Hypnotism and the Psychology of Communication

In the book “Hypnotism and the Psychology of Communication,” the well-known psychotherapist Pyotr Grigorievich Zorin has, over more than thirty years, used hypnosis to treat patients. In addition, he traveled throughout the country giving lectures, hypnosis sessions, and autotraining.

Based on long experience, P. G. Zorin concludes that special conditions are not necessary for hypnosis. Hypnosis is not a half-sleep induced by suggestion, but a trance state of varying depth that can arise even in ordinary communication between people.

In this proposed audiobook, various methods of hypnotherapy and psychotherapeutic techniques of hypnotic treatment of psychogenic disorders in children and adults are discussed; imagotherapy and art therapy are covered; and hypnosis is used for teaching a foreign language, drawing, and music. The author carefully examines the mechanisms of suggestibility, provides a variety of exercises and training, and offers advice on how to withstand a hypnotic influence from a conversational partner.