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Hypnotists don't have it easy. Skeptics see them as little better than fortune tellers, quacks who use mysticism to do the job of a psychiatrist or counselor. Find Us On Facebook
Others think they have the power to make grown men squawk like chickens or divulge marital secrets by waving a pocket watch.
"Most people think we get to take over and make them do things," said Don Patterson, who opened a hypnotherapy practice in Pasadena last fall. "But that's a myth. There's a lot of myths out there." People being hypnotized retain control of themselves and can choose to keep a secret or refuse a command to engage in embarrassing behavior, Mr....
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