Ellen DeGeneres is using hypnotism to help with TV comeback plans and improve her 17-year marriage to wife Portia De Rossi, a ...

Ellen DeGeneres is reportedly trying hypnosis as she works through a quieter, more complicated chapter after her talk show ...

A strange mystic swings a pocket watch back and forth, repeating the phrase "You're getting sleepy, very sleepy," giving them absolute command over their subject. That's not how hypnotism really works ...

Hypnosis is a technique that practitioners may use to help people change unwanted thoughts or behaviors. Some evidence suggests that this method may be an effective strategy to help some individuals ...

Hypnosis, Vashikaran, and so-called black magic have always fascinated and frightened people, but what is the real truth ...

Last summer, at age 14, Sue Jones suffered from stabbing pains in her abdomen that got so intense, "I couldn't walk." She spent three weeks in a wheelchair while doctors ruled out everything from ...

According to Lindsley Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn and the research team at his Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, hypnosis is no joke. The phrase “hypnosis is not a toy” came through ...

Self-administered clinical hypnosis was linked to reduced menopausal hot flashes, greater perception of benefit, and reduced interference of hot flashes in daily life. These effects were further ...

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. When Dr. David Spiegel emerged from a three-hour shoulder surgery in 1972, he didn’t use any pain meds to recover. Instead, ...