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are thoroughly trained in the analysis of human behavior,
this objection, if valid, could limit hypnosis to a comparative
handful of therapists. Fortunately, it is not valid.
This was proved several years ago when the "Bridey
Murphy" craze gripped the country. Despite the fact that
thousands of amateur hypnotists were practicing hypnosis,
little or no harm resulted. I have personally instructed
several thousand medical and non-medical individuals
and have yet to hear of a single case where a crisis was
precipitated or anything of a dangerous or detrimental
nature occurred as a result of hypnosis. I have also taught
several thousand persons self-hypnosis and can report the
same findings.
Many patients who seek treatment from competent [22] psychiatrists, psychoanalysts and psychologists do not always obtain satisfactory results. This doesn't mean that everyone should stop seeking help from these specialists. Even a specialist doesn't have a perfect record of successful therapy. What then is the objection to hypnosis? The theory that if you get rid of one symptom another symptom will take its place really holds no truth and is usually advanced by those who have had little or no experience in the hypnosis field. However, a difference of opinion does exist even with those practicing hypnosis in this area. Some hypnotists "trade down" symptoms by replacing a serious symptom with a minor one, while others just remove the symptom. The latter is what a doctor does when he recommends aspirin for arthritis. He knows the aspirin will not cure the arthritis, but he wants to alleviate the symptom. To say that another symptom will replace the pain is unscientific—and untrue. The same is true of hypnosis. Lewis R. Wolberg, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry, New York Medical College, recently canvassed 30 experts in the field of hypnosis and found a few who |
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