Hypnosis Without Trance: How Hypnosis Really Works

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Hypnosis: a mysterious practice popularly associated with either strange trance states and mind control, or otherwise dismissed as complete bunkum.In 1841 Scottish surgeon James Braid first conjectured that the unusual phenomena associated with Mesmerism could best be explained by a state of 'nervous sleep' that later came to be known as hypnotic trance'. 180 years on, this idea still largely persists, both in popular culture and in the world of professional hypnosis and hypno therapy practice. But is this really a valid or useful explanation? Might there indeed be something else entirely at play? And what difference might it make knowing what that is?In this book, James Tripp debunks the old myths and instead unpacks the psychological mechanisms and related communication skills that bring this fascinating craft to life.