ally the only tool a clinician has to work with when he/she uses hypnosis (Baker, 1990, p. 18). Basically, hypnosis has been centered around the employment of suggestions. “Hypnosis”, as defined by both Hull and Weitzenhoffer, is a state of enhanced suggestibility (Baker, 1990, p. 122). According to Sheehan (1979), responsiveness to hypnosis seems to be related to a person’s ability to use his imagination and fantasize, and “hypnotic suggestions are most effective when they are conveyed in the forms of images.”Maybe the best approach to understanding hypnotism is through the common but unscientific notion of the unconscious mind (Estabrooks, 1957, p. 23). According to Estabrooks (1957), a man who talks in his sleep and can answer questions is hypnotized. This is one recognized method of producing the trance, basically by changing normal sleep into hypnotic sleep. “The skilled hypnotist can generally take the sleepwalker or sleeptalker and shift him directly over into hypnotism without either the knowledge or the consent of his subject” (Estabrooks, 1957, p.23).When we are in a normal waking condition, our conscious mind is working and running the body. But, in a deep hypnotism, according to Estabrooks (1957), this conscious mind is gone. Actions are now under the power of the hypnotist and he controls activities and deals with the unconscious mind.In Hypnotism, Estabrooks (1957) offers a procedure of a hypnotist as he induces hypnosis. Since suggestion is the operator’s key and relaxation makes the subject more open to suggestion, the operator has his subject seated in a comfortable place. He then “talks sleep”. The subject is asked to close his/her eyes and the operator begins somewhat as follows: you are falling sound asleep. Relax all of your muscles and imagine that you are going into a deep sleep. Deeper and deeper. You will not wake up until I tell you...
