Lecture at Stevenson University

I was asked to give a hypnosis demonstration for a psychology class at a local college. They wanted to learn how hypnosis can be used as an adjuct to psychotherapy. It was a really nice group, but one of the things I noticed was that all of the students were young women, except for one fellow. Did he know how lucky he was? You see, Stevenson University used to be known as Villa Julie College and was traditionally a girls college. It was a very nice group of people and during my demonstration I told the students about the three common misconceptions about hypnosis, namely:
-Loss of control
-Telling secrets
-Getting stuck in hypnosis
After that I invited the lone fellow in the class to come up for a demonstration of hypnotic anesthesia. I had him close his eyes and pretend that they wouldn't work. I then tried to make him feel pain, but of course, he felt nothing.

Then I did a few suggestibility tests for fun and chose one girl for a demo of the Dave Elman induction. She was an excellent subject and went VERY deep. I conditioned her for reinduction and triggered the reinduction several times during the lecture. In addition to being a great subject, she was a good sport so we had a lot of fun. I hope they'll invite me back soon. They gave me some very nice Stevenson University gear (I felt like 5-year-old leaving a birthday party with his goodie bag) :-)