You are here:
I am able to answer questions relating to psychological and clinical hypnosis, self-hypnosis, trance states, and related areas (NLP, EMDR, African Voudoun, and the demonstration of hypnosis-related phenomena).
Principal investigator of a Fulbright-funded study examining the immunomodulative effects of hypnosis on an HIV-positive population (PI of Song HIV Lab, Makerere University Hospital). A founding member of the Institute for Mind/Body Research and Education, I am responsible for training over 3000 people every year in advanced hypnosis techniques. A research psychologist, I examine mental control (with a special interest in hypnosis) through experimental and neuroscientific methods. Currently, I hold membership in a variety of lay-hypnosis organizations, as well as the American Psychological Association and its Division 30.
| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mee Yung | 11/21/11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| william | 02/16/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | The response was prompt, well written and ..... |
| selman | 09/14/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Phillip | 08/04/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you :) |
| Maya | 06/30/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Actually, it's not a fact that one can change himself via positive self-affirmation and visualization. It happens, but that doesn't mean it happens for everyone -- there are exceptions. What it's really
Hello, With respect to your follow up questions: 1) There is some change, but we are not talking inches. There are just too many factors involved to grow a limb inches in length -- bone, muscle
Hello, Hypnosis is practiced as a craft (i.e., by artisans but not artists per se) but studied with the tools of science. Hence, we can say a lot about hypnosis that we know to be relatively true while
Hello Andy, Think of any kind of communication as exactly that: communication. Thus, if you want to tell yourself to make an image small, simply tell yourself to make the image small -- there shouldn't
Hello William, There is indeed very little research that has examined the use of hypnosis in the treatment of HIV, for obvious reasons, though I think there is some literature available detailing the
Answers by Expert:

©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.