shaking, leg-quaking public speaking debut as Narrator Three in The Evacuees. I don’t ...