“Hypnosis is used increasingly for healthcare applications in hospitals, clinics,
and psychotherapy practice. A substantial body of research demonstrates the
efficacy of hypnosis as part of the integrative treatment of many conditions
that traditional medicine has found difficult to treat (e.g., Pinnell & Covino,
2000; Elkins, Jensen, & Patterson, 2007). . . . We have also come to know that
in these populations hypnosis can lead not only to reduced anxiety but also
specifically altered physiological parameters.”2 3