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The History of Hypnosis
Hypnosis extends back to ancient temples of the Greek Gods and comes from the Greek word “Hypnos” meaning deep sleep.
|  Anton Mesmer theorized in the 18th century that disease was caused by imbalances of a physical force. He would put people in a trance like state to help them overcome their disturbances. This was called mesmerism.
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 Later, Dr. James Braid pioneered the term “neurhypnotism” meaning nervous sleep, later shortened to hypnosis. Braid concluded that hypnosis enhanced a subject’s concentration on a thought which would rid one of a physiological disorder. | |
 By the late 1880s, Jean Martin Charcot, a neurologist emphasized suggestibility used in hypnosis helped one to balance the nervous system. Later Sigmund Freud developed hypnosis in his practice to deal with psycho-social illness. | |
|  However, it wasn’t until the 1900s that Milton Erickson, as a seventeen year old boy, demonstrated the power of the mind to over come polio. He went on to become an amazing doctor and a master hypnotherapist. Erickson used Hypnotherapy as a highly effective tool intreating sensory alterations and pain control. |
Today hypnotherapy is a recognized practice throughout the United States, acknowledged and utilized by professionals. Certified hypnotherapists work with medical and health care professionals, and are trained to help with specific challenges and self-sabotaging habits. |
History of Hypnosis 
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