Welcome to the FreeYourMind.UK hypnotherapy hall of fame list!
Who do we think are the most famous hypnostists and hypnotherapists?
The most famous hypnotherapists are:
Keith Dewey | The hypnotherapist for you at FreeYourMind.UK! |
James Braid (1795-1860) | A Scottish surgeon who coined the term hypnosis,
which he later renamed monoideism.
He was an important pioneer in the adoption of both hypnotic anaesthesia,
regarded by some as the "Father of Modern Hypnotism" |
James Esdaile | |
Jean-Martin Charcot | |
Karl Smith | |
Mike Mandel | |
Milton Erickson (1901-1980) |
an American psychologist and psychiatrist who specialized in medical hypnosis.
Known for brief, solution focused approach, with heavy use of metaphors.
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Paul McKenna | International hypnotherapist self-help guru
and proponent of NLP and Havening. |
Richard Bandler | Co-founder of NLP. |
Gregory Bateson | |
Freddie Jacquin | |
Franz Mesmer (1734–1815) |
Perhaps one of the earliest hypnotherapists, under the name mesmerism.
Unfortunately his approach was actually discredited on the basis that
it was more powerful than original thought!
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I'll also add that Sigmond Freud tried to use hypnotherapy in his earlier days, but it has been suggested that
he wasn't very good at it. Instead, he got people to sit on a couch and talk to themselves until they found their answer.
Clients would probably have induced a self-hypnotic trance in themselves, as they explored their own minds!
