Hypnosis refers to a set of procedures involving an induction – which could be fixating on an object, relaxing or actively imagining something – followed by one or more suggestions, such as ...

Hypnosis is the intentional induction, deepening, maintenance, and termination of the natural trance state for a specific purpose.

Hypnotic effects are not due to relaxation because even, say, exercise-related hypnotic inductions have been achieved and found as effective as relaxation-based hypnotic inductions.

Hypnosis is safe and can work as both a stand-alone or a complementary treatment with other therapies.